tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post2689052844198530896..comments2024-03-29T06:02:28.844-04:00Comments on Nicholas Stix, Uncensored: The TCM Film Noir for Sunday, November 19, at 10 a.m. ET is Night and the City (1950), Starring Richard Widmark and Gene TierneyNicholashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12372393717833610657noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post-46764126939629291972022-04-16T00:23:16.790-04:002022-04-16T00:23:16.790-04:00TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sun...TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at 12:30 amd 10 am ET is Jules Dassin's Night and the City (1950) with Richard Widmark and Gene Tierney.<br /><br />David In TN: Eddie Muller is recycling again. Your analysis above from 2017 says everything needed to be said about Night and the City, both versions. <br /><br />To repeat my own opinion, Richard Widmark wisely moved to playing heroic characters instead of losers.David In TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15749838323613927456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post-4079364064115369542017-11-25T00:32:32.241-05:002017-11-25T00:32:32.241-05:00The TCM Film Noir of the Week for Sunday, November...The TCM Film Noir of the Week for Sunday, November 26, at 10 am ET is Strangers on a Train (1951). Alfred Hitchcock was the director. Robert Walker and Farley Granger star as, respectively, a psychopath and a tennis player who meet on a train and talk about murdering someone they don't like. In other words, "swap murders." <br /><br />Granger's character thinks it wasn't serious. Walker's does, and he promptly murders Granger's estranged (pregnant by another man) wife, who Granger had been seen in public having a violent argument with.<br /><br />Granger was hoping to marry Ruth Roman, daughter of a U.S. Senator. He hoped it could be a springboard for a political carer of his own. <br /><br />Hitchcock makes Granger look like a selfish, unsympathetic character, with poor judgement. Not unusual for Hitchcock. In other films he tries to make the audience almost root for a killer. <br /><br />Strangers on a Train has a spectacular climax on a wild merry-go-round, Walker, who makes a convincing psycho, died at age 32, shortly after the film's release. David In TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15749838323613927456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post-34120380650420401822017-11-19T00:49:37.582-05:002017-11-19T00:49:37.582-05:00A Texas oil man named W. Howard Lee evidently thou...A Texas oil man named W. Howard Lee evidently thought so. David In TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15749838323613927456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post-55815547465330906562017-11-18T21:36:31.472-05:002017-11-18T21:36:31.472-05:00Gene Tierney "the most beautiful woman in the...Gene Tierney "the most beautiful woman in the history of the movies." More beautiful than Hedy Lamarr? Don't think so.Brian Brandtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post-20862947828266733122017-11-18T14:49:47.187-05:002017-11-18T14:49:47.187-05:00I once saw an A&E Biography episode on Richard...I once saw an A&E Biography episode on Richard Widmark in which he told of moving from Tommy Udo types starting with Halls of Montezuma (1950), in which he played a heroic Marine officer. This was followed by The Frogmen, Red Skies of Montana, and Hell and High Water (a favorite of mine). <br /><br />Twentieth Century Fox also thought this change was a good idea.David In TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15749838323613927456noreply@blogger.com