Thief Proof ! (June, 1977)

 

 

Queen of the Curves :: Vote for Alexis!

 

 

For the Love of Film Noir :: The Picture Isn’t Important (March, 1941)

 

 
Alas, folks, after several hours of searching I was unable to unearth any ads for Stranger on the Third Floor (– found several films  it was paired with, sure, but not the film itself. Feh.) Anyhoo, so, instead of the ads for what most feel is Film Noir ground zero, you’ll just have to settle for this morale-boosting pin-up of Veronica Lake. Horrible, right?

 

This post is part of my rehash and continuation of the For the Love of Film Noir Blogathon originally held back in February of 2011. Thus and so, we will be heading down the rain-soaked streets and neon-drenched back alleys of Noirville again for the entire month of March. And along with all the old material migrating over from the old site, we’ll also be scattering around a lot of new stuff as well. Also of note, we’ll be posting them in chronological order to show how the genre evolved and progressed from the 1940′s through the late ’50s. And as an added bonus, I’ll be posting some vintage adverts to stuff I’ve always associated with the genre — cigarettes, booze and fashionable ladies.

Nobody Loves the Hulk … (July, 1978)

 

 

The Latest in Paris Fashions (circa July, 1935)

 

 

A Grim Reminder :: Be Safe, Everybody. And Sincere Wishes for a Happy New Year from Scene from the Morgue!

 

 

When the Felgercarb Hit the Fan over the War of the Worlds :: The Nation Reacts to the Greatest Hallowe’en Prank Ever! (October, 1938)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
“This is Orson Welles, ladies and gentlemen, out of character, to assure you that The War of the Worlds has no further significance than as the holiday offering in which it was intended to be; the Mercury Theater’s own radio version of dressing up in a sheet and jumping out of bush and saying ‘Boo.’ Starting now we couldn’t soap all your windows and steal all your garden gates by tomorrow night so we did the next best thing: we annihilated the world before your very ears and utterly destroyed the [Colombia Broadcasting System]. You will be relieved, I hope, to learn that we didn’t mean it and that both institutions are still open for business. So goodbye, everybody, and remember, please, for the next day or so, the terrible lesson you learned tonight. That grinning, glowing, globular invader of your living room is an inhabitant of the pumpkin patch, and when your doorbell rings and nobody’s there, that was no Martian. It’s Hallowe’en.”

 

Video courtesy of MichaelTivey.

Da’King Lives! :: Hustle-Bustle at the Draft Board (March, 1958)

 

 

 

 
This post was part of Da’King Lives, which originated back in January of 2010, to help celebrate the King of Rock-n-Roll’s 75th birthday and throw a spotlight on his fine, fractured forays into feature film.
 

 

Da’King Lives! :: The King Has No Hair [Artist Interpretation]. (January, 1958)

 

 
This post was part of Da’King Lives, which originated back in January of 2010, to help celebrate the King of Rock-n-Roll’s 75th birthday and throw a spotlight on his fine, fractured forays into feature film.
 

 

Da’King Lives! :: The Envy of Thousands of Screaming Bobby-Soxers! (November, 1956)

 

 
This post was part of Da’King Lives, which originated back in January of 2010, to help celebrate the King of Rock-n-Roll’s 75th birthday and throw a spotlight on his fine, fractured forays into feature film.