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| 1.Laura (1944) starring: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson directed by: Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian March 03, 1998 |
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| For the most part, this is a good film: well-written, well-photographed, well-directed and well-acted. But for me, Gene Tierney simply does not have the beauty or strength or charisma that the part of Laura seems to call for. She's certainly pretty, but not beautiful or striking. She's competent, but I wouldn't call her brilliant. I'm told that she is all these things but I really can't see it for myself. I can't, in my own imagination, see her walking into a room and turning everyone's head around, ... Read More: |
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| 2.Blue Dahlia starring: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling directed by: George Marshall March 26, 1996 |
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| The Blue Dahlia is a quintessential film noir, one of the great films that defined the genre. Army men return from World War II to find their wives drunk and cheating with scumbag jazz club owners. Whether this film has not been released on DVD in the U.S. is quite curious, considering almost every film noir has been burned onto DVD in various collections of the genre. My guess is that Turner owns the film, and hopes to air it only on TCM, or the potentially racist comment in the film has people worried. ... Read More: |
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| 3.Midnight Lace starring: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy, Roddy McDowall directed by: David Miller April 30, 1996 |
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| Fog-shrouded London is the setting for MIDNIGHT LACE, a glossy thriller starring Doris Day as a terrorised heiress.
Doris Day plays Kit, an American heiress, newly-married to suave English businessman Tony Preston (Rex Harrison). Kit's life couldn't be happier, until she becomes the target of obscene phonecalls and begins to have 'accidents'. The detectives at Scotland Yard begin to feel that perhaps Kit is seeking attention, and even Kit's loving Aunt Bea (Myrna Loy) has her doubts. Is Kit going mad? ... Read More: |
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| 4.Woman in the Window starring: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Edmund Breon, Dan Duryea directed by: Fritz Lang June 25, 1996 |
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| Even though this isn't a famous film noir, I'd recommend it. The production values were very good. It's a good crime mystery, with a well-developed plot line and a surprise ending. Tension builds as the movie progresses. Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, and Raymond Massey both gave excellent performances. And, yes, the film is very noir. |
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| 5.Johnny Eager starring: Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold, Van Heflin, Robert Sterling directed by: Mervyn LeRoy September 01, 1998 |
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| Oh, those minority opinions! This reviewer agrees with previous writer Keehn in giving a 3.5 rating to "Johnny Eager". JE falls short of noir or true crime superiority: As the film opens, Robert Taylor is a hard working cabdriver, meeting with his avuncular parole officer (A.J. Verne) and trying to stay straight after a spell in the Big House. It quickly-all too quickly-becomes clear that the cab is a front. Taylor is actually operating a dog track! This reviewer deemed RT a bit too debonair to play a hood-or to be pushing a hack. ... Read More: |
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| 6.The Third Man (50th Anniversary Edition) starring: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee directed by: Carol Reed July 25, 1995 |
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| True masterpiece in every sense of the word. Try it . . . You'll like it! |
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| 7.Big Sleep (1946) starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone directed by: Howard Hawks January 05, 1999 |
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| Humphrey Bogart was probally the big screen's best reprsentive of the hard boiled prive eye, and this film gave him a superlative chance to demonstrate this. the film has been critized for failing to tie up some loose ends-a murder never gets solved, for example-but that aspect simply makes it more realistic. In real life, you always get things that don't add up or fit the general picture. So it's actually more realistic than a move that pretneds to answer all the questions. A superlative movie. |
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| 8.Kiss of Death starring: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark, Taylor Holmes directed by: Henry Hathaway June 06, 1995 |
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| ****1/2 1947. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Richard Widmark, in his first role, earned a Golden Globe (Most promising newcomer) and an Academy award nomination, so does Eleazar Lipsky for the screenplay. Victor Mature accepts to become a snitch in order to be with his children. KISS OF DEATH is a classic film noir shot on location as often in movies produced by 20th Century Fox at that time. Classic scenes like the murder of Rizzo's mother by Widmark, the first hold-up or Richard Widmark's laugh already belong to history. Highly recommended and a valuable addition ... Read More: |
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| 9.Touch of Evil starring: Joe Basulto, Joseph Calleia, Ray Collins, Marlene Dietrich, Zsa Zsa Gabor March 01, 1992 |
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| A big "Citizen Kane" fan in my youth, I saw Touch of Evil in 1981 and thought it was simply awful. Then recently I heard of this reissue, and thought I'd buy it and watch it again. I discovered that in our youth we often know what's right, but often doubt ourselves. The movie is still awful. It may be more true to Welle's vision, but it's still awful. His talent had gone, quite obviously, by this time.
Many of us want so desperately to find Welles' later work important that we'll do almost anything to trick ourselves into thinking it is. Most often men do this... ... Read More: |
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| 10.Phantom Lady starring: Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Aurora Miranda, Thomas Gomez directed by: Robert Siodmak April 28, 1998 |
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| The Jive Club Pianist was not Freddie Slack but Paul James Parks, who shortly thereafter was drafted into WWII and was in an entertainment unit which performed throughout the African Theatre. |
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