Did anyone else catch the Eddie Muller/Robert Osborne intro to The Breaking Point ? Couldn't stop watching the whole film again. YES. I wasn't going to watch the film but decided to watch it anyway. (I've seen it thanks to TCM 3 or 4 times). It's such a downer, but so well done. That ending on the ...

The Guilty (1947) A low budget wonderful noir from Monogram Studios, with a well-earned surprise ending. Bonita Granville plays twins, one of whom is a femme fatale. Granville’s petulant persona from her past films morphs into an effective seductress, easily manipulating WWII vets Don Castle and Wa...

The Breaking Point (1950) is a fine film and one of John Garfield's best. A truer telling of To Have and Have Not, directed by Michael Curtiz. It has two very different female characters as played by Phyllis Thaxter and Patricia Neal. Thaxter always gives a good performance, and this is one of her b...

Coleman quit the movies about the same time her twin daughters became teenagers. Maybe that had something to do with it. I do recall her as the 3rd sister in WB's Devotion with Lupino and DeHavilland getting the vast amount of attention in the film (since they were the more famous Bonte sisters). W...

Nancy Coleman started out in some A pictures in the early 40s but by this time she was already at Monogram level. She had a short move career for some reason. Coleman quit the movies about the same time her twin daughters became teenagers. Maybe that had something to do with it. I do recall her as ...

What's on Noir Alley this wknd? Is it new? This weekend it's Violence (1947) - new for Noir Alley but has been shown on TCM a few times before. I must say that the film is not very highly reviewed: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039960/ Eddie seemed to be warning us last weekend when he said not to ...

I seldom cry over sad endings. My tears seem to more easily flow while watching a hopeful or uplifting ending. Cases in point: 'The Best Years of Our Lives' (...during this one, there are at least five or six scenes in it that get me misty-eyed...probably why it's been my favorite all-time movie fo...

I wish Fred MacMurray had done more drama. Really good screen presence, loved that chiseled jaw, clipped speech, and piercing eyes ... and great inscrutability, now wonder it took them so long to catch up with him. Eddie's remark about vulnerability with regard to Kim made me think of Marilyn. They...

Yep, I remember that AITF episode, James. One of so many other groundbreaking ones on that classic sitcom. (...btw, I'll bet the majority of people primarily remember Carey as a soup opera fixture, and kind'a like Hans Gudegast..ahem, excuse me..Eric Braeden) ;) I agree with you that actors like th...

Phil Carey was on Archie Bunker. He as an ex-pro-NFL player that Archie really "loved". Well Archie and old-pro go to a bar and Archie makes a comment about sissy boys etc... Old-pro doesn't response, just letting the comments go on. Later Archie asks why the old-pro never got married. Com...

Last Night Noir Alley was Pushover. I've seen the film before but never heard Eddie discuss it. I was somewhat surprised how much he praised the film. The pre-intro by Ben was funny assuming he was being funny and not serious. Ben said to stay tuned for Eddie,,,,,well,,,, but maybe not, since Eddie ...

American History X (1998) -- Just what the world didn't need: a film abound our own t Neo-Nazis. Edward Norton plays a former skinhead who gets out of prison to find that his brother is drifting into the same poisonous beliefs. He then tries to save his brother, to no affect, as the film doubles ba...

This week Noir Alley features Where Danger Lives (RKO - 1950), featuring Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue and Claude Rains. Rather slow moving first half and Rains has very limited screen time but makes the most of it in the best scene in the film with Mitchum and Domergue. Yes, he's only in that one...

This week Noir Alley features Where Danger Lives (RKO - 1950), featuring Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue and Claude Rains.

Rather slow moving first half and Rains has very limited screen time but makes the most of it in the best scene in the film with Mitchum and Domergue.

I just watched Thirteen Women. Running at 59 minutes, this film was of interest to myself, being an Asian\White half-breed. Myrna Loy was often a bad girl in pre-code films. She looked very sexy with that make-her-look-somewhat-Asian make-up. Note that there were only 11 gals featured in the film si...