East Bay Express film reviewer Kelly Vance joins us to talk about the "Now Playing" feature on filmnoirfoundation.org, a newly added guide to noir-tinged movie and streaming news. We also round up a bunch of great classic noir releases on Blu-ray in the last few years from specialty outlets who've all been releasing terrific films mostly unavailable on home video before now:
-- KL Studio Classics: Pitfall, 99 River Street, Cry Of The City, Deadline USA. Hollow Triumph, Boomerang, The Woman In The Window, He Ran All The Way, Roadhouse, I Wake Up Screaming, The Chase, A Kiss Before Dying, I Walk Alone, The Taking of Pelham 123
-- Olive: Cry Danger, Try And Get Me, The Big Combo, Body And Soul, Plunder Road, Crashout, Odds Against Tomorrow
-- Flicker Alley: Too Late For Tears, Woman on the Run, The Man Who Cheated Himself
-- VCI: The Prowler, New York Confidential (DVD only)
-- ClassicFlix: T-Men, Raw Deal, He Walked By Night, You Only Live Once
-- Cohen Film Collection: Jamaica Inn, Sudden Fear
-- Twilight Time: Kiss Of Death, Inferno 3D
-- Warner Archive: Gun Crazy
Follow the FNF's Now Playing listings here: http://filmnoirfoundation.org/now-playing.html
Please send us any feedback you have on our show to podcast@filmnoirfoundation.org, and rate/review us on iTunes.
Music: Themes from The Prowler, 99 River Street, Pitfall, Plunder Road, Deadline USA
Dialogue from New York Confidential, with Anne Bancroft, Richard Conte, and Broderick Crawford.
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East Bay Express film reviewer Kelly Vance joins us to talk about the "Now Playing" feature on filmnoirfoundation.org, a newly added guide to noir-tinged movie and streaming news. We also round up a bunch of great classic noir releases on Blu-ray in the last few years from specialty outlets who've all been releasing terrific films mostly unavailable on home video before now:
-- KL Studio Classics: Pitfall, 99 River Street, Cry Of The City, Deadline USA. Hollow Triumph, Boomerang, The Woman In The Window, He Ran All The Way, Roadhouse, I Wake Up Screaming, The Chase, A Kiss Before Dying, I Walk Alone, The Taking of Pelham 123
-- Olive: Cry Danger, Try And Get Me, The Big Combo, Body And Soul, Plunder Road, Crashout, Odds Against Tomorrow
-- Flicker Alley: Too Late For Tears, Woman on the Run, The Man Who Cheated Himself
-- VCI: The Prowler, New York Confidential (DVD only)
-- ClassicFlix: T-Men, Raw Deal, He Walked By Night, You Only Live Once
-- Cohen Film Collection: Jamaica Inn, Sudden Fear
-- Twilight Time: Kiss Of Death, Inferno 3D
-- Warner Archive: Gun Crazy
Follow the FNF's Now Playing listings here: http://filmnoirfoundation.org/now-playing.html
Please send us any feedback you have on our show to podcast@filmnoirfoundation.org, and rate/review us on iTunes.
Music: Themes from The Prowler, 99 River Street, Pitfall, Plunder Road, Deadline USA
Dialogue from New York Confidential, with Anne Bancroft, Richard Conte, and Broderick Crawford.
Ep 11: Michael Curtiz - A Life In Film, with Alan K. Rode
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7 years ago
Ep 11: Michael Curtiz - A Life In Film, with Alan K. Rode
Film Noir Foundation charter director and treasurer Alan K. Rode joins us to discuss his new biography of Michael Curtiz, one of classic Hollywood's greatest directors. We start with Curtiz's early life and career in Europe (2:45), his first years in Hollywood (11:15), and his wife and close collaborator Bess Meredyth (14:35). Then we talk about his breakthrough success with Captain Blood and other hits with Errol Flynn, including The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Sea Hawk (17:15). We also discuss the peak of Curtiz's career with Yankee Doodle Dandy (28:05) and Casablanca (34:40).
We then delve into some of Curtiz's major noir films: Mildred Pierce (39:45), The Unsuspected (47:35), the new restoration of The Sea Wolf (53:10), and his post-war masterpiece, The Breaking Point (1:00:25).
We wrap up with a few titles from late in Curtiz's career (1:08:00) and a discussion of why he has not been more of a household name (1:10:20).
Michael Curtiz: A Life In Film available at: https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Curtiz-Life-Screen-Classics/dp/0813173914
Excerpts from Alan's book are available at these links:
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http://www.classicmoviehub.com/blog/the-politics-of-yankee-doodle-dandy-exclusive-guest-post-by-author-alan-k-rode/
https://alankrode.com/index.php/75th-anniversary-of-casablanca
All-access festival passes for NOIR CITY 16 available at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3195503
Please send us any feedback you have on our show to podcast@filmnoirfoundation.org.
Music: Themes from Mildred Pierce (by Max Steiner), The Sea Hawk (Erich Wolfgang Korngold), The Adventures Of Robin Hood (Korngold), Yankee Doodle Dandy (George M. Cohan), and The Sea Wolf (Korngold). "Crawfish" from King Creole.
Dialogue from Mildred Pierce (1945), with Joan Crawford, and from The Breaking Point (1950), with John Garfield and Patricia Neal.
NOIR TALK
East Bay Express film reviewer Kelly Vance joins us to talk about the "Now Playing" feature on filmnoirfoundation.org, a newly added guide to noir-tinged movie and streaming news. We also round up a bunch of great classic noir releases on Blu-ray in the last few years from specialty outlets who've all been releasing terrific films mostly unavailable on home video before now:
-- KL Studio Classics: Pitfall, 99 River Street, Cry Of The City, Deadline USA. Hollow Triumph, Boomerang, The Woman In The Window, He Ran All The Way, Roadhouse, I Wake Up Screaming, The Chase, A Kiss Before Dying, I Walk Alone, The Taking of Pelham 123
-- Olive: Cry Danger, Try And Get Me, The Big Combo, Body And Soul, Plunder Road, Crashout, Odds Against Tomorrow
-- Flicker Alley: Too Late For Tears, Woman on the Run, The Man Who Cheated Himself
-- VCI: The Prowler, New York Confidential (DVD only)
-- ClassicFlix: T-Men, Raw Deal, He Walked By Night, You Only Live Once
-- Cohen Film Collection: Jamaica Inn, Sudden Fear
-- Twilight Time: Kiss Of Death, Inferno 3D
-- Warner Archive: Gun Crazy
Follow the FNF's Now Playing listings here: http://filmnoirfoundation.org/now-playing.html
Please send us any feedback you have on our show to podcast@filmnoirfoundation.org, and rate/review us on iTunes.
Music: Themes from The Prowler, 99 River Street, Pitfall, Plunder Road, Deadline USA
Dialogue from New York Confidential, with Anne Bancroft, Richard Conte, and Broderick Crawford.
