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 Tue, Sep 29, 2009 6:40 PM On 2009-09-29 17:02, thejab wrote: John-O: Sheild For Murder was recently on TCM. I've seen most of the films on your list either on TCM or at Noir City, the annual film noir festival in San Francisco (every January for about 2 weeks), but I prefer seeing them on the big screen. Last night I saw a pretty uncommon B-noir called The Burgler (1957) starring Dan Duryea (who was great) and Jayne Mansfield (who was pretty terrible). The original book and movie's screenplay was written by one of the best crime authors, David Goodis. It played at the Roxie theater in SF with a great Goodis screenplay film, Nightfall, also from 1957 and one of my absolute favorites. Both films had great location scenes, The Burgler in Atlantic City and Nightfall in Los Angeles (Miceli's in Hollywood is in the opening credits) and somewhere in the mountains (Sierras or Rockies). I recommend you put Nightfall on your must-see list. TCM. Hmmm.... Maybe I'll have to get TV again. Thanks for the suggestions. I just added Nightfall to my list and any movie with both Dan Duryea and Jayne Mansfield is a must see in my book. I've always wondered about the Noir City festival being run in SF. Isn't LA supposed to be the real Noir City? :)

On 2009-09-29 17:02, thejab wrote:
John-O: Sheild For Murder was recently on TCM. I've seen most of the films on your list either on TCM or at Noir City, the annual film noir festival in San Francisco (every January for about 2 weeks), but I prefer seeing them on the big screen.

Last night I saw a pretty uncommon B-noir called The Burgler (1957) starring Dan Duryea (who was great) and Jayne Mansfield (who was pretty terrible). The original book and movie's screenplay was written by one of the best crime authors, David Goodis. It played at the Roxie theater in SF with a great Goodis screenplay film, Nightfall, also from 1957 and one of my absolute favorites. Both films had great location scenes, The Burgler in Atlantic City and Nightfall in Los Angeles (Miceli's in Hollywood is in the opening credits) and somewhere in the mountains (Sierras or Rockies). I recommend you put Nightfall on your must-see list.

TCM. Hmmm.... Maybe I'll have to get TV again.

Thanks for the suggestions. I just added Nightfall to my list and any movie with both Dan Duryea and Jayne Mansfield is a must see in my book.

I've always wondered about the Noir City festival being run in SF. Isn't LA supposed to be the real Noir City? :)

Post #485739 by JOHN-O on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 6:40 PM