"Touch of Evil" ( 1958 )
I'd like to pick up that Universal set from awhile back that included three versions of Orson Welles' noir mystery. Two disks feature the original theatrical version ( 1hr, 36min ), a "preview"...
View ArticleUnsold TV pilots
On another topic in this category, I posted a link to an attempt at a TV series based on "Double Indemnity." This reminded me that there are several other detective show pilots of literary origin on...
View ArticleLady Scarface 1941
I see a clip from this as a bonus on one of the Warner gangster box set's but it would seem it's not out yet as a DVD . It starred the great actress Judith Anderson and the clips I see whetted my...
View ArticleA CRY IN THE NIGHT
Anyone else catch this 1956 B Noir film starring Edmund O'Brien, Brain Donlevy and Natalie Wood on TCM? Raymond Burr (a year before playing Perry Mason) plays a crazy momma's boy who kidnaps Natalie...
View ArticleTNT "B" Films
There were a ton of "B" mystery, murder and horror films on TNT before they changed their format. Many Allied Artist, United Artist. What happened to those films, I thought since it was also a Turner...
View ArticleComing up on TCM the two Kitty O'Day Monogram "mysteries"
After TCM finishes showing the three Walter Pidgeon Nick Carter films, they will unleash on us the two Kitty O'day Monogram movies. Jean Parker stars and Tim Ryan is involved too (Tim appeared in a...
View ArticleKIND HEARTS & CORONETS theatrical quasi-bootleg?
I just got a postcard advertising a new Broadway musical entitled, with great sublety, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder: "He's a long-lost member of a noble family & could become the next...
View ArticleName this Chan film
I've had a soft spot for Charlie Chan films for many years, and just recently acquired the five Fox DVD sets during an Amazon sale. While it will take me quite a while to watch every film, I did skim...
View ArticleGeorge Gently
Not quite among the cream of the British police procedural crop, but there`s a good Inspector Gently now & then. In the latest batch, `Gently with Class`` is the good one so far. A little...
View ArticleThe Death Kiss (1932)
Just caught this on TCM and really enjoyed it. Interesting to see Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan and David Manners back together! I thought it was well done and the mystery is interesting. It's fun, too, to...
View ArticleIdentify a movie?
A friend of mine is trying to remember the name of a movie. Here's what he asked:"I need help from an older film noir buff. I remember a couple scenes from a black and white film I saw around 1960 or...
View ArticleThe Charlie Chan Mystery Movie Guide
Hi, Have just put out a new book, The Charlie Chan Mystery Movie Guide. The book features detailed commentary and analysis on each of the films of the Twentieth Century-Fox Chan series, plus cast...
View ArticleHiledegare Withers Mysteries...
Anyone seen any of these? I'd never heard of them, but stumbled across the TCM box set of 6 films, the first three of which are supposedly very good. Anyone care to weigh in?
View ArticleThe Ninth Guest (1934)
I originally posted this over in the Poverty Row Horrors folder. I think I put it in the wrong place, it might gain more attention here....In my recent zeal to catch up on forgotten horrors, I watched...
View ArticleLord Peter Wimsey starring Ian Carmichael - The RADIO myseries
I suppose this could go in the audio forum, but I put it here. I purchased and recently started watching the 1970s BBC tv mysteries starring Ian Carmichael and I have been very impressed. In the...
View ArticleFree Online Hollywood Movies in HD Quality
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View ArticleThe Falcon In San Francisco
I wasn't able to see this one until much later in the week, but I've been either watching or capturing to DVR to watch later the airings of "The Falcon" movies every Saturday morning on TCM. With...
View ArticleThe Return of the Thin Man
Just got this in hardback in the mail today. Really fun read so far, although since it was advertised as being novellas, I was expecting, well, novellas. Instead it's basically a weird form of a...
View ArticleThe Mouthpiece
This rare 1932 movie is on YouTube. I have seen the remake, Illegal, starring Edward G. Robinson and this is the better version. Apparently, there is also a B movie version starring George Brent. A...
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