The Film Noir Thread - Beyond Tiki

J JOHN-O Tiki Socialite Dogtown, USA Joined: May 16, 2008 Posts: 2721	J JOHN-O Posted posted on Mon, Sep 21, 2009 12:43 PM Poor Edmond O'Brien, not only does he get slipped an iridium mickey in "D.O.A." but they experiment on his brain as well (a la "Clockwork Orange"). Oh well at least he gets to hang out at cool places like the Bradbury Bldg and Ocean Park Pier. :) Nice find TikiG, I'll have to keep an eye out for it. I'm an American Cinematheque member but I guess I missed that one. The fun thing about the Egyptian (and the Aero in Santa Monica) is the guest speakers they have between films. I got to see Coleen Grey talk about classics she appeared in like "The Killing","Nightmare Alley", and "Kiss of Death". She's funny. In response to some noir-geek questions from the audience she responds "I can't remember that, it was 60 years ago". On another occasion I was actually sitting next to Gaby Rodger (Gabrielle who opens up the "Pandora's Box") at a screening of "Kiss Me Deadly". Her adult son shouted "Hey Mom, you just got blown up". Maxine Cooper, who played Mike Hammer's secretary Velda, was also in the audience. Sadly her health looked to be very poor (she passed away earlier this year). There are other cool stories regarding Noir screenings at American Cinematheque (which regrettably I didn't attend). I understand that at a screening of Edgar Ulmer's "Detour", the discussion panel mentioned that Ann Savage's whereabouts were unknown. She then yelled from her seat "I'm right here". Sadly Ann Savage passed away last December. The one person I really would have loved to see speak was Richard Widmark. He was just too frail to make the trip out from New York and in March of last year, Noir's "Last man standing" passed away at the age of 93. The whole block around the Egyptian is rich with LA-Noir history. For those of you who aren't aware, Raymond Chandler wrote the "Big Sleep" at Musso and Frank across the street. Also Boardner's Bar around the corner was reputedly frequented by Elizabeth Short aka the "Black Dahlia". (Sorry, I got off track there). Thanks TikiG, the great thing about Film Noir is, all of these undiscovered treasures keep popping up.

Poor Edmond O'Brien, not only does he get slipped an iridium mickey in "D.O.A." but they experiment on his brain as well (a la "Clockwork Orange").

Oh well at least he gets to hang out at cool places like the Bradbury Bldg and Ocean Park Pier. :)

Nice find TikiG, I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

I'm an American Cinematheque member but I guess I missed that one. The fun thing about the Egyptian (and the Aero in Santa Monica) is the guest speakers they have between films. I got to see Coleen Grey talk about classics she appeared in like "The Killing","Nightmare Alley", and "Kiss of Death". She's funny. In response to some noir-geek questions from the audience she responds "I can't remember that, it was 60 years ago".

On another occasion I was actually sitting next to Gaby Rodger (Gabrielle who opens up the "Pandora's Box") at a screening of "Kiss Me Deadly". Her adult son shouted "Hey Mom, you just got blown up". Maxine Cooper, who played Mike Hammer's secretary Velda, was also in the audience. Sadly her health looked to be very poor (she passed away earlier this year).

There are other cool stories regarding Noir screenings at American Cinematheque (which regrettably I didn't attend). I understand that at a screening of Edgar Ulmer's "Detour", the discussion panel mentioned that Ann Savage's whereabouts were unknown. She then yelled from her seat "I'm right here". Sadly Ann Savage passed away last December.

The one person I really would have loved to see speak was Richard Widmark. He was just too frail to make the trip out from New York and in March of last year, Noir's "Last man standing" passed away at the age of 93.

The whole block around the Egyptian is rich with LA-Noir history. For those of you who aren't aware, Raymond Chandler wrote the "Big Sleep" at Musso and Frank across the street. Also Boardner's Bar around the corner was reputedly frequented by Elizabeth Short aka the "Black Dahlia".

(Sorry, I got off track there).

Thanks TikiG, the great thing about Film Noir is, all of these undiscovered treasures keep popping up.

Post #484439 by JOHN-O on Mon, Sep 21, 2009 12:43 PM