Balloons in Noir Movies
Let´s all get balloony on Noirvember 2022 Day 3. I noticed a parallel between ‘M (1931),’ from which you can see the blind balloon seller (Georg John) above, and ‘The Third Man (1949).’ Of course it´s not intentional, but still a nice coincidence. A Viennese balloon seller nearly blows Major Calloway´s (Trevor Howard) and Sergeant […]
Noir Quotes – I Want to Live (1958)
On Noirvember 2022 Day 2, I have a treasure for all fans of screen legend Susan Hayward. The best performance of her career, as sentenced to death party girl Barbara Graham, has countless quotes which would be worth posting. I deiced for the shortage of cleaning products in exotic places. Wait … what? Barbara: “No […]
News & Trivia – Good To Know
My mind has a lot of ideas and absorbs movie knowledge like a sponge absorbs water or Alice Reed (Joan Bennett), from ‘The Woman in the Window (1944),’ Professor Richard Wanley (Edward G. Robinson). However, this does not necessarily mean that everything that happens in the corners of my brain is usable. With the category […]
