The Silver Screen Oasis

As the decompression phase of my film noir extravaganza in San
Francisco sets in, it is time to relax at the House of Noir with a
double dose of early 50s TV NOIR...

GANGBUSTERS “The Durable Mike Malloy Case” (1952)
Part One:
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Part Two:
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Part Three:
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DRAGNET “The Big Phone Call” (1952)
Part One:
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Part Two:
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Part Three:
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The trailer is great ... thought I'd also add the opening title sequence (which I don't think has already
been posted ... apologies if it has!) ... love that Bernard Herrmann!

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Mook: A total triumph on every level: my favorite Nicholas Ray film, my absolute favorite Bernard Hermann score, George Diskant's shimmering cinematography, the brilliant screenplay by A. I. Bezzerides and Nick Ray, and (dare I say it) my favorite performance from one of the Twentieth Century's premiere actors, Robert Ryan. Thanks for posting those opening credits: my heart races whenever I hear those opening chords over the RKO logo!!

Speaking of punks (thank you, Mook), here's a House of Noir punk favorite,
Dan Duryea, ya see, in the chilling and violent LUNCH COUNTER MURDER.

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knitwit45 wrote:yeah, I had a gig there as a maid, it's pretty posh . .
If ya get a chance, catch Lenore's act in the lounge. She's pretty good. Taught her everything she knows . . .

Hey Gang - I'm back!
'Dja miss me?
Boy that Morro's Lodge is one swingin' joint!
Hey, Moe, I caught Lenore's act, and yowza, she is one spicy tomatah! She says to tell ya she ain't forgotten that bail dough she owes ya from that pinch in Vegas (? ? ), she'll send it to ya when she can.
Man the things that go on down there! Good thing I was tendin' bar out on that yacht most the time, or I'd be comin' back up here with some really choice regrets !
Check it out:

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Hey Lefty, glad you showed up. The boss had me slingin' gin as well as trying to keep the place clean. whew, don't do that to me again, ok?
Glad you saw Lenore. That bail dough would come in pretty handy right now, the tie business just ain't keepin me in smokes.

see ya
Moe

Lefty here - ALL YOU HUNYAWKS LISTEN UP.
Just today, things got a lot tighter for our best gal Moe; so's I want all of youz to buy a drink for her, and a tie or 2 from her, capish?
Boss-man Dewey sprang for a big pot of Mexicali chili from the boys over at the shack on 101; it's on the house, a cup at a time, but you mugs gotta keep everything else oiled from yer wallets tonight, savvy?
Now I want everybody pleasant & generous & on their best behavior . . cause we don't want one of those visits from Moe's Uncle Spence, now do we?
Like as in when she got fired from that cafe out in Nevada, 'member? . . . . . .

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Here is the opening sequence of “Ain’t We Got Fun”, the 5th episode
of the 1st season of THE UNTOUCHABLES. It is my favorite episode
from that wonderful series. Let’s see if we can determine why…

THE UNTOUCHABLES “Ain’t We Got Fun” (Part 1 of 5)
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P.S. Check out the first page of this thread where the Noir Master, Dewey,
provides a lesson on Nicholas Ray.

Could it be the amazing Mr. Carey ?

And not even a screen credit.

The World's gone mad!

I LOVE IT!!!!! And no credit??? How? Why??

The sound is out of sync -- is it the same for everybody? I like it -- it adds that extra, Carey-esque dimension to the proceedings.

[Hi, Mookette!]

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Hi there...still learning the lay of the land here at the Oasis. Now, if you cut & paste on the above you will see the best video on YouTube. It is a Valentine to Noir. Someone pointed it out to me...and I wanted to pass this along to those of you who travel in the noir.

Enjoy!!!

P.S. As I pore back over the pages, I do see that Klondike also pointed out this video (4/19 @11:10pm)

Well...a good video is worth repeating?

CM, if you look at the top of the Post Reply box, you'll see a bunch of buttons, and the last one is "youtube". Just click on that one, insert your youtube address, and Bob's your Uncle!

Moe