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- May 18th, 2024, 6:25 pm
- Forum: Noir Alley
- Topic: Noir Alley
- Replies: 1361
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Re: Noir Alley
There probably wouldn't be enough interest to start a stand alone ID thread and only some of the shows are worth talking about. But there are many noirish elements to these shows: The psychological problems of some of the characters, a twist of fate, the innocent person looked at by the police as gu...
- May 18th, 2024, 6:04 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: I Just Watched...
- Replies: 3826
- Views: 232561
Re: I Just Watched...
Howcum Brooklyn is a fairly popular name but Queens, Bronx, Manhattan, and
Staten Island aren't?
Staten Island aren't?
- May 17th, 2024, 4:22 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: In Vinyl Veritas
- Replies: 258
- Views: 65581
Re: In Vinyl Veritas
The album and song were hits when they first came out in the mid 1980s.
Unfortunately, this was their only big hit in the U.S., though they had
longer lasting success in other places.
Unfortunately, this was their only big hit in the U.S., though they had
longer lasting success in other places.
- May 16th, 2024, 4:20 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: In Vinyl Veritas
- Replies: 258
- Views: 65581
Re: In Vinyl Veritas
You "held out" an extra year.
- May 16th, 2024, 4:17 pm
- Forum: Noir Alley
- Topic: Noir Alley
- Replies: 1361
- Views: 121942
Re: Noir Alley
I watched a few of his shows, but his persona kind of creeps me out. I never found him creepy, just too intense. He did often have interesting cases. What could be more noir than murders, confused individuals with deep psychological problems who often don't fit into the surrounding environment, inn...
- May 16th, 2024, 12:53 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: In Vinyl Veritas
- Replies: 258
- Views: 65581
Re: In Vinyl Veritas
One of my favorite songs and my favorite album, though with the
caveat that the last Elton John album I bought was Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road.
- May 15th, 2024, 9:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: In Vinyl Veritas
- Replies: 258
- Views: 65581
- May 15th, 2024, 8:16 pm
- Forum: Noir Alley
- Topic: Noir Alley
- Replies: 1361
- Views: 121942
- May 15th, 2024, 7:52 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES
- Replies: 2728
- Views: 170483
Re: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES
I love Tony Randall (nice Jewish boy from Tulsa, Oklahoma) as Dr. Lao, mainly because the character is supposed to be a "put-on" for the Western folks so they can learn his wise (but occasionally preachy) ways. I love the Leigh Harline score as well. (he actually first used it in MAN OF T...
- May 15th, 2024, 4:03 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES
- Replies: 2728
- Views: 170483
Re: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES
I remember reading The Circus of Dr. Lao when I was a teenager. It's a fairly
racy book (and a very short one), much more so than the movie. In parts
it even gets a little Sinclair Lewisy. I haven't seen the movie in years. It's
okay, especially some of the special effects, but nothing special.
racy book (and a very short one), much more so than the movie. In parts
it even gets a little Sinclair Lewisy. I haven't seen the movie in years. It's
okay, especially some of the special effects, but nothing special.
- May 15th, 2024, 3:56 pm
- Forum: Noir Alley
- Topic: Noir Alley
- Replies: 1361
- Views: 121942
Re: Noir Alley
SAY IT AINT SO!!!!!!!!!! JOE KENDA IS BACK!!!!!!! MYMYMYMYMY! I saw a commercial for it the other day. Hasn't he run out of cases by now???. I guess there's hope for Paula yet! :( (Unsure if he's rehashing old cases or its like his last one, commenting on others). I'M BACK!!! And they say smoking c...
- May 13th, 2024, 11:06 pm
- Forum: Noir Alley
- Topic: Noir Alley
- Replies: 1361
- Views: 121942
Re: Noir Alley
FMQ was fairly entertaining. It's not original or top drawer, but it gets the job done in one hour, though it is a bit of a bare bones flick. I don't mind if the cop isn't obsessed. Sometimes I like to see a regular cop, just like Otis Campbell liked to see a bat once in a while. I do think that Lun...
- May 13th, 2024, 4:13 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: I Just Watched...
- Replies: 3826
- Views: 232561
Re: I Just Watched...
I've seen The Intruder two or three times over the years, though not recently. I think it nails the atmosphere of a poor small southern town in the early 60s pretty well. It's a rather disheartening place, right down to Shatner's shabby hotel room. And Kirk is believable as the manipulative conman a...
- May 13th, 2024, 3:59 pm
- Forum: Noir Alley
- Topic: Noir Alley
- Replies: 1361
- Views: 121942
- May 12th, 2024, 8:10 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: In Vinyl Veritas
- Replies: 258
- Views: 65581