Showing posts with label true crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label true crime. Show all posts
Saturday, August 10, 2024

When Noir Got Into the True Crime Game — Docudramas: How True Were They?

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Ted de Corsia, "The Naked City" (1948) — just one of the 8 million stories. By Paul Parcellin Maybe it was the rigors of World War...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Ripped From the Headlines, Part III: True Stories About Dangerous Characters, Corrupt Officials and Gangs of Criminals Who Hold the Public at Bay

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John Dall, Peggy Cummins, “Gun Crazy” (1950). By Paul Parcellin It only takes a couple of desperate , determined outsiders with a gun to sta...
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Thursday, August 10, 2023

Ripped From the Headlines: True Crimes Explode onto the Screen in Noir Movies

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Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, “Double Indemnity” (1944) By Paul Parcellin It’s no wonder that Hollywood in the 1940s and ’50s scooped up...
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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Horror Hotel: Don't Drink the Water!

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The Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles has been the scene of strange goings on.  I t’s probably not overdoing it to say that the Cecil Ho...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Smile For the Camera: A Mugs Gallery From the 1920s

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T here are mug shots, and then there are mug shots. They've become a standard feature on gossip websites, such as TMZ , where actors,...
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Sunday, September 1, 2013

Women of Crime Stand by Their (Hit) Men

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THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS IS TOPS in publishing lurid crime photos, and its photo essay on gangster molls does not break with that traditi...
Monday, February 18, 2013

This Scarface is in Chicago, Not Miami

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Living dangerously, Tony Camonte muscles in on his boss's girlfriend. "S carface" (1932) is one of the seminal American g...
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