@selfstyledsiren Very creepy photo. I have a strange affection for that film myself. It's a great snapshot of Fifties morality.
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David Handler
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David Handler
@DavidHandler4
Edgar Award-winning author of the Stewart Hoag and Berger & Mitry mystery novels. Recovering journalist and sitcom writer. Refugee from Los Angeles.
Old Lyme, CT Katılım Aralık 2016
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This publicity still is odd to begin with, but if you've seen the movie (which I love) it's downright nuts.
The Tinseltown Twins@TinseltownTwins
Constance Ford with Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue, Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, and Arthur Kennedy in A Summer Place (1959). #ClassicGirlOfTheWeek #ConstanceFord
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@camilla_sten Thank you so much, Camilla! You're very kind. I just turned in my next one, THE MAN WHO LED A DREAM LIFE, and my brain is beginning its usual process of slowly turning to mush.
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"Handler is the master of the sly, comedic mystery." Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Left Undone.
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@selfstyledsiren @DavidShann29662 I love that movie. Vera Miles gives a truly incredible performance.
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@DavidShann29662 I need to sit down with The Wrong Man again soon, for that same reason. Been years. At the time I thought it was dour and slow, somehow I think it might play differently for me now.
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"Well... some of my best friends are in concentration camps."
Still obsessing over the new 4K restoration of the very great, *extremely* relevant LIFEBOAT that screened at Bologna. One of Hitchcock's most beautifully composed movies.
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@selfstyledsiren I saw the film many years ago and it's awful. A second-rate gangster film.
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I am puzzled by the idea of The Great Gatsby in any form as noir, but we have been waiting for the 1949 version for a long time (and I am sure the novel going PD has everything to do with it)
KL Studio Classics / Kino Cult@KLStudioClassic
Coming August 12th! kinolorber.com/product/film-n… FILM NOIR: THE DARK SIDE OF CINEMA (1942-1949) • Brand New HD Masters (Dr. Broadway / The Great Gatsby) – From 4K Scans • NEW Audio Commentary for DR. BROADWAY by Filmmaker Allan Arkush and Film Historian/Filmmaker Daniel Kremer • NEW Audio Commentary for DR. BROADWAY by Film Historian Jeremy Arnold • NEW Audio Commentary for SMOOTH AS SILK by Author/Film Historian Alan K. Rode • NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Paul Talbot • David Ladd Interview with Alan K. Rode: Ladd Discusses His Father’s Career and The Great Gatsby • Theatrical Trailers (Smooth as Silk / The Great Gatsby) • Optional English Subtitles This collection features three unsung gems of classic film noir. Dr. Broadway (1942) – Macdonald Carey stars as hot-shot city physician Timothy “Doc” Kane, a.k.a. Dr. Broadway. Doc’s no ordinary practitioner; when he’s not doling out medical advice, he’s rounding up racketeers and solving mysteries. The directorial debut of Anthony Mann (Raw Deal). Smooth as Silk (1946) – A slick lawyer (Kent Taylor) attempts to get away with murder when his actress girlfriend two-times him to land a part in a play. Determined to get even, he uses his advanced legal knowledge to pull off the perfect crime. Directed by Charles Barton (Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein). The Great Gatsby (1949) – This rare and ravishing adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s beloved novel stars Alan Ladd as Jay Gatsby, who works his way from poor fisherman to extravagant Long Island millionaire and then risks it all to woo back his former love, Daisy Buchanan. Directed by Elliott Nugent (The Cat and the Canary).
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@selfstyledsiren @MoMAFilm Agreed. The coffee pot scene is still shocking even though you know it's coming. It made Marvin's career.
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The 1950s are underway at @MoMAFilm's "The Lady at 100" Columbia retrospective, with Gloria Grahame and Lee Marvin at their greatest in Fritz Lang's immortal THE BIG HEAT (1953) today at 4 pm. I just spent a lot of time watching this one over and over, and it only gets better.
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On the @WordWenches8 today we have a roundup of What We’re Reading this month – an eclectic collection! How about you? Recommendations please!
@DavidHandler4 @ArielLawhon @KinsellaSophie @FionaGibson @NicolaCornick @JaneLovering @TEKinsey @SueMoorcroft
#more-31021" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">wordwenches.com/what-were-read…
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@HollywoodYeste1 Well, you need to see Sunset Boulevard and Stalag 17 and The Bridge on the River Kwai, for sure.
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What are your favorite William Holden films and/or performances?
My favorite of his many wonderful performances:
Davey, Rachel and the Stranger (pictured)
My favorite films:
Sabrina
Rachel and the Stranger
The Horse Soldiers
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
The Towering Inferno
I need to see more of his filmography- hoping to find some great recommendations in the replies!
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I'm making of list of memorable noir actresses. Who am I missing?
Gloria Grahame
Jane Greer
Claire Trevor
Gene Tierney
Rita Hayworth
Katheen Turner
Lauren Bacall
Barbara Stanwyck
Veronica Lake
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@OyeJohn52 @CrimeReads @MysteriousPress Great interview, John! Thanks for taking the time and asking such thoughtful questions
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Just because @DavidHandler4 has been writing about novelist-turned-PI Stewart Hoag and his pup Lulu for nearly 40 years doesn't mean there aren't still surprises aplenty. We talked all about going back to beginnings for @CrimeReads. cc: @MysteriousPress
crimereads.com/david-handler-…
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@Joe22415262 Cool! Enjoy, Joe! It's a total curve ball that I had a great time writing.
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"David Handler is so good at writing one smart, funny page-turner after another that he makes it look easy." -- Harlan Coben
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@DavidHandler4 Congratulations!!!
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"Today's the official pub date of my newest Hoagy, "The Man Who Swore He'd Never Go Home Again." There's nothing like the thrill of holding a new book. And I truly love this one. Hope you will, too..."A crackerjack of a crime novel...Equal parts charm and cunning." -- The Strand
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@TurnbullMartin In 1957 the first house I lived in was a brand new tract home in Sepulveda way out in the San Fernando Valley. My elementary school still wasn't finished being built so a bookmobile would park in the playground regularly. We also split classroom time with a neighboring school.
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I gather from this photo that some elementary schools in 1957 lacked libraries so the LA Public Library set up a traveling library. I wonder if the students of Stonehurst Ave Elementary in Sun Valley were fighting over Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" which was published that year.
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@NoraCharles1934 Rumor has it that McQueen walked off of The Great Escape because he was barely on screen in the first 45 minutes and only came back when he saw the rushes and realized that Garner, in his white turtleneck, was stealing the picture with his wit and charm.
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Thank you to everyone who joined me in celebrating our dear James Garner. He held a space in Hollywood that was all his own. The leading men of today can only wish to have half of his charm, witt and courage...not to mention looks :) ❤️❤️❤️
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70% OFF The Woman Who Lowered the Boom audiobooks.com/promotions/pro…
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Celebrating #botd for a #filmnoir queen, Claire Trevor. Pivotal in defining the genre she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Key Largo ('48).
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What's your favorite Trevor film, noir or not? #WomenInNoir
#WomensHistoryMonth
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@RodneyMarshall1 I remember enjoying it when I was a teenager. It was cleverly written, especially the recurring episodes with West's arch-nemesis, Dr. Loveless, played by Michael Dunn. The only thing that held it back from greatness was Bob Conrad's wooden delivery and those tight pants.
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1965. Michael Garrison creates his "James Bond on horseback" Swinging 60s TV series The Wild Wild West, a show in which the Western rubs shoulders with spy-fi and sci-fi, starring Robert Conrad and Ross Martin as secret agents, and with an iconic animated title sequence.
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