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Contrary to parental warnings, the lack of a high school diploma does not necessarily doom one to minimum wage drudgery. A surprising number of Silver Screen Legends forwent education and began early careers, although not necessarily in acting. Most were not plucked from obscurity, forced to abandon instruction and thrust into the limelight by their [...]
Posted by Suzy Duvall on Friday, December 30, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Education, Movies, People · Tagged Al Pacino, American film directors, Charles Chaplin, Cinema of the United States, Clark Gable, greta garbo, Henry Fonda, highschool dropouts, Humphrey Bogart, Joe DiMaggio, Julie Edwards, Lilies of the Field, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Mary Pickford, Norma Jean Baker, Shirley Temple, Sidney Poitier
Originally popularized by Alfred Hitchcock, the term “MacGuffin” refers to the object in a movie that drives the action. In most cases, what the MacGuffin actually is irrelevant. It exists solely to get the characters moving and drive the plot forward. The only real requirement is that it must be something people are willing to [...]
Posted by Geoff Shakespeare on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged Al Qahirah Governorate, alfred hitchcock, Anton Chigurh, Big Lebowski, Brigid, Cairo, California, Casper Gutman, Charles Foster Kane, Coen brothers, creepy assistant, Detective, Donnie, egypt, Entertainment, Entertainment_Culture, Fiction, film, film noir, Geoff Shakespeare, ghostly trucker, Humphrey Bogart, Josh Brolin, Kiss Me Deadly, L.A., Los Angeles, MacGuffin, Maltese Falcon, Mike Hammer, Narratology, No Country for Old Men, orson welles, Pee-wee Herman, Pink, Plot, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, reporter, Sam Spade, The 39 Steps, The Big Lebowski, The Maltese Falcon, United States, unseen newsreel reporter, USD, waitress, Walter, Wee Herman
As any film aficionado will tell you, the world of film noir is a vast expanse that can be intimidating to dive into. There are so many films that are considered “classics” that it can be difficult to decide where to begin exploring the genre. Some films have been cemented in time as quintessential examples [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Monday, September 27, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged Academy Award, Alex Sebastian, alfred hitchcock, Alicia Huberman, American Film Institute, Anton Karas, Asphalt Jungle, Austria, Billy Wilder, Blaming Fabian, brazil, British Film Institute, car accident, Carol Reed, cary grant, casablanca, Charles Laughton, Charlie Allnut, Charlton Heston, Citizen Kane, convicted Nazi spy, Cora, DeVille, director, drifter, Entertainment_Culture, Europe, film, film noir, Film theory, Frank Chambers, Gloria Swanson, good preacher, Grand Casablanca, Greater London, greenhorn screenwriter, Hank Quinlan, hard boiled screenwriter, Harry Fabian, Harry Lime, Harry Powell, head, head of the group, Holly Martins, Humphrey Bogart, hunter, In a Lonely Place, infamous pulp novelist, Ingrid Bergman, James M Cain, joan crawford, Joe Gillis, John Huston, Jules Dassin, Kristo, Lana Turner, Laurel Grey, legendary Greco-Roman wrestler, legendary silent actress, legendary silent film actress, Lillian Gish, local sheriff, London, Mexico, michael curtiz, Mike Vargas, Mildred Pierce, morocco, Music, Nathanael Hood, Nicholas Ray, Nick Smith, Night and the City, Norma Desmond, Notorious, Official, orson welles, Oscar, queen, Rachel Cooper, Rick Blaine, Robert Mitchum, Sam Spade, Sunset Boulevard, The African Queen, The Asphalt Jungle, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Maltese Falcon, The Night of the Hunter, the Oscars, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Third Man, Touch of Evil, United Kingdom, United States, USD, Vienna, waitress, writer
While many may think that French cinema is dry, boring, and stale, those initiated into the country’s movie industry know that France has one of the world’s richest crime film heritages. French cinema is brimming with tales of enigmatic heroes, daring heists, and malevolent criminals. Inspired by Hollywood detective stories and film noir, French crime [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Crime, Movies · Tagged Abel Davos, Alain Delon, Algiers, Bob le flambeur, Charlie Saroyan, Cinema of France, Classe tous risques, Claude Sautet, Entertainment_Culture, Eric Stark, film, film critic and director, Film genres, film noir, films, foreign films, François Truffaut, French cinema, french directors, french movies, French New Wave, Heist films, Humphrey Bogart, Jacques Becker, Jean Gabin, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jef Costello, Jim Jarmusch, John Woo, Jules Dassin, Julien Duvivier, Le Cercle Rouge, Le Samouraï, Lena, Martin Scorsese, Max le Menteur, Movies, Nathaniel Hood, Neo-noir, Paul Schrader, Pépé le Moko, Pickpocket, Rififi, Riton, Robert Bresson, Taxi Driver, Tirez sur le Pianiste, top 10 films, TopTenz, TopTenz.net, Touchez Pas au Grisbi
What is film noir? Are they films about hard boiled detectives and seductive femme fatales? Are they about troubled heroes with soiled pasts that keep catching up with them? Are they all about black and white chiaroscuro lighting, dark offices with light shining in through the blinds, and cigarette smoke that takes on a life [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Crime, Movies · Tagged Academy Award, Acapulco, Alexander Mackendrick, Ann Treadwell, author, Ava Gardner, Barbara Stanwyck, Barton Keyes, Bessie Clary, Billy Wilder, black and white movies, Body Heat, Burt Lancaster, businessman, California, candy, carmen, classic films, crime movies, Dave Bannion, Debbie, Detective, detective characters, detective movies, Detectives, Detour, director, Double Indemnity, Ealing Studios, Edgar G. Ulmer, Entertainment_Culture, Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Lehman, Even Raymond Chandler, famous advertising, famous advertising executive, famous screenwriter, Femme fatale, film, film history, film noir, fresh, Fritz Lang, General, genres, Hardboiled, housekeeper, Humphrey Bogart, insurance salesman, investigator and a police detective, J.J. Hunsecker, Jacques Tourneur, James M Cain, Jeff Bailey, John Huston, Kathie, Kitty Collins Colfax, Laura, Laura Hunt, Lauren Bacall, life insurance money, Los Angeles, Mark McPherson, Miles Archer, movie genres, movie history, Movies, mystery, Nathaniel Hood, New York, New York City, newspaper columnist, Northwest, Ole Anderson, Otto Preminger, Out of the Past, Philip Marlowe, Phyllis Dietrichson, Pickup on South Street, police sergeant, premier newspaper columnist, private eyes, real driver, Robert Mitchum, Robert Siodmak, Sam Spade, Samuel Fuller, screenwriter, Sergeant, Shelby Carpenter, Sidney Falco, Skip McCoy, Steve Dallas, suspense, Sweet Smell of Success, The Big Heat, The BIg Sleep, The Killers, The Maltese Falcon, Thelma Ritter, Tom Neal, town gas station, ultimate femme fatale actress, United Kingdom, United States, venomous newspaper columnist, Vivian Rutledge, Waldo Lydecker, Walter Neff, young jazz guitarist
They use their cunning, and their expertise and courage to solve crimes. From quaint English spinsters to hard drinking gumshoes, we love the page turning tales of detectives. There is a mystery at the heart of each story. Here is a list of characters that have had an impact on our culture. 10. V.I. [...]
Posted by Anne Iredale on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 12:13 am
Filed under Literature · Tagged Agatha Christie, author, Books, Dashiell Hammett, Hercule Poirot, Humphrey Bogart, Kathleen Turner, Mickey Spillane, Mike Hammer, Miss Marple, Myrna Loy, Nancy Drew, Nick and Nora Charles, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler, Sam Spade, Sara Paretsky, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The BIg Sleep, The Hardy Boys, The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, V.I Warshawski, William Powell, writer
Our heads sometimes need a little help and that calls for a hat. Looking for the top ten hats required a sense of style, a sense of history and sense of popularity. While most of the hats on the list aren’t in fashion today, they are all unmistakable in their design. 10. Fez In the [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, May 26, 2008 at 3:11 am
Filed under Fashion · Tagged abraham lincoln, baseball, Baseball cap, Beatniks, beret, Boater, boater hat, bowler, caps, casablanca, clothing, cowboy hat, fashion, fashion statement, Fedora, Fez, fez hat, hat, hats, Headgear, Humphrey Bogart, newsboy cap, sombrero, straw hat, top hat, Western wear
