By David in TN
Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 3:38:00 P.M. EDT
TCM’s Film Noir of the Week hosted by Eddie Muller, returns on Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at 12 a.m. ET (and 10 a.m. ET Sunday Morning) with The Locket (1946).
The Locket stars Laraine Day as an unstable woman who ruins several men. The chumps are played by Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum, and Gene Raymond. The story, according to Film Noir Guide, is “convoluted.” The multiple flashbacks contribute to this effect.
This is one where we wonder what our friend Eddie will say in his introduction.
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jerry pdx
Brace yourself for this earth shattering news report from Foxnews: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/08/30/louis-c-k-rape-whistle-joke-made-two-women-uncomfortable-report.html
Yes, two women felt "uncomfortable" during a set by comedian Louis CK when he made a "rape whistle joke". Thank you to Foxnews and the other mainstream media outlets for bringing this monumentally important story to our attention, I suppose I can at least forgive Fox because they report non PC news the other won't but the other news outlets I can't excuse.
We're already used to #MeToo absurdity but this is taking it to the next level, they're going to continue to pursue and hound men that have been accused of harassment indefinitely.
TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at 12:15 am ET (and 10 am ET Sunday Morning) is Desperate (1947). It's a 73 minute RKO product with Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, and Raymond Burr, directed By Anthony Mann. This is Mann's first film noir and according to Film Noir Guide "as hard-boiled and violent as they come."
Brodie plays a newly married (to Long) war veteran now a truck driver. A baby is on the way and Brodie's character needs money. Enter Burr, in one of his noir "heavy" roles, inducing Brodie to do a "hauling job." It turns out to be a warehouse robbery. Brodie alerts a passing cop who is killed in the ensuing shootout.
Burr threatens to kill Brodie's wife to get him to take the rap. Brodie and Long go on the run.
It's a standard noir of the time, people chasing the American Dream get themselves into big trouble.
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