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I loved Nosferatu 2024. Disagree with Ann's review.

For Old Time Radio, I have a book of Witch's Tale script. It had an intro that layed out the history of the show. Most of the episodes are lost because the creator was short sighted, and just tossed the masters out in the 60s I believe.

Eddie, any idea if/when when will Hardly a Criminal ; Production Year 1949 be released on dvd or Bluray?

the only Cornel Wilde movie besides "Leave Her to Heaven" that I thought was worth a shit. I might be wrong.

RIP Earl.

the scene with the masseuse was cut for a TV print - used to be shown on KTVU Channel 2. My only guess for the reason... suggestion of lesbianism.

A classy and beautiful actress, if you knew Diane Baker was in a film you knew it was one worth watching.

Joan was a wonderful person and I was so lucky to count her as a friend.

It's funny, because I asked a Whistler movies question in the past. Love that series.

Bad Santa is a Christmas classic!

Eddie - - nice get on Emile Zola! Zola is very much a precursor to a writer like Cain, and one could clearly see Therese Racquin as a template for Double Indemnity and Postman. Zola got into some very dark places in order to explore crime, murder, infidelity, addiction, and insanity as elements in his Rougon-Marquart series. Knock On Any Door is not really a Noir but that's quite a lengthy book.

Are you thinking of the 90's pop duo Voice of the Beehive as the band name? Or is there another band called Spirit of the Beehive?

What's the meaning /significance/ homage of the "Dan Duryea Award"?

IMO the most astonishing noir by far from a novel is Kiss Me Deadly. Essentially pulp trash turned into a noir masterpiece FAR ahead of its time. One of my 8 all time favorite noirs and in my top 3. I can't believe how great it is.

You think you could do more shows and play catch up on questions? A year and half out,WOW!

I live, love, love old radio programs. Thanks for the recommendations. M’yeah!

27:25 - Another resurrection movie, "Decoy"

Mamet is so vocal, he believes so in the spoken word.

You know Eddie , the fact that so many us here watch the entire 90 minutes is a testament to you and Ann's knowledge , your ability to entertain and educates us . Many people on youtube can barely make it through a " shortie " much less an hour and a half . I tip my fedora to you and Ann .👍👍 Looking forward to seeing you in April at TCM fest and later at the Musicbox .

Please do not show "Night of the Hunter" to children! How can you even think of it? From watching random scenes of it on TV thru my childhood, I have a lifelong aversion & fear of Robert Mitchum. Really can't bear to see him in other roles. I forced myself to view the entire movie for first time quite recently. I thought my memory might be faulty. Nope, just as bad! The sexy menace of RM is now even clearer to me, with all the info that's come out about paedophiles since. Is the Mitchum character possibly homosexual? He has no interest in the curvy, willing Shelley Winters nor any striptease dancers in the first scenes. I wonder if C. Laughton, as a closeted gay man, had that layer of meaning? Or perhaps Mitchum's preacher just embodies the psychology of narcissistic psychopaths? Mr Muller - Miss Kitty Feral is charming! Please do write another book about her. My young students enjoyed & understood it. Illustrations are excellent too, catching their attention.

I have the new Dark City book too! I absolutely love it

Bob Newhart was probably the last Jack Benny type of comic on television .

There is also a channel on SiriusXM that just plays classic radio shows.

Hansel and Gretel is a pretty dark children's tale too , I think Night of the hunter may go well with kids today .

Wow, I'm thrilled to find this! Did not know there was such a thing as Ask Eddie! Looking forward to this and wll sub to NoirCity!

For child centered noir I like "Hand of a Stranger". It is based on a Graham Greene story, and was intended as a sort of follow-up to "The Third Man". Not a sequel, but intended to have a similar feel. Set in post ww2 Italy instead of Vienna. Also, the second film by Victor Erice who directed Spirit of the Beehive is call "The South" and is also child centric...viewing adult relations through the eyes of a child. Also pretty great.

Seeing Janet Leigh undressed adds to her vulnerability. It makes her more likable, despite the fact that we know she's a thief.

Just finished watching this over at Facebook. So glad Anne mentioned this YT channel! Was unable to watch live. I learn SO much from this online series. Anne & Eddie surely are the "hosts with the most"! For Noir Fans, this is like "Manna from Heaven"! THANKS to them both & the Film Noir Foundation! 👍❤😎

Fourteen Hours was the first film appearance of Grace Kelly. For that reason alone it might make it to blu-ray, although her role is small.

I just picked up a blu-ray copy of Cash on Demand after frequent mentions of it from this channel. Looking forward to finally seeing it.

It's Ward Bond in "The Searchers," which is a marvelous scene, says volumes, all in a single take. God, does it swell up inside me. One of the great scenes in cinema, glad to hear someone else feels about it the way I do.

Spirit of the Beehive! Great great great.

Jack Benny got laughs from audience expectation of his reaction to a situation. That's how well established his character was..

It was 30k, not 40, but who cares as watching Janet Leigh in black lingerie was worth an extra ten grand.

Great point regarding Jerry Hopper's pedestrian work on Naked Alibi, yes, it was just another 80 programmer on Universal's schedule and the script/story were not first rate, but when you have Sterling Hayden and Gloria Grahame, using another in house director like Joseph Pevney or even Jack Arnold may have made a much more watchable film as let's face it, the finished film is very poorly done and pretty boring.

Another great vlog plus getting to see Anne's three cats lounging and stretching on her couch.....reminding me of my four doing tthe same thing.

59:52 Great reveal about why your Noir Alley show is using a bar as the backdrop now

This should be a podcast as well and not limited to RUclips That's one way you'd get additional listeners for sure, and maybe advertisers/sponsors.

41:21Johnny Angel or Lucky Nick Cain, maybe?

Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter will always live rent-free in my head, it is legitimately terrifying to me. As far as a villainous performance goes, it's in the pantheon of the greatest of all time. Interestingly enough, I would also put his performance in Cape Fear (1962) in that pantheon as well. To put it in perspective, Lee Marvin's performance in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Javier Bardem's performance in No Country For Old Men are two other examples of performances that I find legitimately terrifying. In my opinion, it's a high bar I set, which is the greatest compliment I can give to those amazing actors.

What a tremendous movie; I was so impressed and look forward to seeing it again.

Another great episode! See you soon in Oakland!

Holiday Noirs: not from the Noir Era, but I think these would qualify: Father's Day...At Close Range (Sean Penn...Christopher Walken0 4th of July: Blow Out (John Travolta...John Lithgow) Phil Bergen Dedham, MA

Another great discussion from Eddie and Anne. Thanks!!👍😎

If it's not Angels with Dirty Faces, it's The Roaring Twenties. For most of its length, it's a standard gangster film, but then at the end it TOTALLY veers into film noir. "...He used to be a big shot."

Sorry, I can't stand that scene in the piano bar in In a Lonely Place! The lovely singer is terrific (she should have been given her own solo scene) but G Grahame & Bogie fawning over each other, smoking constantly & picking bits of tobacco off their tongues, & knocking back strong cocktails when he's an alki. Is that the highlight of their relationship? I've been seeing that one scene for decades. ☹️ Whereas "Man in a Net" with Alan Ladd & Carolyn Jones (Morticia Addams) is quite interesting. Unusual themes of a bad marriage, sociopathy, a good painter, set in the country, & features children. A demi-noir, perhaps? As always, thanks Eddie n' Anne! 🎉

We keep laughing out loud! Whenever Eddie is speaking Anne blurts out “m’yeah!” over and over. Too funny once you notice it.

... the film is BREAKING THE WAVES, and EMILY WATSON.. who really was incredible in that work... but i highly highly recommend THE KINGDOM... with UDO KIER.the LARS VON TRIER early work.. . it is phenomenal... and super super supernatural paranormal bizarre... there is humor in that SWEDISH / DANISH moment.. but it has a TWIN PEAKS / LYNCHIAN dapplings...

I met John Saxon once. Over- hearty handshake, looked deeply into my eyes, not a very interesting person. He was better on screen, I guess.

Thanks, Eddie and Anne! Good to see you both again