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Showing posts with label 1940's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1940's. Show all posts
Sunday, February 8, 2026

Wise Noir Watch: Born to Kill (1947)

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Watched:  02/07/2026 Format:  DVD Viewing:  Unknown Director:  Robert Wise In the world of film noir , there's movies that are a bit gri...
Saturday, February 7, 2026

Welsh Watch: How Green Was My Valley (1941)

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Watched:  02/07/2026 Format:  Prime Viewing:  First Director:  John Ford Pondering how many Maureen O'Hara movies I'd actually seen...
Friday, January 30, 2026

Wise Watch: Criminal Court (1946)

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Watched:  01/29/2026 Format:  A shady Russian website Viewing:  First Director:  Robert Wise I have to assume this 62 minutes flick was a B-...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Wise Watch: A Game of Death (1945)

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Watched:  01/27/2026 Format:  YouTube Viewing:  First Director:  Robert Wise Technically I should have watched The Body Snatcher (1945) nex...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Wise Watch: Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)

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Watched: 01/21/2026 Format:  YouTube Viewing:  First Director:  Robert Wise Our viewing of movies by Robert Wise continues with Mademoiselle...
Friday, January 16, 2026

Noir Watch: Decoy (1946)

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Watched:  01/15/2026 Format:  DVD Viewing:  First Director:  Jack Bernhard What an odd film. Devoid of narrative economy, the movie starts w...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Wise Watch: The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

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Watched:  01/14/2025 Format:  Amazon Viewing:  First Director:  Gunther von Fritsch / Robert Wise We're continuing on with movies direc...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Wise Watch: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

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Watched:  01/12/2025 Format:  Criterion Disc Viewing:  Second Director:  Orson Welles / others/ Robert Wise - some scenes This year we'...
Thursday, January 8, 2026

Noir Crime Watch: Dillinger (1945)

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Watched:  01/08/2025 Format:  HBOmax Viewing:  First Director:  Max Nosseck A biopic of famed gangster John Dillinger , Dillinger (1945) is...
Saturday, December 20, 2025

Happy Birthday, Audrey Totter - Noir Watch: Lady in the Lake (1947)

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Watched:  12/18/2025 Format:  HBOmax Viewing:  ha ha ha ha...  oh, mercy Director:  Robert Montgomery December 20th marks the birthday of Si...
Thursday, December 18, 2025

Holiday Watch: The Bishop's Wife (1947)

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Watched:  12/18/2025 Format:  Amazon Viewing:  Second Director:  Henry Koster I will be honest and say that when we watched The Bishop's...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Holiday Noir Watch: Repeat Performance (1947)

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Watched:  12/16/2025 Format:  Kanopy Viewing:  Second Director:  Alfred L. Werker I'd seen Repeat Performance (1947) a few years back, I...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Noirvember Watch: Saigon (1947)

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Watched:  11/27/2025 Format:  BluRay Viewing:  First Director:  Leslie Fenton I was pretty psyched to see a new-to-me movie starring Alan La...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Noirvember Watch: Crossfire (1947)

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Watched:  11/12/2025 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  Unknown Director:  Edward Dmytryk Crossfire (1947) is one of the movies they recommend whe...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Noirvember Watch: Blind Spot (1947)

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Watched:  11/11/2025 Format:  TCM Noir Alley Viewing:  First Director:  Robert Gordon A cheap and cheerful B-noir from 1947, Blind Spot is ...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Noirvember Watch: Deadline at Dawn (1946)

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Watched:  11/04/2025 Format:  Criterion Channel Viewing:  First Director:  Harold Clurman I know a tiny smidge about the Group Theatre in N...
Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Noir Watch: Force of Evil (1948)

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Watched:  09/01/2025 Format:  Disc Viewing:  Third Director:  Abraham Polonsky So, what I remembered about this movie from my prior viewings...
Thursday, July 17, 2025

Noir Watch: The Gangster ( 1947)

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Watched:  07/15/2025 Format:  TCM Viewing:  Second You know what, I think I would just repeat myself - so here's my post on the movie fr...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

Noir Watch: High Tide (1947)

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Watched:  06/22/2025 Format:  TCM Viewing:  First Director:  John Reinhardt This movie had the unfortunate combo of plodding pacing while fe...
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

1940's Watch: Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

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Watched:  05/19/2025 Format:  TCM Viewing:  First Director:  Dorothy Arzner I basically threw Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) on because I saw it...