For the Love of Film Noir :: The Thin Man’s Older Brother vs. Little Miss Dynamite! (November, 1942)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Glass Key (1942) Paramount Pictures / EP: Buddy G. DeSylva / P: Fred Kohlmar / D: Stuart Heisler / W: Jonathan Latimer, Dashiell Hammett (novel) / C: Theodor Sparkuhl / E: Archie Marshek / M: Victor Young / S: Brian Donlevy, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Bonita Granville, Richard Denning, William Bendix, Margaret Hayes

For the Love of Film Noir :: A Most Sensational Murder Story! (May, 1942)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

The Maltese Falcon (1941) Warner Bros. Pictures :: A First National Picture / P: Hal B. Wallis / AP: Henry Blanke / D: John Huston / W: John Huston, Dashiell Hammett (novel) / C: Arthur Edeson / E: Thomas Richards / M: Adolph Deutsch / S: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Elisha Cook Jr., Lee Patrick, Gladys George, Barton MacLane, Ward Bond