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24.3.14

The Shadow Knows


Posted by Bill Yarrow at 10:40 PM No comments:
Labels: Felicia Farr, Mark Stevens, Time Table

23.9.11

The Shadow in the Mirror


Posted by Bill Yarrow at 12:59 PM 1 comment:
Labels: Blonde Ice, film noir, Jack Bernhard, Leslie Brooks

4.5.11

Noir Car


Posted by Bill Yarrow at 11:48 AM No comments:
Labels: Edgar G. Ulmer, film noir, Jimmy Lydon, Strange Illusion

29.11.10

Noir Iconography: Symbolic Overload

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 9:23 PM No comments:
Labels: Anthony Mann, Erich von Stroheim, film noir, Mary Beth Hughes, The Great Flamarion

1.11.10

In Moby Dick, We Find a Summary of Noir: "Ahab stood before them with a crucifixion in his face"

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 8:57 PM No comments:
Labels: Ann Sheridan, film noir, Norman Foster, Woman on the Run

16.8.10

Noir Ceiling

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 7:12 AM No comments:
Labels: film noir, Hollow Triumph, Joan Bennett. Paul Henreid, Steve Sekely, The Scar

31.7.10

Noir Mirror

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 1:00 PM No comments:
Labels: Charles Guggenheim, David Clarke, film noir, The St. Louis bank Robbery

28.6.10

In the Noir Pool, There's No Lifeguard on Duty

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 10:31 PM 1 comment:
Labels: Cat People, film noir, Jacques Tourneur, Jane Randolph

31.5.10

Archetypal Noir Topography: Man in the Foreground, Shadowy Woman Behind

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 1:14 PM No comments:
Labels: Alfred L. Werker, film noir, Lynn Bari, Shock, Vincent Price

20.5.10

Amorphous Shadow + Bandage + Raised Eyebrow = Noir

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 11:16 AM No comments:
Labels: film noir, Franchot Tone, I Love Trouble, S. Sylvan Simon

21.4.10

Exit, Pursued by Light

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 3:18 PM No comments:
Labels: film noir, Joseph H. Lewis, Richard Conte, The Big Combo

16.4.10

It's Not Just the Shadows on the Wall; It's the Shadow on Your Face

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 10:35 AM No comments:
Labels: Arthur Ripley, film noir, Robert Cummings, The Chase

Not Every Guy in a Trench Coat is a Detective or a Thug

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 10:25 AM No comments:
Labels: film noir, Frank Capra, Gary Cooper, Meet John Doe

15.4.10

Last Year at Marien-Noir

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 10:25 PM No comments:
Labels: Betsy Drake, film noir, James V. Kern, Robert Young, The Second Woman

The Noir Mise-en-Scène Reflects a State of Mind

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 9:58 PM No comments:
Labels: Felix E. Feist, film noir, John Dall, The Man Who Cheated Himself

Noir Nature

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 12:18 PM No comments:
Labels: film noir, James V. Kern, The Second Woman

If You’re Looking for A Smile in Noir, Look for The Drawn Gun

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 11:45 AM No comments:
Labels: film noir, Lloyd Bridges, Richard Fleischer, Trapped

25.11.09

No Matter How Dark the Content, Hollywood Noirs Always End with a Hint of Bliss

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 8:58 AM 3 comments:
Labels: Byron Haskin, Don DeFore, film noir, Kristine Miller, Too Late for Tears

22.11.09

Savage Eyes: A Little Too Close for Comfort


Posted by Bill Yarrow at 2:51 PM No comments:
Labels: Ann Savage, Detour, Edgar G. Ulmer, film noir, Tom Neal

21.11.09

Not Every Wet Dark Street is a Noir Tableau

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 10:08 AM No comments:
Labels: film noir, Frank Capra, Gary Cooper, Meet John Doe

18.11.09

In Noirs, as in Horror, It's All About the Eyes


Posted by Bill Yarrow at 4:00 PM No comments:
Labels: Ann Sheridan, film noir, Norman Foster, Woman on the Run

In the Best Noirs, Something is Stylized


Posted by Bill Yarrow at 3:50 PM No comments:
Labels: film noir, Fritz Lang, M, Peter Lorre

In Noirs, a Gunshot is Indistinguishable from a Kiss

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 3:00 PM No comments:
Labels: Barbara Stanwyck, film noir, Kirk Douglas, Lewis Milestone, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Noir Protagonists are Not Torn by a Morally Ambiguous Choice: They are Just Torn


Posted by Bill Yarrow at 2:34 PM No comments:
Labels: film noir, John Payne, Kansas City Confidential, Phil Karlson

In Noirs, as in Paradise Lost, Darkness is Visible




Posted by Bill Yarrow at 11:14 AM No comments:
Labels: Bernard Vorhaus, film noir, John Alton, Lynn Bari, The Amazing Mr. X, Turhan Bey
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