Today I watched the 1944 spooky mystery The Lodger. Weird… I could have sworn I have already seen this story… In fact, I feel like I watch this story every few months. The 1953 Man in the Attic is probably the closest connection but there have been numerous, lesser known ones made around that time. …
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The Voice of the Turtle (AKA One for the Book) (1947)
Today is Eve Arden day of this Summer Under the Stars. How great is that? Is there anyone who is not absolutely in love with Eve Arden? She is iconic! I could have chosen so many films of hers to watch, it might seem weird that this post is about a pretty obscure The Voice …
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State of the Union (1948)
State of the Union is one of the Katharine Hepburn/Spencer Tracy movies I have not seen before today. Also, I followed it up with Pat and Mike so there are almost none left for me to discover. Granted, I can’t say I am exactly in a Hepburn/Tracy mood after this one, because it ended up …
Pursued (1947)
Pursued is a “western melodrama film noir” starring Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright. And while the genre description might sound ridiculous, maybe even headache-inducing, it is actually on point. The film begins with Teresa Wright arriving at a desolate hut where she meets Robert Mitchum (in a very elegant shirt). It becomes clear immediately that …
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Passport to Pimlico is a good old Ealing Studios comedy, something that to me always signifies at the very least a PLEASANT time. And it IS a pleasant film! The movie begins during an English heat wave (bittersweet to watch, during an unexpected coldness where I am these past few days) with a literal explosion, …
Noirvember 2019 – “Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror” (1942)
Noirvember is coming to a close. It was a weird one over here, with half of the films I featured on the blog barely being qualifying as actual noirs (and the most iconic film this year was definitely not a noir). And today, the finale, is probably the least noir-y of them all and just …
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Noirvember 2019 – “Johnny Apollo” (1940)
Today’s film features none other than Tyrone Power, a star I have complicated feelings about but that’s a story for another day. Power plays the son of a stockbroker jailed for embezzlement. Because of this disgrace, Tyrone can’t find a job anywhere – his name is essentially tainted. So, naturally, he changes it – to …
Noirvember 2019 Double Feature – “The Arnelo Affair” (1947) & “Whispering Footsteps” (1943)
NaNoWriMo has been pretty hard for me these past few days so the next entry in the Noirvember series is going to be a two-in-one. The first film is the 1947 The Arnelo Affair directed by Arch Oboler and it is the first film of his I’ve seen. We begin in a car, where a …
Noirvember 2019 – “Johnny Allegro” (1949)
We’re halfway through Noirvember now and once again we find ourselves with a story of espionage. George Raft plays the main role in Johnny Allegro – John Allegro, a florist, former soldier. A soldier is only a part of it, though – he is a real war hero. Oh, he is also a former criminal …
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Swingin' at the Seance 