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Showing posts with label william holden. Show all posts
Friday, December 26, 2025

Burn, Hollywood, burn! Four noirs reveal the horrors of the screenwriting trade

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Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, ‘In a Lonely Place’ (1950). By Paul Parcellin Y ou’ve probably heard that screenwriters get little respect ...
Sunday, February 16, 2025

Headshrinker Noir: 10 Films With Mind Games, Crime

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Ingrid Bergman, "Spellbound" (1945). From Dedicated Healers  to Evil Control Freaks, Noir Psychiatrists  Want to Pick Your Brain B...
Wednesday, December 25, 2024

New Year’s Noir: 8 Crime Films Bring You Dark Tidings

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Allen Baron, “Blast of Silence” (1961). Noir for the year's last day. Was that a popping cork or the report of a firearm? By Paul Parcel...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Scrapped: The Original Opening Sequence of “Sunset Boulevard” was Even Stranger than the Final Cut, and Audiences had a Peculiar Reaction to It

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Erich von Stroheim, William Holden, Gloria Swanson, "Sunset Boulevard" (1950). Test Audiences Were Stunned, Amused and Confused Jo...
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Friday, January 19, 2024

An American Story: Murder In the Living Room

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Left: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, "Sunset Blvd. (1950) Center: Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk, Sterling Hayden, "Crime Wave" (...
Friday, May 27, 2011

Touring Scenes of the Crime (Film)

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You can still see some of the hauntingly familiar locations where film noir scenes were shot in the 1930s to '50s. For instance, the roo...