Noirvember 2023 - Rate the last noir you watched

Ah the good old days! Hopefully her parents were already in bed. Somehow I'm not thinking of an early Happy Days episode were Richie brings his date back to his parents house, trying really hard not to wake them up.

RKO did more noirs than anyone, so that would include a bunch of shorties. Here is a link to their entire film output:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...Pictures_films


I don't know if they did one before Cat People in 1942 (73 mins.), but there were a boatload of them.

And lots of "B'' noirs were made by poverty row studios like Eagle-Lion, maybe Monogram or Republic.

Boy, does THAT scenario sound familiar...

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945) Directed by Robert Siodmak. Starring George Sanders, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Ella Raines. A possessive sister interferes with her brother's love life. I was enjoying the film up until that awful ending (groan). I thought the performances were good and I was entertained. Just try to overlook the final few minutes. Watched on Youtube.

Sold! I'm watching that one tonight and I don't even know what those final few minutes are about I guess I'll find out.

Enjoy! I'll be very curious to hear your thoughts after.

You will, I'll post tomorrow about it.

Going to watch Nightmare Alley tonight, and then I’ll watch the remake tomorrow to compare the two.

Heck yeah, Joan Crawford is always great.

Definitely interested in hearing your thoughts on both of those.

Watched both 'back to back' not so long ago, both aren't bad but I wouldn't classify as 'must see' for the countdown.

Another combo I watched back to back was The Narrow Margin '52 + '90. Now that 's a combo I highly recommend! The original is a serious contender for my ballot at the moment.

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Both great and both in consideration for my ballot.

Watching tonight:

Scarlet Street (1945)






Really enjoyed this, good performances and a compelling story.

One of my favorites and a strong contender for my ballot. Scarlet Street was also my nom in the Noir HoF II

Yeah, the ending was decidedly "un-noir". And in fact it took away most of its noir cred. The original play by Thomas Job didn't have the phony dream sequence, and the two sisters actually got their fate.

Universal changed the ending thinking the Production Code would take exception to the original ending, which infuriated producer Joan Harrison (of Hitchcock fame) to where she left Universal.

I also think that, although I love George Sanders, he was miscast in this role. And you could almost tell he was uncomfortable. I'd love to see a faithful remake of the play, which is a true noir.

Pushover (1954) Directed by Richard Quine and starring Fred MacMurray and Kim Novak. An undercover cop falls for a bank robber's girl. An entertaining noir with good performances. Watched on YouTube.

Oh! sounds like another good one. I always like Fred MacMurray and pairing him with Kim Novak in a dangerous love triangle sounds interesting. I'll watch it.

Whirlpool (1950) Otto Preminger directs Gene Tierney and José Ferrer in this tale of murder and hypnotism. I thought this was entertaining and with an interesting story.