When your cover is blown... Humphrey Bogart and Elisha Cook Jr in #FilmNoir The Maltese Falcon (1941)

In Saul Bass' title sequence for Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), the film’s title and credits are fractured by the linear bars that graphically intersect them, prompting the viewer to interpret the splitting of the letterforms as metaphoric of psychosis itself.

Remembering today the late 🇬🇧British actor #GarethHunt (7 February 1942 – 14 March 2007), seen here as corrupt property developer Ted Standen in the #Minder episode "THE SON ALSO RISES" (1982) dir. Francis Megahy 🎬 Euston Films 📺 Thames Television

Remembering today the late 🇬🇧British stage, radio, film and television actress #HattieJacques (7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980) born #OnThisDay in Sandgate, England

Remembering the late 🇬🇧 British actor #PetePostlethwaite OBE (7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011) born #OnThisDay in Warrington, seen here as Jack 'Oily' Wragg in the #Minder episode "BACK IN GOOD OLD ENGLAND" (1982) dir. Francis Megahy 🎬 Euston Films 📺 Thames Television

“CARRY ON CABBY” (1963) dir. Gerald Thomas Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Conner, Liz Fraser, Amanda Barrie, Jim Dale, Peter Gilmour 🎬 Peter Rogers Productions 🎞 Anglo-Amalgamated

Remembering today the late 🇬🇧British theatre, radio, film and television actress #DoraBryan OBE (7 February 1923 – 23 July 2014) born #OnThisDay in Southport, England

Remembering today the late 🇬🇧British composer, bandleader, conductor and arranger #LaurieJohnson MBE (7 February 1927 – 16 January 2024) born #OnThisDay in London, England

#HattieJacques (7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980)

Remembering the late 🇬🇧British theatre, radio, film and television actress #DoraBryan OBE (7 February 1923 – 23 July 2014) born #OnThisDay in Southport, England

Remembering today the late 🇬🇧British theatre, film and television actor #GarethHunt (7 February 1942 – 14 March 2007), born #OnThisDay in Battersea, London, England

The Getaway (1972) Directed by Sam Peckinpah and written by Walter Hill stars Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw and Al Lettieri.

This week in film teaching, I covered British film noir and discussed how Carol Reed's The Third Man (1949) breaks from noir conventions through its dark comedic tone, primarily expressed by its jaunty zither score that contrasts sharply with the harsher realities of Vienna's post-war black market.

Dirty Harry (1971) produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the Dirty Harry series starring Clint Eastwood.

Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman, “THE AVENGERS” (1962 - 1964) 📺 ABC Television

Remembering the late 🇫🇷 French film director, screenwriter, producer and actor #FrançoisTruffaut (6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) born #OnThisDay in Paris

The 🇬🇧 British supernatural horror film “DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE” directed by Freddie Francis, starring Christopher Lee, Veronica Carlson, Barry Andrews, Rupert Davies, Michael Ripper & Barbara Ewing was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1969 🎬 Hammer Films 🎥 Warner Bros.-Seven Arts

Jeanne Moreau, Henri Serre and Oskar Werner star in the 🇨🇵 French New Wave romantic drama film “JULES ET JIM” (1962) directed by François Truffaut 🎬 Cinédis

“THE 400 BLOWS”: Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959) dir. François Truffaut Jean-Pierre Léaud Albert Rémy Claire Maurier 🎬 French New Wave 🇫🇷

François Truffaut and Julie Christie photographed on location in England during a break in filming “FAHRENHEIT 451” (1966)

François Truffaut and Catherine Deneuve reading the script of “La Sirène du Mississippi” (1960)

“Le Dernier Métro” (1980) dir. François Truffaut Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve

Remembering the late 🇫🇷 French film director, screenwriter, producer and actor #FrançoisTruffaut (6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984)

Patrick Macnee reprised his role as John Steed with co-stars Gareth Hunt as Mike Gambit and Joanna Lumley as Purdey in the secret agent action television series "THE NEW AVENGERS" (1976) produced by Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell 📺 ITV Network

The guest stars in the “DIAGNOSIS MURDER” episode "Discards" (2000) were regulars on various spy shows of the 1960s: Barbara Bain in "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" (1966); Robert Culp in "I SPY" (1965); Patrick Macnee in "THE AVENGERS" (1961); and Robert Vaughn in "THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E." (1964)

Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg, seen here in the opening titles of "THE AVENGERS" (1967) in this colour series, a percussion section was added to accompany the new teaser sequence at the start of each episode 📺 Associated British Productions for ABC

Gayle Hunnicutt #BOTD, was married to David Hemmings when they starred in the 🇬🇧British thriller film “FRAGMENT OF FEAR” (1970) directed by Richard C. Sarafian and accompanied by a distinguished supporting cast 🎬 Columbia Pictures

Remembering today the late 🇬🇧British stage, film and television actor and narrator #PatrickMacnee (6 February 1922 – 25 June 2015) born #OnThisDay in Paddington, London, England

Remembering today the late 🇺🇸 American stage, film and television actress #GayleHunnicutt (6 February 1943 – 31 August 2023) born #OnThisDay in Fort Worth, Texas

“MOULIN ROUGE” (1952) dir. John Huston Zsa Zsa Gabor, José Ferrer, Suzanne Flon, Colette Marchand, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing 🎬 United Artists

The 🇺🇸American crime drama film “FORT APACHE, THE BRONX” directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Paul Newman, Ken Wahl, Rachel Ticotin and Ed Asner, was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1981 🎬 20th Century-Fox

The 🇺🇸 American silent comedy drama film "THE KID", Charlie Chaplin's first full-length film as a director, in which he co-starred with Jackie Coogan and also wrote and produced was released in the United States #OnThisDay in 1921. Now considered one of the greatest films of the silent era

Remembering the late 🇭🇺Hungarian-born actress #ZsaZsaGabor (6 February 1917 – 18 December 2016) born #OnThisDay in Budapest

The Prisoner (TV Series 1967–1968) a British television series created by and starring Patrick McGoohan.

The 🇺🇸 American romantic comedy film "SUNDAY IN NEW YORK" (1963) directed by Peter Tewksbury starring Rod Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp, Jo Morrow, and Jim Backus was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1964 🎞 Seven Arts Productions 🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The 🇬🇧British neo-noir suspense film "VICTIM" directed by Basil Dearden and starring Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price and Anthony Nicholls premiered #OnThisDay in 1962 at the Cinema I and Cinema II theaters in New York City 🎥 Rank Film Distributors 🇬🇧 🎞 Neo-Noir

The 🇺🇸 American science-fiction  horror film "INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS" directed by Don Siegel starring Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Jean Willes and Ralph Dumke was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1956 🎬 Allied Artists Pictures

The 🇬🇧 British war comedy-drama  film "THE VIRGIN SOLDIERS" directed by John Dexter and starring Lynn Redgrave, Hywel Bennett, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Patrick and Rachel Kempson premiered #OnThisDay in 1970 at the Cinema Rendezvous in New York City 🎬 Columbia Pictures

The first episode of the 🇬🇧British stop-motion animated children's television series "THE WOMBLES" titled "Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella" based on the books written by Elisabeth Beresford, and narrated by Bernard Cribbins was broadcast #OnThisDay in 1973 on 📺 BBC1 🎬 FilmFair London

Happy Birthday to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Welsh-born theatre, film and television actor, producer and narrator #MichaelSheen born #OnThisDay in Newport, Monmouthshire

Happy 80th Birthday to 🇬🇧 British stage, film and television actress, model and singer #CharlotteRampling OBE, born #OnThisDay in Sturmer, England

Happy 80th Birthday to #CharlotteRampling OBE, seen here in a publicity still with co-star Robin Askwith for the BBC ‘Play of the Month’ “INFIDELITIES” (1983)

Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling “ZARDOZ” (1974) dir. John Boorman 🎬 20th Century-Fox

“THE NIGHT PORTER” (1974) dir. Liliana Cavani Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, Isa Miranda 🎬 Lotar Film 🇮🇹

“GEORGY GIRL” (1966) dir. Silvio Narizzano Alan Bates, Lynn Redgrave, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason 🎬 Columbia Pictures

Charlotte Rampling, Woody Allen “STARDUST MEMORIES” (1980) 🎬 United Artists

“HEADING SOUTH” (2005) dir. Laurent Cantet Charlotte Rampling, Karen Young, Louise Portal, Ménothy César 🎬 Haut et Court

Sir #KenAdam OBE, #BOTD in 1921, photographed here on his vast $1 million, 148 ft tall volcano set, for the #JamesBond film "YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE" (1967) constructed under canvas on the back lot at Pinewood Studios complete with an operative heliport and monorail

Remembering the late 🇩🇪German born film production designer Sir #KenAdam OBE RDI (5 February 1921 – 10 March 2016) born #OnThisDay in Berlin

The classic 🇺🇸 American silent film “THE GENERAL” starring Buster Keaton and Marion Mack and co-directed by Keaton and Clyde Bruckman premiered #OnThisDay in 1927 at the Capitol Theatre in New York City 🎬 United Artists