I love these noir movies, especially this one, good chemistry between Mark Stevens and Lucille Ball. Clifton Webb, as always, plays his part superbly. If you have a good script, good actors, you don't need cussing and swearing or nudity!
She definitely did alright for herself. She found her calling and we were all given the gift of laughter, by an amazing comedic actress. It's even more impressive, when you consider the fact that she said she wasn't naturally funny. She made it look so easy.
This 70 year old first time seeing this movie. The dialogue is sprinting , and the writer is to be congratulated, posthumously. The acting is superb and flawless. The only slight flaws,,, the falling scene,,, they just didn’t have the technology. And then the death scene at the end for the old husband; he kind of fell hoaky. But barely a hair of a difference to give this great movie 2 big thumbs up. They just don’t make ‘em like they used to. 👏👏👏👏and Lucy ❤!
Wow! The sound design in those first few scenes is incredible. The script, the acting and the lighting are also spot on! Any film students out there should take note. Well done guys!
When Bradford Galt (Mark Stevens), a tough private investigator, realizes that he's being followed, he confronts his assailant, a shifty fellow named Fred Foss (William Bendix). Galt's encounter with Foss leads to a web of intrigue involving prosperous art collector Hardy Cathcart (Clifton Webb) and his young wife, Mari (Cathy Downs). Soon Galt is in over his head -- but luckily for him, his tenacious secretary, Kathleen Stewart (Lucille Ball), is on hand to help him out.
Good movie. Lucille Ball is great and Mark Stevens is a knock out. I love all the one liners and quips. "i'm clean as a peeled egg." "I'm backed up in a dark corner and I don't know who's hitting me." "I can be framed easier than Whistler's Mother." "It was a busto crusto." "Brother, he came out of there like a hot rivet." "I've never been followed before. That's a terrible reflection on American manhood."
@@ricardocantoral7672 Correct. The composer, Kurt Weill, was heavily influenced by Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Weill also composed 'Mack The Knife' during this same period. As you know, 'Mack' went on to be the lounge act anthem for many a nightclub performer.
@@mchapman1928 As soon as I saw that open window I knew what was going to happen. Also near the end when the Art Gallery owner puts the gun on the desk next to his passed-out wife. A set-up if ever there was one. "Here you go honey, you can use this to shoot me when I confess to having your boyfriend rubbed out".
Delightful film, indeed. Such a treat to see Lucille Ball in a different role from her comedy TV show, and such dapper looking male actors. Thanks for uploading this. :-D
Not only the smoking altered her voice - she spoke in a higher pitched voice in playing the Lucy character - which strained her vocal cords - but the higher pitch was in tune with her Lucy character. Desi Arnaz told her not to go on tv interviews during that time - her natural voice was much lower and huskier and would blow the Lucy character.
What an absolute gem! This film is like peeling onions without tears. The tempo and suspense are sustained by superb acting. music score and lighting. it's by far the best film I've watched in nearly 10 years. It does take a while to catch fire, So, it's no surprise that it struggled to gain traction back in 1946.
The only thing i didnt like about this is the fact that the black and white format didnt let us admire Lucy's flaming red hair ❤. And did anybody else know Bill Bendix was a goner when he stood in front of that big window on the 31st floor?
If you enjoy Lucy in this movie, you might want to check out "Lured" if you haven't already done so. She co-stars with George Sanders in that one and it is terrific. :)
@@shellyaubey7347 - Lured, is my favorite of Lucy’s films. Watching I Love Lucy as a child in the early fifties, I never realized she was tall. She started as a model, she had fabulous legs. I read years ago, she had no sense of humor…..all those antics in I Love Lucy were just great acting.
Absolutly agree... Among the things you have listed I think I would add NO cell phones, NO computerized effects, NO exsessive sex scenes, NO bad endings. Love these films noir movies, especially, the play of lights and shades (it gives a lot of suspense). I enjoyed watching Lucy Ball' s performance in this movie. It was quite a surprise. Thanks for sharing! Thans for sharing
Ya' know, if a person was just listening to the audio & not watching the movie, you would know Lucy by her voice. I think Lucy & Carol Burnett were/are the two best female comedians. Love Clifton Webb, especially in Cheaper by the Dozen. I love old Hollywood movies the best.
Clifton Web was a fine actor. In the 1953 movie “Titanic”, he and Barbara Stanwick (another favorite of mine) played a scene that reduced me to tears. They were a wealthy estranged middle age couple, who basically came to despised each other. Now faced with death he reveals his true feelings, his love and devotion for her and the moment he first saw her, saying she was the most beautiful creature he’d ever seen. It’s a beautiful scene, that really stirs up emotion. He played it well, especially when you consider he was a gay man. You could feel the emotion. Wonderful actor, class act.
@@mchapman1928 Now I have to check out Titanic! I enjoy Clifton Webb but I always just saw him as eternally playing Waldo Lydecker and not an actor with a wide dramatic range.
@@ricardocantoral7672 - It’s “TITANIC” 1953. Barbara Stanwyck co- starred with Robert Wagner, who was 23 years her junior. She was 45 and he 22. They started an affair that lasted 4 years. It’s my favorite version of Titanic. Fabulous actors, a real tear jerker.
Beautiful Lucille Ball…looks like in her 20s…but she was 35 in 1946…just gorgeous all of her life…street smart, hard working and stupendously talented too…glad she made it to stardom later on 😊 An excellent movie thriller, full of turns and a gratifying end too! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍
Lucille Ball was called “the Queen of the B movies”. She had a very successful career in the movies, before “ I Love Lucy”, and after that series ended. She did comedy, drama, musicals, mystery. My favorite is “Lured”.
One of my favorites.Has every element of classic noir. The shadows of the musicians in club scene -priceless . Love watching. A real noir treat.(dialogue, lightning technique it's all spot on) . Considered B quality...B for brilliant in my book.
It's a shame Lucille Ball didn't do more noir. She had that snappy, sarcastic, half-amused, half-contemptuous snarl so essential to the genre down pat. A quintessential noir with a lot of holes. For example, how could a guy in a cheap suit and beat-up fedora who doesn't quibble at the offering price be mistaken for a fat cat art buyer?
@@kiwitrainguy Plus, no one buys a Donatello on the spot after glancing at it in an art gallery. Doesn't happen. He needs to know the provenance (its history of ownership); proof that it's really by the artist; and a dozen other things first.
Thank you Chris T for introducing us to the very young Lucille Ball 💞 Great movie 🎥 and quite Noir 🌘🌒🌻 “ she does sharpen pencils ✏️ “ Wonderful of you to share with us 🍄🐚🌹🍀⚡️🌈🍒🥑🍍🍋🍎🥦🫒🧀🫕🍤🥜 “ we are all going to play it by the books 📚 “ Keep the sun in your life 🏄🚣🎹⛴⛱
At about the 38min mark, there's a rambling rendition of 'The more I see you'. I love hearing these familiar tunes and thinking, 'I know that', then looking it up and reading about its history.
Ball and Stevens are simply wonderful together in this film, and I can’t think of another noir that offers this particular male/female dynamic. Stevens worked a lot in the next few years after this, never quite attained major stardom but was dependably watchable. He later did some interesting work as a director (Time Table and Cry Vengeance).
Mark Harris, another male/female dynamic in "House of Strangers" with Richard Conte and Susan Hayward. "Max Monetti period." Must watch especially for the chemistry and dialogue
Lucy was a beaut! Her legs weren't bad either. Great looking women with her colouring. Two others on my list would be Virginia Mayo & Rhonda Fleming. All gone. So sad. Lucy deserved much better than Desi Arnaz, who gave her a really hard time; it showed towards the end of her life.
Lucy's first marriage to Desi lasted 20 years and 2nd marriage to Gary Morton lasted 28 years - till she died. Also, she and Desi remained close till he died (which was 2 years before her death.) He sent her flowers on their anniversary for at least 15 years after their divorce and the last thing they said to each other on the phone was Ï love you, a day or two before he died. (His daughter Lucie Arnaz) was with him before he died. and realized that the date they last spoke together would have been their 46th wedding anniversary.
Lucille Ball didn't like the movie and was forced to do it by the studio because she had refused to do another movie. The critics liked this movie, but Lucille Ball didn't.
She also hated the director, Henry Hathaway, and for good reason. Henry often yelled at actors and Richard Widmark nearly quit Kiss of Death because of him.
Lucille Ball was the most powerful woman in movie industry. She co-founded Desilu with Dezi Arnaz but soon did run the company alone, she did not only produce countless classic series like I love Lucy, Mission Impossible, The Untouchables and Star Trek but owned RKO and at some time her company was the biggest player in Hollywood. She could do whatever she wanted. No other woman - or man had so much power in Hollywood, not even Walt Disney or Louis B. Mayer who actually were employees of their companies.
I watched this because of a recommendation from the Classic Cinema channel, here on TH-cam. It’s in a list of, “10 Underrated Classics,” which I can only guess that sank into obscurity due to the leading man not being an instantly recognisable icon of the noir period? Yet he puts in a sturdy enough tough guy gumshoe performance for this movie. The rest of the cast are all top draw character actors that we would expect to find in any A List movie. And Lucile Ball, ahhh . . . Lucile Ball . . . Well, the title of her long running TV show, “I Love Lucy,” says it all for me. She’s gorgeous in this. And it’s patently clear that her character makes up the other half of the detective duo, as the leading man would have been sunk on several occasions without her brains and know how. There’s even a nod to the Thin Man movies in her dialogue, which did make me wonder? Were they thinking of setting up a series of movies with this husband and wife, harder boiled version of Dick and Dora? Highly enjoyable, if slightly unevenly paced, with one or two gasp out loud moments, and a few dark laughs to balance out the noir with a little sparkle here and there. Certainly a worthwhile watch for fans of the genre. I enjoyed it immensely, thanks. 👍✌️
Boy, I am slow. I think this is the fifth time I watching this and I suddenly recognized that voice of Reeves! He was the narrator of those Semi-Documentary Noirs like He Walked by Night and The House on 92nd Street.
Nothing like a great Noir film like this one. Good story, great lines, love everything about it. The scenery is great, wardrobe, every detail is what makes this an awesome movie. Why can’t they make movies like this anymore? Lucy plays the kind of gal who can take you or leave you, but makes you feel she is right for you whether you think so or not, ehh, either way she comes out a survivor, strong character. In any movie she played her eyes alone can make the scenes intriguing, suspenseful, and keeps you guessing for the next turn around the corner. Fantastic actor!! Thank you for sharing this wonderful film!
Me too - I have watched I Love Lucy all episodes many times and have seen many of her movies on my Mac - some film noir, most in black and white, some light and lovely, some musical comedies - a very wide range of films - She is great in all. When they say Queen of the B's she is A+ with me. Some of these films I have seen several times - wish I had bought them - would have. been a lot cheaper, but what the heck - enjoyed them.
Just perfect , saw this movie few years back Noir to Die For on Movies TV Network its my fave Lucy . I've visited the addresses of filming locations here in NYC . Thanks for posting
Another treasure unearthed on TH-cam. Well worth the search. I enjoyed Lucille Ball in this role, such a departure from what I had seen in her other offerings such as with Desi Arnaz.
Lucille Ball was gorgeous....a great actress and as always impeccable timing. :)
too dry
Good movie. Solid script, good acting, sound quality higher than many modern movies, no sex scenes, no foul language. Great.
Yes, and yet they were very sexy 🤗
But no one really talks that way, 99% of the worlds population use words like shit, damn, asshole etc etc.
@@billygoat520 Were you even alive back then ?
@@billygoat520Maybe now, but not back then.
@@SamtheMan0508 Right, and women didn't enjoy sex either. The only difference is there are far less secrets now.
Lucy was sharp and drop-dead gorgeous!
She was very beautiful!
I loved this movie! These old movies are far better than what's put out today.
I agree
@@micro-organism-pv5gd who?
Absolutely agree!
Some of these films are produced today yet filmed to look like classical days
Amen
Five years before I LOVE LUCY...Man...Lucille Ball was smokin' hot!
She was soooooooo beautiful
WAAAAGH! Ricky my good looks are gone! WAH!
you had better believe it, I have known this for the longest time
omg I almost didn't believe it was her. f. a
William Bendix…I liked that guy! He could play a great creep. Lucy is so beautiful….2023
Great movies no vulgarity no bad language
Ah yeah famous bastion of upstanding Christian moral values; film noir.
I think we need to get some coffee in you.
And that's I rarely watch the films of today
Lucille Ball was stunning and a fine actress.
I love these noir movies, especially this one, good chemistry between Mark Stevens and Lucille Ball. Clifton Webb, as always, plays his part superbly. If you have a good script, good actors, you don't need cussing and swearing or nudity!
I've always felt sad that Lucy wasn't more highly rated as an actress and given more roles. She was terrific!
I agree. She's such an incredible actress.
she said in an interview she disliked straight, dramatic roles and that comedic ones were more challenging.
Lucille Ball was a terrible dramatic actress. I watched this movie years ago and she bored me. Comedy was meant for her. She was a borne comedienne.
She definitely did alright for herself.
She found her calling and we were all given the gift of laughter, by an amazing comedic actress.
It's even more impressive, when you consider the fact that she said she wasn't naturally funny.
She made it look so easy.
@@fleurmartin I disagree - Lured and The Dark Corner are great especially Lured A++.
This 70 year old first time seeing this movie.
The dialogue is sprinting , and the writer is to be congratulated, posthumously.
The acting is superb and flawless. The only slight flaws,,, the falling scene,,, they just didn’t have the technology. And then the death scene at the end for the old husband; he kind of fell hoaky. But barely a hair of a difference to give this great movie 2 big thumbs up.
They just don’t make ‘em like they used to. 👏👏👏👏and Lucy ❤!
Next time…spoiler alert. Thanks. 😊
Suits, ties, dresses, high heels, cigarettes, booze, trim women, no tattoos, no cussing or swearing, these old movies are the best! 👍
Especially the high heels, trim women, booze and no tattoos.
Agree 💯 👍😎
Yeah, they were on cocaine 😂
@@alpha1solace you bet
Trim men. No baseball caps. Tracksuits and fat guts.
Wow! The sound design in those first few scenes is incredible. The script, the acting and the lighting are also spot on! Any film students out there should take note. Well done guys!
Lucille Ball is drop-dead gorgeous! And smart, and sexy, and oh, so inviting!
A nice cup of coffee solved everything late at night, back in the day. Better than alcohol!! ☕☕☕☕
love those old movies. especially seeing Lucille Ball in a serious role. Thanks for posting this
When Bradford Galt (Mark Stevens), a tough private investigator, realizes that he's being followed, he confronts his assailant, a shifty fellow named Fred Foss (William Bendix). Galt's encounter with Foss leads to a web of intrigue involving prosperous art collector Hardy Cathcart (Clifton Webb) and his young wife, Mari (Cathy Downs). Soon Galt is in over his head -- but luckily for him, his tenacious secretary, Kathleen Stewart (Lucille Ball), is on hand to help him out.
Good movie. Lucille Ball is great and Mark Stevens is a knock out. I love all the one liners and quips. "i'm clean as a peeled egg." "I'm backed up in a dark corner and I don't know who's hitting me." "I can be framed easier than Whistler's Mother." "It was a busto crusto." "Brother, he came out of there like a hot rivet." "I've never been followed before. That's a terrible reflection on American manhood."
I've just decided I'm going to talk like that all the time.
"What about that maternal instinct you talked about"? Lucy: "it goes away after sundown". The one liners are so good ❤
Love that "busto crusto" too 😉
Do you know who Whistler is?
WOW, you must have watched this pic a ZILLION times!!
The opening musical score is "Street Scene". It was used in so many noir movies during this time period.
A shamless rip-off of Rhapsody in Blue!
@@ricardocantoral7672 Correct. The composer, Kurt Weill, was heavily influenced by Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Weill also composed 'Mack The Knife' during this same period. As you know, 'Mack' went on to be the lounge act anthem for many a nightclub performer.
great movie i never saw before. thanks for posting.
lucille ball was the best!
What I love about noir movies. The details were of profound importance:
clothing, dialogue, lighting, black and white were given thorough attention.
This is one of the best movies I have ever experienced.Also when William Bendix “gets his” that is one hellacious shot.
Wow. The phrase 'shagging' sure has changed over time. 😁
That's the Truth - shades of Austin Powers lmao
This was a Great old movie❤❤👍👍👍
Chris T you are the best film noir person. No adds. Very much appreciated. 👍
Thank you very much, but adds or not adds are not up to me.
Who knows tomorrow what TH-cam may decide about.
I wouldn't complain about ads. That's revenue for this wonderful channel.
Great movie. Super cool dialogues. Really good entertainment. Henry Hathaway was a master of his art.
Loved the movie. The only dumb part was the open window……SMH
@@mchapman1928 As soon as I saw that open window I knew what was going to happen.
Also near the end when the Art Gallery owner puts the gun on the desk next to his passed-out wife. A set-up if ever there was one. "Here you go honey, you can use this to shoot me when I confess to having your boyfriend rubbed out".
Great story expertly played and very well introduced. Thanks!
Love, love, love this!! Thank you for posting!! 😍
Great film and cast.
Delightful film, indeed. Such a treat to see Lucille Ball in a different role from her comedy TV show, and such dapper looking male actors. Thanks for uploading this. :-D
Very satisfying film!!!!!! Thank you!!!
It's rare for us to see Lucille Ball as a serious role actress. We really enjoyed this "crime film" and recommend it highly
Lucy's voice had not yet been affected by her heavy smoking addiction.
It has been said that her voiced changed after playing Lucy Riccardo for years - her character's voice was higher than her real voice -
Not only the smoking altered her voice - she spoke in a higher pitched voice in playing the Lucy character - which strained her vocal cords - but the higher pitch was in tune with her Lucy character. Desi Arnaz told her not to go on tv interviews during that time - her natural voice was much lower and huskier and would blow the Lucy character.
Lucy......you got a lotta 'splainin' to do......
I love Lucille Ball in her early movies. Clifton Webb was great at playing a creeper 😊
Look Who's Laughing Edgar Bergan and Charlie McCarthy and Lucille Ball 1941- Lucy looks lovely she was about 30 but looked 10 years younger.
She was so beautiful!
Did you catch the judgmental cinema cashier? Made me LOL. 😂
Catch that actress in the movie "Ball of Fire", with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck, as well!
She didn't have a line of dialogue but practically stole the scene.
A very satisfying watch. Thanks for posting. I do love a bit of 'Noir'.
Lucille Ball flawless,beautiful, Sexy, fantastic actress what else could you ask for.
What an absolute gem! This film is like peeling onions without tears. The tempo and suspense are sustained by superb acting. music score and lighting. it's by far the best film I've watched in nearly 10 years. It does take a while to catch fire, So, it's no surprise that it struggled to gain traction back in 1946.
everything I could want in a noir movie
Well done. Sharp crisp dialogue, good story, and Lucille, wow, what a dish. Swell movie. Cheers
The only thing i didnt like about this is the fact that the black and white format didnt let us admire Lucy's flaming red hair ❤. And did anybody else know Bill Bendix was a goner when he stood in front of that big window on the 31st floor?
One of my favorite films. I watch it at intervals.
First time seeing Lucy in a movie. Grew up with I Love Lucy. Never looked at her like I did in this movie. She was drop dead gorgeous 😍 ❤
🌬💀🏴☠️
Yep.
If you enjoy Lucy in this movie, you might want to check out "Lured" if you haven't already done so. She co-stars with George Sanders in that one and it is terrific. :)
@@shellyaubey7347 - Lured, is my favorite of Lucy’s films. Watching I Love Lucy as a child in the early fifties, I never realized she was tall. She started as a model, she had fabulous legs. I read years ago, she had no sense of humor…..all those antics in I Love Lucy were just great acting.
@@mchapman1928 Good choice for a favorite Lucy movie and interesting info, thanks! ☺
Odd seeing her outside her lucy Ricardo character.
Yeah, I thought this was one of her finest performances also, personally, I wish she would’ve stayed in drama versus comedy
That would have deprived us of one of the funniest comedy series ever.
Great flick, cool channel. Thanks for sharing!
Why do I crave old movies
Maybe because they are entertaining yet also relaxing, not too stimulating or sickening .
Comfort. Pure and simple
New movies are gross
I love old movies to !!!!!!!
@@candicerossiter5938 Well said I agree
Finally a good ending film.
Absolutly agree... Among the things you have listed I think I would add NO cell phones, NO computerized effects, NO exsessive sex scenes, NO bad endings. Love these films noir movies, especially, the play of lights and shades (it gives a lot of suspense). I enjoyed watching Lucy Ball' s performance in this movie. It was quite a surprise.
Thanks for sharing!
Thans for sharing
Hi
Exsesives sex scene and bad things jesus dosent like them and sends to jail sorry to hell because he is love😂
Everyone back then was using those Gershwin Licks. Makes this Movie just a bit better than it already was.
Ya' know, if a person was just listening to the audio & not watching the movie, you would know Lucy by her voice. I think Lucy & Carol Burnett were/are the two best female comedians. Love Clifton Webb, especially in Cheaper by the Dozen. I love old Hollywood movies the best.
Carol Burnett idolized Lucille Ball
Clifton Web was a fine actor. In the 1953 movie “Titanic”, he and Barbara Stanwick (another favorite of mine) played a scene that reduced me to tears. They were a wealthy estranged middle age couple, who basically came to despised each other. Now faced with death he reveals his true feelings, his love and devotion for her and the moment he first saw her, saying she was the most beautiful creature he’d ever seen. It’s a beautiful scene, that really stirs up emotion. He played it well, especially when you consider he was a gay man. You could feel the emotion. Wonderful actor, class act.
Sorry Victoria Woods.A Brit comedienne. The best for me.
@@mchapman1928
Now I have to check out Titanic! I enjoy Clifton Webb but I always just saw him as eternally playing Waldo Lydecker and not an actor with a wide dramatic range.
@@ricardocantoral7672 - It’s “TITANIC” 1953. Barbara Stanwyck co- starred with Robert Wagner, who was 23 years her junior. She was 45 and he 22. They started an affair that lasted 4 years.
It’s my favorite version of Titanic. Fabulous actors, a real tear jerker.
Excellent noir movie
Brilliant stuff,watching it now for the 3rd time and savouring every bit of it !
First time here….love Lucy!
Beautiful Lucille Ball…looks like in her 20s…but she was 35 in 1946…just gorgeous all of her life…street smart, hard working and stupendously talented too…glad she made it to stardom later on 😊 An excellent movie thriller, full of turns and a gratifying end too! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍
Lucy, in her prime, in a drama. Fascinating!
Ikr?
Every now and then I expect her to break into her shtick, but she doesn't. 😊
I Love Lucy started in 1951. This is fantastic! I never seen it before
I'd say she reached her prime some time after this film.
I love her without Desi.
Lucille Ball was called “the Queen of the B movies”. She had a very successful career in the movies, before “ I Love Lucy”, and after that series ended. She did comedy, drama, musicals, mystery. My favorite is “Lured”.
Gorgeous Lucille 😍
One of my favorites.Has every element of classic noir. The shadows of the musicians in club scene -priceless . Love watching. A real noir treat.(dialogue, lightning technique it's all spot on) . Considered B quality...B for brilliant in my book.
It's a shame Lucille Ball didn't do more noir. She had that snappy, sarcastic, half-amused, half-contemptuous snarl so essential to the genre down pat. A quintessential noir with a lot of holes. For example, how could a guy in a cheap suit and beat-up fedora who doesn't quibble at the offering price be mistaken for a fat cat art buyer?
He asked her to wrap it up. A statue? You put those things in crates with straw packing (at least you did in those days).
@@kiwitrainguy Plus, no one buys a Donatello on the spot after glancing at it in an art gallery. Doesn't happen. He needs to know the provenance (its history of ownership); proof that it's really by the artist; and a dozen other things first.
She's got her sweetest voice on, doing her best to be the fem dame.
She was young so she didn't even have to try, it came naturally.
Two of my favorites, Lucy and Clifton Webb...such talented actors! Thank you Chris!
Clifton Webb --- my second-favorite Indiana native.
I like the part where the guy lights a match and the spot light comes on, then goes off when he shakes the match out. LOL! 😄
A pleasure to see actors who can act. ❤🎉Lucy never got the break in films, which she so richly deserved.
thank you for posting this.👍👍
Thank you Chris T for introducing us to the very young Lucille Ball 💞
Great movie 🎥 and quite Noir 🌘🌒🌻
“ she does sharpen pencils ✏️ “
Wonderful of you to share with us 🍄🐚🌹🍀⚡️🌈🍒🥑🍍🍋🍎🥦🫒🧀🫕🍤🥜 “ we are all going to play it by the books 📚 “
Keep the sun in your life 🏄🚣🎹⛴⛱
At about the 38min mark, there's a rambling rendition of 'The more I see you'. I love hearing these familiar tunes and thinking, 'I know that', then looking it up and reading about its history.
Trudi, how about that beautiful song, "I can't begin to tell you" that was recorded by Bing Crosby. Scene in the Cathcart ballroom.🎶🥰
Ball and Stevens are simply wonderful together in this film, and I can’t think of another noir that offers this particular male/female dynamic. Stevens worked a lot in the next few years after this, never quite attained major stardom but was dependably watchable. He later did some interesting work as a director (Time Table and Cry Vengeance).
*Time Table* film noir, 1956
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*Cry Vengeance* film noir 1954
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Mark Harris, another male/female dynamic in "House of Strangers" with Richard Conte and Susan Hayward. "Max Monetti period." Must watch especially for the chemistry and dialogue
@@opaulamorgan4265Richard Conte and Susan Hayward
Thanks for the info!
Lucy was a beaut! Her legs weren't bad either. Great looking women with her colouring. Two others on my list would be Virginia Mayo & Rhonda Fleming. All gone. So sad. Lucy deserved much better than Desi Arnaz, who gave her a really hard time; it showed towards the end of her life.
Lucy's first marriage to Desi lasted 20 years and 2nd marriage to Gary Morton lasted 28 years - till she died. Also, she and Desi remained close till he died (which was 2 years before her death.) He sent her flowers on their anniversary for at least 15 years after their divorce and the last thing they said to each other on the phone was Ï love you, a day or two before he died. (His daughter Lucie Arnaz) was with him before he died. and realized that the date they last spoke together would have been their 46th wedding anniversary.
Maybe so, but Desi Arnaz was a business genius. By 1958 60% of television programming was owned by Desilu. They were incredibly wealthy.
Lips who smoke don't touch my lips.
Lucille Ball didn't like the movie and was forced to do it by the studio because she had refused to do another movie. The critics liked this movie, but Lucille Ball didn't.
She also hated the director, Henry Hathaway, and for good reason. Henry often yelled at actors and Richard Widmark nearly quit Kiss of Death because of him.
@@ricardocantoral7672 Thanks for the insight
Dang , Lucy KILLS IT in those 40s shoulder pads!!! ❣️❣️❣️
Lucille Ball was the most powerful woman in movie industry. She co-founded Desilu with Dezi Arnaz but soon did run the company alone, she did not only produce countless classic series like I love Lucy, Mission Impossible, The Untouchables and Star Trek but owned RKO and at some time her company was the biggest player in Hollywood. She could do whatever she wanted. No other woman - or man had so much power in Hollywood, not even Walt Disney or Louis B. Mayer who actually were employees of their companies.
That was a great movie!!!
The very second I heard, " The 31st floor". I instantly knew " WHITE SUIT" , was going out that window, it didn't disappoint. Love these oldies. 😮
Wow! Great show, great actors, Lucille Ball really sparkles!
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I watched this because of a recommendation from the Classic Cinema channel, here on TH-cam. It’s in a list of, “10 Underrated Classics,” which I can only guess that sank into obscurity due to the leading man not being an instantly recognisable icon of the noir period? Yet he puts in a sturdy enough tough guy gumshoe performance for this movie. The rest of the cast are all top draw character actors that we would expect to find in any A List movie. And Lucile Ball, ahhh . . . Lucile Ball . . . Well, the title of her long running TV show, “I Love Lucy,” says it all for me. She’s gorgeous in this. And it’s patently clear that her character makes up the other half of the detective duo, as the leading man would have been sunk on several occasions without her brains and know how. There’s even a nod to the Thin Man movies in her dialogue, which did make me wonder? Were they thinking of setting up a series of movies with this husband and wife, harder boiled version of Dick and Dora?
Highly enjoyable, if slightly unevenly paced, with one or two gasp out loud moments, and a few dark laughs to balance out the noir with a little sparkle here and there. Certainly a worthwhile watch for fans of the genre. I enjoyed it immensely, thanks. 👍✌️
Nick and Nora Charles ?
Lucy in a film noir?! Hook it up!
When I saw that she was in this movie I thought "Oh, this is a comedy".
Nope!
Here’s Lucy.
Thanks Chris another good film.
8 February 2023
Great movie.
Thank you for the great movie.
Love Lucy Ball.
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Lucy! You got some ‘splainin to do.
Lucille Ball before she went silly! Great! And the urbane Clifton Webb, even better.
Webb was basically Waldo Lydecker from Laura until the end of his career.
Brilliant movie and excellent quality, thank you so much Chris!
Boy, I am slow. I think this is the fifth time I watching this and I suddenly recognized that voice of Reeves! He was the narrator of those Semi-Documentary Noirs like He Walked by Night and The House on 92nd Street.
Nothing like a great Noir film like this one. Good story, great lines, love everything about it. The scenery is great, wardrobe, every detail is what makes this an awesome movie. Why can’t they make movies like this anymore?
Lucy plays the kind of gal who can take you or leave you, but makes you feel she is right for you whether you think so or not, ehh, either way she comes out a survivor, strong character. In any movie she played her eyes alone can make the scenes intriguing, suspenseful, and keeps you guessing for the next turn around the corner. Fantastic actor!! Thank you for sharing this wonderful film!
This is one of my favorite movies. Thank u soooo much!
me too
Clifton Webb was a terrific actor.
Pull a Brodie: referring to Steve Brodie, who alledgily jumped off of a bridge in 1886. Don't thank me or anything.
I love dialogue like that.
Who was Steve Brodie?
I love the noir's from the 40's.
Superb film. Henry Hathaway pace and climax. Great acting and musical score. Thanks @ChrisTNoir Another home run.
Beautiful Lucy at age 35. I STILL love Lucy after all these years!
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Me too - I have watched I Love Lucy all episodes many times and have seen many of her movies on my Mac - some film noir, most in black and white, some light and lovely, some musical comedies - a very wide range of films - She is great in all. When they say Queen of the B's she is A+ with me. Some of these films I have seen several times - wish I had bought them - would have. been a lot cheaper, but what the heck - enjoyed them.
Just perfect , saw this movie few years back Noir to Die For on Movies TV Network its my fave Lucy . I've visited the addresses of filming locations here in NYC . Thanks for posting
Could someone please explain the plot? I love Film Noir and Lucille Ball, but I have no idea what this is about!
Such a great film noir . One of my favourites . Thanks.
Thankyou for sharing this wonderful old Gem ! ❤️🙏🇨🇦👍
Lovely film. Thank you.
Another treasure unearthed on TH-cam. Well worth the search. I enjoyed Lucille Ball in this role, such a departure from what I had seen in her other offerings such as with Desi Arnaz.
Thank you for sharing this superb
movie with no ads too, much
appreciated 👍💖👏
Who remembers The Life of Riley? Nobody? I'll just wheel myself out.😂
I remember it.
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Hey good movie glad i check ed it out