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Showing posts with label Poverty Row. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poverty Row. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 3, 2024

In the trenches: deep in the heart of Hollywood the rough and tumble world of bargain basement noir thrived for a while

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Joan Blair, John Hubbard, "Whispering Footsteps" (1943). Script’s running too l ong? Grab a handful of pages,  rip them out, shoot...
Sunday, December 24, 2023

Alton and Mann: A Partnership in Post-War Noir

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Dennis O'Keefe, Marsha Hunt, Claire Trevor, "Raw Deal" (1948).  They made only a handful of films together, but John Alton and...
Thursday, December 14, 2023

Three Films that Set a Noir Mood: How John Alton Helped Define the Light and Shadows of Film Noir

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Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, "The Spiritualist" (1948). 'It's not what you light, it's what you don’t light.'  ...
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Thursday, December 7, 2023

Poverty Row Noir II: Scheming Communists Walk Among Us ... and So Does a Future Sitcom Dad

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Hugh Beaumont, Frances Rafferty, “Money Madness” (1948). Ward Cleaver as a psychotic killer? Say it ain’t so! Like many up and coming Holly...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

It Came from Poverty Row: Hollywood's B-Movie Factories Mined Noir Gold

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Ann Savage, Tom Neal, "Detour" (1945). Hitchhiking on the road to hell. So many westerns were filmed at the small, independently ...
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