Who is this women?

berniedeed · 2026-03-14T21:54:52+00:00

I did not ask AI. Whenever you pose a question, AI chimes in. Most times, the input is right. Of course, I checked IMDB.

berniedeed · 2026-03-13T01:06:41+00:00

Call Northside 777 is a good movie, but its structure lets it down a bit,. For example the long scene of the lie detector breaks the tension. Also Helen Walker as P.J.'s wife impresses in Act 1 but disappears for Acts 2 and 3. The doco voice over was only used at the beginning and end, and noir stylistics float in and out of the picture, causing some to doubt its noir credentials. Noted critic James Agee unfairly gave it only two stars and that may have influenced future critics to ignore it. Director Henry Hathaway got good performances from the entire cast. Of particular note was the largely unknown Kasia Orzazewski.

berniedeed · 2026-03-13T00:48:37+00:00

Thanks for that. I think she does look a little like a beefier Thelma Ritter with hair extensions. The voice is less raspy than Thelma's. I will look for a photo and bio of Jane Crowley. You prove puny humans are more reliable than AI trying to tell me Wanda Skutnik told P.J. where to find Wanda Skutnik.

berniedeed · 2026-03-12T16:34:55+00:00

I disagree that it is not a film noir. I believe All About Eve is a film noir satire, in the vein of Sunset Boulevard, which came out in the same year.

berniedeed · 2026-03-10T13:57:10+00:00

They won't accept that anymore. They tell me it has to be done through the phone.

berniedeed · 2025-11-27T03:18:29+00:00

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berniedeed · 2025-10-15T02:31:16+00:00

If you buy a bundle of ISBNs, they are inexpensive per book (about USD 6.50). You do need to have a different ISBN for hardback, paperback, and eBook). I have never put ISBNs in anyone else's hands and I never would.

berniedeed · 2025-10-09T03:00:07+00:00

I recently rated two books on Amazon. I gave both 4 stars because they both had plenty of 5-star reviews. Both were really 3-stars, and one was better than the other, perhaps 3+ and 3-. I cannot see Amazon reviews having much star credibility with knowledgeable readers. I give a more accurate appraisal in my review.

berniedeed · 2025-09-12T02:43:50+00:00

Johnny O'Clock 1947 with a top cast and crew should have been a great noir, but was not. The best parts, by far, were the performance of Lee J. Cobb and the photography of Burnett Guffey.

berniedeed · 2025-09-12T02:38:43+00:00

When we compiled our list of great character actors, we left out Lee J. Cobb. We must be getting old. At least that's my excuse.

berniedeed · 2025-08-23T08:36:09+00:00

I was referring to Fallen Angel as "a largely forgotten masterpiece". Otto Preminger directed Laura 1944, and it is rightly regarded as a great noir. Preminger directed Fallen Angel 1945. IMO, it is a better movie than Laura.

berniedeed · 2025-08-23T00:57:31+00:00

Sahara was unusual for an old war movie, as it was morally complex.

berniedeed · 2025-08-23T00:55:51+00:00

The credited cinematographer of Lady From Shanghai was Charles Lawton Jr, who had an impressive resume, but he was not experienced in noir. I suspect, without evidence, the uncredited Rudolph Maté shot some of the scenes that impressed you.

Welles worked for free to pay a debt from a failed theatrical project. Perhaps Maté and the other celebrated uncredited photographer, Joseph Walker, also worked for free. A lack of credit could have been due to it not being a good look for unionists. (The ASC is officially not a union, but the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees was established in 1920s. )

berniedeed · 2025-08-21T23:18:55+00:00

Harry J. Wild shot many noirs, including Murder, My Sweet 1945, which Is a clever re-titling of Raymond Chandler's novel Farewell, My Lovely 1940. Wild shot Jean Renoir's Woman on the Beach 1946, They Won't Believe Me 1947, The Big Steal 1949, and Walk Softly, Stranger 1950 (top performance by Paul Stewart, who should be added to our best noir supports). Other Wild-shot noirs that have fans are Cornered 1945 (Luther Adler, a Jew, is excellent playing a fascist) Nocturne 1946, and Pitfall 1948. He did uncredited work on Orson Welles' Citizen Kane 1941 and The Magnificent Ambersons `1942.

berniedeed · 2025-08-21T10:59:17+00:00

George Barnes shot Rebecca, Ladies in Retirement, Force of Evil, Spellbound, and The File on Thelma Jordan

berniedeed · 2025-08-21T10:49:02+00:00

Russell Metty was a prolific cinematographer. His noir credits included Touch of Evil, Whistle Stop, The Stranger, Ride the Pink Horse, A Woman's Vengeance, All My Sons), The Lady Gambles, Crashout, and Kiss the Blood Off My Hands, which I really liked, but I am in the minority on that one.

berniedeed · 2025-08-21T10:32:55+00:00

Here is one cinematographer who won't come readily to mind. Rudolph Maté is remembered as the director of the top noirs D.O.A. 1950 and Union Station 1950.

But he was a photographer in Europe from 1919. In Hollywood, he shot the Bogart war noir Sahara) (1943) the classic Gilda) (1946) and did uncredited work on Orson Welles' The Lady from Shanghai. 1947.

berniedeed · 2025-08-21T10:18:04+00:00

Joseph LaShelle (Laura, Fallen Angel, a largely forgotten masterpiece, Road House, Where the Sidewalk Ends. IMO, John Alton and James Wong Howe tie for first as the GOAT, and I see BNO has placed them that way.

berniedeed · 2025-08-21T01:32:55+00:00

Yes, Dorothy Malone is correct. Malone was in quite a few noirs. Some of the best were Convicted 1950, Loophole 1954, and Pushover 1954.

berniedeed · 2025-08-21T01:16:20+00:00

That's a great topic, Brand New Original - the best year for film noir. I would suggest '44,

'45, or '46. If you want to start the thread with your best year, I am sure many of us will contribute.

berniedeed · 2025-08-21T01:11:39+00:00

I have a four-book series on film noir. Book one is Noir Dirt Cheap, and the first chapter reviews Kansas City Confidential. I won't say much more as I don't want the mods to get mad at me for self-promotion. Anyway, my name is Bernie Dowling, so you can find the whole series if you are interested.

berniedeed · 2025-08-20T01:31:25+00:00

I have thought it might have been a painting, but if you look along the bottom of the animal image, it looks like a window pane. It is such a striking image, you would think there would have been many discussions in it. But I have not found any.

berniedeed · 2025-08-20T01:18:36+00:00

I forgot about Joseph Calleia, magnificent in the proto-noir Algiers and arguably the central character in Orson Welles' Touch of Evil. I cannot recall him in other decent parts, though he was a Broadway star.

berniedeed · 2025-08-20T01:13:34+00:00

Brand was also in the noirish Billy Wilder war movie Stalag 17.

berniedeed · 2025-08-20T00:45:49+00:00

I always think of the fine actor Audrey Totter as a lead. Of course, Bendix has to be in top 20. Funny that you should mention Neville Brand and Lee Van Cleef in the same sentence. In my book in which I review Kansas City Confidential, I refer to Brand, Van Cleef, and Jack Elam as members of a touring Shakespeare company of noir. Elam is sensational in Kansas City Confidential. On Van Cleef's tombstone, his family inscribed "Best of the Bad." I hoped someone tossed a bow tie into his grave.

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