For the Love of Film Noir :: A Strange, Sinister, Secret Story (June, 1947)

 

 

 

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.

The Locket (1946) RKO Radio Pictures / EP: Jack J. Gross / P: Bert Granet / D: John Brahm / W: Sheridan Gibney / C: Nicholas Musuraca / E: J.R. Whittredge / M: Roy Webb / S: Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum, Gene Raymond, Sharyn Moffett, Ricardo Cortez

Entering the 3rd Dimension :: So Real You Feel You’re Fighting for YOUR Life 2000ft Over Empty Space! (September, 1953)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Second Chance (1953) RKO Radio Pictures / EP: Edmund Grainger / P: Sam Wiesenthal, Howard Hughes / D: Rudolph Maté / W: Oscar Millard, Sydney Boehm / C: William E. Snyder / E: Robert Ford / M: Roy Webb / S: Robert Mitchum, Jack Palance, Linda Darnell, Sandro Giglio, Judy Walsh

Melody (1953) Walt Disney Productions :: RKO Radio Pictures / P: Walt Disney / D: Ward Kimball, Charles A. Nichols / W: Dick Huemer / M: Joseph Dubin / Loulie Jean Norman, Harry Stanton, Bill Thompson, Gloria Wood

The Cry that Rocked the World’s Hottest Strip of Hell! Also, the Truth About Flying Saucers (November, 1956)

 

 

 

 

 
Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers is currently streaming on Netflix and I highly recommend it. Quite the trip.
 
Bandido (1956) D.R.M. Productions :: United Artists / P: Robert L. Jacks / D: Richard Fleischer / W: Earl Felton / C: Ernest Laszlo / E: Robert Golden / M: Max Steiner / S: Robert Mitchum, Ursula Thiess, Gilbert Roland, Zachary Scott, Rodolfo Acosta

Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers (1956) Ivan Tors Productions / P: Ivan Tors, Clarence Greene, Russell Rouse / AP: Fernando Carrere / D: Winston Jones / W: Francis Martin / C: Howard A. Anderson / E: Chester W. Schaeffer / M: Ernest Gold / S: Willis Sperry, Nicholas Mariana, Delbert Newhouse, Wendell Swanson, Tom Towers

Now Showing :: November, 1952

 

 

The Good, the Bad, and the Allosaurus (Decemeber, 1969)

 

 

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Full film review of The Valley of Gwangi at 3B Theater.

Poster campaign for The Valley of Gwangi at the Archive.

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969) Robert Goldstein Productions :: Ronden :: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts / EP: Robert Goldstein / P: Ronald M. Cohen, Dennis Shryack / AP: Stan Jolley / D: Burt Kennedy / W: Ronald M. Cohen, Dennis Shryack / C: Harry Stradling Jr. / E: Howard Deane / M: William Lava / S: Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, Martin Balsam, David Carradine, Tina Louise

The Valley of Gwangi (1969) Morningside Productions :: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts / P: Charles H. Schneer / AP: Ray Harryhausen / D: James O’Connolly / W: William Bast / C: Erwin Hillier / E: Henry Richardson / M: Jerome Moross / S: James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson, Laurence Naismith, Gustavo Rojo, Freda Jackson, Dennis Kilbane, Mario De Barros, Curtis Arden

The Big One with the Big Two! (August, 1967)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
El Dorado (1967) Laurel Productions :: Paramount Pictures / P: Howard Hawks / AP: Paul Helmick / D: Howard Hawks / W: Leigh Brackett, Harry Brown (novel) / C: Harold Rosson / E: John Woodcock / M: Nelson Riddle / S: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Michele Carey, Edward Asner, Arthur Hunnicutt

Random Drive-In Mash-Up :: Backwater Noir and the Birth of Hicksploitation (October, 1960)

 

 

 

 
Thunder Road (1958) D.R.M. Productions :: United Artists / P: Robert Mitchum, Arthur Ripley / D: Arthur Ripley / W: James Atlee Phillips, Walter Wise / C: David Ettenson / S: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Keely Smith

Road Racers (1959) Catalina Productions :: American International / P: Stanley Kallis / D: Arthur Swerdloff / W: Stanley Kallis, Edward J. Lakso / C: Carl Guthrie / S: Sally Fraser, Alan Dinehart, Joel Lawrence, Marian Collier, Skip Ward

A Wild Western Whodunit (August, 1968)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Full film review at the Brewery.

Five Card Stud (1968) Paramount Pictures / D: Henry Hathaway / W: Marguerite Roberts / C: Daniel L. Fapp / M: Maurice Jarre / P: Joseph H. Hazen, Paul Nathan, Hal B. Wallis / S: Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Roddy McDowall, Yaphet Kotto, Katherine Justice, Inger Stevens