So Film Noir meets current events. Interesting combo - don't know if that usually/often works. FM is not scientific but psychological. D Powell was talented, maybe more as a producer,/director than an actor. I can usually stand to watch him. Once in a while! 😎
Have to disagree about Powell, especially in his noir years. And he did a fine job hosting and sometimes acting in Zane Grey Theatre starting in 1956 (haven't seen an episode yet that wasn't a first rate western). You saw him in Murder, My Sweet (1945), right?
@@NoirFan77 Yes, I saw Murder, MS ever since childhood movie afternoons on TV. I couldn't remember title quickly when posting. He just wasn't terribly... romantic. C Trevor really good, tho.
@@ameryek.9607 We're agreed on Claire Trevor. I think my favorite of what I've seen of her was in Key Largo (1948). Also Murder, My Sweet & Born to Kill (1947). I haven't seen anything where she wasn't good, including the Batman TV show in the 60s.
This deserves a bluray release.
Dick Powell is one of those actors who really grew on me. I really did not appreciate him as a kid, but now he is one of my favourites.
Ditto
My sentiments exactly!
As always, thanks very much for uploading this most recent Noir Alley intro!
You're very welcome.
So Film Noir meets current events. Interesting combo - don't know if that usually/often works. FM is not scientific but psychological. D Powell was talented, maybe more as a producer,/director than an actor. I can usually stand to watch him. Once in a while! 😎
Have to disagree about Powell, especially in his noir years. And he did a fine job hosting and sometimes acting in Zane Grey Theatre starting in 1956 (haven't seen an episode yet that wasn't a first rate western). You saw him in Murder, My Sweet (1945), right?
@@NoirFan77 Yes, I saw Murder, MS ever since childhood movie afternoons on TV. I couldn't remember title quickly when posting. He just wasn't terribly... romantic. C Trevor really good, tho.
@@ameryek.9607 We're agreed on Claire Trevor. I think my favorite of what I've seen of her was in Key Largo (1948). Also Murder, My Sweet & Born to Kill (1947). I haven't seen anything where she wasn't good, including the Batman TV show in the 60s.
Stephen McNally - always a reliable heavy, but he seems never to have gotten his due for is film contribution to hood-dom.
Dick Powell's second directorial effort, The Conqueror, was not so good. Though I don't think any director could have saved that movie.