Any Film Noir fans?

Della said:
I love film noir.
Probably my favorite, after the previously mentioned, Double Indemnity is:

"Too Late for Tears," In which Lizabeth Scott plays such an evil housewife she even scares noir's favorite thug, Dan Duryea.
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Double Indemnity (1944) may be my favorite noir also. I was just thinking today that along with the obvious kudos for the picture, and the attention to Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson is phenomenal in his portrayal of Barton Keyes. He plays the whole gamut. A classic breathtaking sample:
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And Too Late for Tears (1949)! Another winner that wasn't loved when it was released. I think it may be Lizbeth Scott's best role. Normally rather wooden, here she sizzles as a nasty femme fatale to rival anything by Barbara Stanwyck or Ann Savage. Good one for Duryea fans too.
 

Posted this in the thread Last Movie You Watched: Just saw Scarlett Street w/Edward g. Robinson, Dan Duryea and Joan Bennett. Given the year (1945), the actors and the b/w shadows I think it's film noir. Am I right? I liked it a lot.
 
Marcy Sheiner said:
Posted this in the thread Last Movie You Watched: Just saw Scarlett Street w/Edward g. Robinson, Dan Duryea and Joan Bennett. Given the year (1945), the actors and the b/w shadows I think it's film noir. Am I right? I liked it a lot.
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Yes, it's definitely a noir. It's a common noir theme: a man is enticed to do something he ought not, then suffers the consequences for it. Depressing film. I commented a little in the movie thread.
 

I was re reading a Chandler today and the passage "Her stockings were just as sheer as the day before, but she wasn't showing as much of her legs. Her black hair was glossy under a brown Robin Hood hat that might have cost fifty dollars and looked as if you could have made it with one hand out of a desk blotter.".....it caused a scene from a noir to spring into my head.

And it's driving me batty as i can't remember what film! Or if have mis remembered!

I wonder if I could describe it and share to see if it rings a bell for anyone ...
Its daylight, and in a ships cabin I think, Is our femme, she is changing clothes, she removes stockings and places them by an open window, it is picked up on the wind and floats down to the deck below, there, two gents are walking by at exactly the right time for the stocking to land on his face.....

And that's all I can remember!
 
Seumas said:
I was re reading a Chandler today and the passage "Her stockings were just as sheer as the day before, but she wasn't showing as much of her legs. Her black hair was glossy under a brown Robin Hood hat that might have cost fifty dollars and looked as if you could have made it with one hand out of a desk blotter.".....it caused a scene from a noir to spring into my head.

And it's driving me batty as i can't remember what film! Or if have mis remembered!

I wonder if I could describe it and share to see if it rings a bell for anyone ...
Its daylight, and in a ships cabin I think, Is our femme, she is changing clothes, she removes stockings and places them by an open window, it is picked up on the wind and floats down to the deck below, there, two gents are walking by at exactly the right time for the stocking to land on his face.....

And that's all I can remember!
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Doesn't ring a bell, Seumas. Shot in the dark: it wouldn't be The Lady from Shanghai (1947), would it? Great noir starring Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, and Everett Sloane.
 
Seumas said:
I imagine I shall have to watch it now! [The Lady from Shanghai]
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Well, even if it's not the film you were trying to recall, it's a very good picture, despite Columbia's Harry Cohn's incessant meddling with Orson Welles' initial cut. It's also the only time one can see Rita Hayworth with short bleached blonde hair.
 
ChiroDoc said:
Well, even if it's not the film you were trying to recall, it's a very good picture, despite Columbia's Harry Cohn's incessant meddling with Orson Welles' initial cut. It's also the only time one can see Rita Hayworth with short bleached blonde hair.
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Isn't that movie in black and white?
 
I Definitely love film noir. I still watch them on youtube. I also like the 1930s comedy detective movies I used to watch on Sunday mornings. Great movies and tv pretty much died around 2016 for me. Youtube is pretty much where I go for movies and tv, plus my little known apps that shows great older with almost no commercials.
 
Saw A Crime of Passion last nite with Barbara Stanwyck and Sterling Hayden last night. Given the description, the actors and the year and genre, I expected greatness, but it was kind of a mess. Stanwyck's character didn't seem logically motivated, at least to me, and I feel kind of meh about it.
 

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