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Monday

One of the greats. In a Lonely Place, Ride the Pink Horse, and The Expendable Man secure her place, not just in crime but literature.

THE SO BLUE MARBLE was a revelation. So damn good.

Celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth with #WomenInNoir with Dorothy Hughes, crime writer, literary critic, and historian. Hughes wrote 14 novels, primarily crime/hardboiled & #filmnoir styles like The Fallen Sparrow ('42) In a Lonely Place ('47), & Ride the Pink Horse ('46).

"The New York World's Fair? That means we're in ... "

"1939. We came back, but we didn't come back far enough."

#S2E18

Twilight Zone's "The Odyssey of Flight 33"

We hope you're ready for an absolute knockout, as today's Oscar goes...a few rounds! 🥊

Our #31DaysOfOscar lineup tonight has us squaring up on stories with high stakes fights, starting with Humphrey Bogart in THE HARDER THEY FALL ('56) at 8pm ET.

Monday

Chester Morris may have a “Blind Spot” (19457) when it comes to finding a murder. As an alcoholic writer, he’s not sure what happened to a publisher who ends up dead after a meeting. Steven Geray is a writer who tries to help. So does secretary Constance Dowling. Columbia. #FilmNoir

Anthony Uzarowski’s Lauren Bacall:The Queen of Cool book has just landed! #FilmNoir

Winding down the weekend...

"To the wee ones ... the little folk called man ... it's a marvelous adventure, a voyage to another planet."

Check out the rest of Serling's original closing narration for "To Serve Man," which he had rewritten entirely by the time the episode was filmed.

#Season3Episode24

#NoirAlley will not be back until March 21st...

#FilmNoir #TCMParty

Sunday

*Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce (1945) #FilmNoir

Throughout the month of March, I’ll be featuring #WomenInNoir to celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth and showcasing the many talents of our favorite #filmnoir dames in the industry. I hope you’ll join and add to the conversation! 📽️

Railroad Train represents a passenger train running out of view at the right edge of the canvas, red tail lights gleaming on the last car. The smoke plume streaming across the upper half of the composition, the slight left-to-right downgrade of the tracks, and the windblown wheat field all serve to underscore the impression of movement.

Railroad Train by Edward Hopper, 1908

Celebrating #botd for Director, Producer, and Screenwriter, Ben Hecht. His list of movies is long and notable, spanning many genres and including some classic #filmnoir.

Do you have a favorite?
📽️🎂

1949 Thieves' Highway, dir. Jules Dassin, and starring Richard Conte and Lee J Cobb.
#NowWatching #FilmSky #MovieSky #filmnoir

#mood

Humphrey Bogart in Jungapeo, Mexico while filming The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

John Coltrane

“Aisha”

Album “Ole Coltrane”

McCoy Tyner-Piano/Composer
Freddie Hubbard-Trumpet
Eric Dolphy-Alto Sax
Elvin Jones-Drums
youtu.be/wi7X-7QDyfE?...
#Jazz #JazzSky #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying

Scarlett Street (Fritz Lang, 1945)
DoP: Milton Krasner
#FilmNoir #FilmSky

#BOTD Joan Bennett

A week of hanging out with Bogie and Bacall..

#LetterboxdFriday
#LastFourWatched

Friday is that you?
Dick Powell stars in #filmnoir To the Ends of the Earth (1948) directed by Robert Stevenson. The film opened on February 12, 1948, and was the number-one film at the US box office for the week.

Happy Friday. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

*Joan Bennett in Scarlet Street (1945) Directed by Fritz Lang
#FilmNoir

#BornOnThisDay the great #FIlmNoir star (and so much more) Joan Bennett (1910 - 1990). #BOTD

The painting depicts a lone gas station attendant at a Mobilgas station, standing beside bright red gas pumps as evening falls. The station is situated at the edge of a highway, bordering a dense pine forest with tall grass and acacia trees.

Gas by Edward Hopper, 1940

Paramount getting rid of Warner Brothers’ woke movies

Great shot from Columbo episode Étude in Black (1972) with Peter Falk and John Cassavetes...

Alfred Hitchcock attending a Psycho Party, 1960

Good Morning, Vietnam Soundtrack (1987)

#Vinyl #VinylRecords #NowSpinning