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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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Lovesick Wanderer Returns ... to a Double Cross

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Burt Lancaster, Yvonne DeCarlo, "Criss Cross" (1949). This article contains spoilers. By Paul Parcellin The magnetic attraction be...
Wednesday, November 8, 2023

More Than a Gunsel: Elisha Cook Jr. Played Wobbly Tough Guys, Inept Would-Be Heroes and Dyed in the Wool Victims Often Displaying Raw Emotion and Unexpected Vulnerabilities

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Humphrey Bogart, Elisha Cook Jr., "The Maltese Falcon" (1941). Just a cheap gunman hanging around hotel lobbies. When he died in 1...
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