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Californian Noir and Sci-Fi Dystopia: "The Day of the Locust", "D.O.A.", "Elysium", "Blade Runner" 25 Aug 2013 | 08:28 am
Fred MacMurray & Barbara Stanwyck in "Double Indemnity" (1944) directed by Billy Wilder Of the three writers [Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain] connected with "Double Indemnity", Cain...
Happy Anniversary, Gene Kelly! 24 Aug 2013 | 05:52 am
Gene Kelly video featuring Gene Kelly ("My Love For You") video featuring scenes from "An American in Paris" with Leslie Caron, "Anchors Aweigh" with Kathryn Grayson, "On the Town" with Vera-Ellen, "C...
To be or Not To Be (starring Carole Lombard): New Criterion Release 16 Aug 2013 | 06:26 am
Carole Lombard — To Be or Not to Be (Ernst Lubitsch, 1942) Carole Lombard’s final film called on the actress to marshal her considerable talents to depict the only character in a story about role pla...
Fred MacMurray: Nice Guy On & Off Screen 11 Aug 2013 | 04:48 am
Fred MacMurray was born on August 30, 1908, in Kankakee, Illinois. Both of Fred's parents had ties to the small Middle Western town of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Frederick MacMurray was the son of the Rev...
Happy Anniversary, Robert Siodmak! 8 Aug 2013 | 10:58 pm
Film noir from 1944 directed by Robert Siodmak and starring beautiful Washingtonian actress Ella Raines, Franchot Tone, Alan Curtis and Elisha Cook Jr. Ella Raines plays Carol Richman, Scott Henderso...
Binary Genre Models in "Double Indemnity" 8 Aug 2013 | 07:14 pm
Barbara Stanwyck, photographed by A.L. Whitey Schafer and Costume by Edith Head. Publicity photo for 'Double Indemnity' (1944) directed by Billy Wilder DOUBLE INDEMNITY SCRIPT - NEFF: He interrupts t...
Jake Gyllenhaal shopping groceries in N.Y. and Los Angeles 7 Aug 2013 | 01:58 pm
Jake Gyllenhaal is shopping groceries at Erewhon Natural Foods in Los Angeles, on August 4, 2013 The previous day Jake Gyllenhaal was seen shopping groceries with Alyssa in Tribeca, New York City on ...
The Pyschological Splitting of Film Noir 31 Jul 2013 | 05:03 pm
Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor in "Borderline" (1950) directed by William A. Seiter One of the strange things about travel South of the Border is that it can have one of two contrasting effects: ei...
Happy Anniversary, Raymond Chandler! 24 Jul 2013 | 04:55 am
Q: Isn't this dark aspect of the middle class what Chandler was describing with the image of meek housewives feeling the edge of a knife as they stare at their husbands' necks? Wilder: Chandler was m...
Ordinary Heroes: James Stewart & Fred MacMurray 23 Jul 2013 | 08:13 pm
“That’s the great thing about the movies… after you learn — and if you’re good enough and God helps you and you’re lucky to have a personality that comes across — then what you’re doing is — you’re gi...
