Back at it! Loved tonight’s #NoirCity screening of Sweet Smell of Success (1957). Seeing quintessential NYC #FilmNoir in the heart of NYC is 🤌 Added bonus: Got to chat with @willmckinley.bsky.social @lauraletizia5.bsky.social @filmluba.bsky.social & @dwayneadd.bsky.social IRL afterwards! #TCMParty

Happy Birthday, Stany (1907-1990)! Photos from one of my favorite Barbara Stanwyck films, The Lady Eve (1941). #HappyBirthday #BarbaraStanwyck #Filmsky

So tonight I have #DeadlineAtDawn on in the background because I had to work late. I was listening to Paul Lukas speak and for a second I thought I heard Peter Lorre - I was today years old when I learned that they were both from the same part of eastern Europe. #TheNoirCollective

Joseph Calleia Appreciation Post #TheNoirCollective #DeadlineAtDawn

Just a reminder of who invented WI-FI . . .

#NoirChecklist for #BluesInTheNight: -“Night” in title -Sap protagonist -Good girl vs bad girl -Incongruous nightclub number(s) -Bonkers musical nightmare, then… -Busby Berkeley-on-LSD musical nightmare -Triple crossing femme-fatale -More 3rd act twists than Betty Field’s hair #TCMParty #NoirAlley

🎶 Here we go again” 🎶 #TCMParty

How can I get a gig being a montage director? Nothing else. Just montages, lots and lots of montages. #TCMParty #NoirAlley #BluesInTheNight

Overheard two women in conversation at Noir City, both of whom were dressed to the nines in gorgeous vintage. They were PISSED that some of the dresses Kay wears in the Teach Kay To Carry A Tune montage were also reused in other scenes. #NoirAlley #TCMParty #BluesintheNight

How I feel when I watch the news and try to be optimistic. #TCMParty #NoirAlley #BluesInTheNight

Lloyd Nolan appreciation post. #TCMParty #NoirAlley #BluesintheNight

#BluesInTheNight was one of last night’s Noir City films. During intermission lauraletizia5.bsky.social and I were considering how exactly one might make coffee for 6 in a box car. #TCMParty #NoirAlley

So much fun, and so great to be with you, @willmckinley.bsky.social and @marcikay.bsky.social!! Being surrounded by good people, having good conversation, Eddie Muller, two noir films and live music make for a magical (albeit long) evening!! 💕

Still basking in the glow #NoirCity #FilmNoir @noirfoundation.bsky.social

Scenes from #NoirCity NY opening night: Singer Elizabeth Bougerol’s unbelievable, bi-lingual (!) jazz performance between films. Elizabeth and @eddiemuller.bsky.social introduce Black Angel (1946). #NoirAlley #TCMParty @noirfoundation.bsky.social @paristheaternyc.bsky.social

So great to meet @willmckinley.bsky.social and @lauraletizia5.bsky.social IRL! Thanks for the photo, Will! #NoirCity #NoirCityNY

Thank you, @ladykdesigns.bsky.social and @jauntworksstudio.bsky.social for another great #TheNoirCollective watch party!

There’s something so hopeful about Newman’s Street Scene. Listening to it in that final scene you do want Sandy Dixon’s kid to have another chance. #TheNoirCollective #WheretheSidewalkEnds

Dana Andrews was just the ultimate when it came to playing tortured souls. I adore listening to interviews with Susan Andrews to hear about what her dad was like in real life. #TheNoirCollective #WheretheSidewalkEnds

Gratuitous #NoirMath: that’s a $14,000 legal retainer in today’s money. #TheNoirCollective #WheretheSidewalkEnds

Robert Young ⭐️

… and the lovely Theresa Harris is (wait for it) ……. uncredited yet again. #TCMParty #AngelFace #NoirAlley

#NoirChecklist for #AngelFace: -Obsessed femme fatale _Oblivious guy -Good girl vs bad girl -Creepy mansion -Sharpie lawyer -Shady trial -Mitchum’s eyelids vs Simmons’s bangs -EVERYBODY dies! #TCMParty #NoirAlley

“Pitch black. One for the ages.” Perfect review, @eddiemuller.bsky.social #TCMParty #NoirAlley #AngelFace

“…or could anyone do it? Even a woman?” 🤬🤮 #TCMParty #NoirAlley #AngelFace

Throttle retractor spring something something something Gear shift rod Blah blah blah Shift mechanism Yadda yadda yadda #TCMParty #NoirAlley #AngelFace

Run, Frank. Ruuuuuunnnnn!!!! #TCMParty #NoirAlley #AngelFace

Mona Freeman is an unsung hero in #AngelFace. Mary Wilson is no match for Diane Tremayne but Freeman holds her own. Her performance is really good. #TCMParty #NoirAlley

So that I can actually see what I’m watching on #NoirAlley, I have set down this elegant, patriotic Smirnoff ice thing in favor of a nice cup of tea. #4thofJuly #TCMParty #AngelFace

Howard Hughes - he was a real charmer 🙄 #TCMParty #NoirAlley #AngelFace

Joan Crawford by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1926. 🇺🇸💥

Reading the room is a lost art.

Billy Wilder's adorable rom-com DOUBLE INDEMNITY hit theaters #OTD in 1944. #fillmsky

LL Cool J or Eric Blore

Approximate percentage of Dan Duryea's roles where he played a guy named Whitey, Slim, Silky, or some variation of Johnny: 78.4% #CrissCross #TCMParty #SummerOfDarkness

Yeah, yeah. So let’s talk about what’s REALLY important here: me finally seeing Dan Duryea on the big screen for the very first time at #NoirCity next week! #TCMParty

Anna demystifies the femme fatale. #CrissCross #TCMParty

I really like Alexis Minotis, Lt. Acosta. He’s really good. He’s also basically playing the Joseph Calleia role in any noir. #TheNoirCollective #TheChase

This horse is tired, too 😴 #TheNoirCollective #TheChase

I think Steve Cochran would have played Scotty the have-not as well, if not better, than he plays Eddie. Bob Cummings, OTOH, not so versatile. #TheNoirCollective #TheChase

I would wear any of these dresses today! Yesterday’s birthday girl Glenda Farrell, Mary Carlisle, and Jean Harlow in gorgeous, timeless summer gowns - July 1936. 📸: courtesy of @jeanharlow.bsky.social

#NoirChecklist for #StolenFace: -Obsessed protagonist who is… -An unscrupulous doctor who does… -Unscrupulous plastic surgery on... -Boozy floozy wife -Dual identity -Overbearing soundtrack -Lousy Britnoir accents -Train scene -Good girl vs bad girl… but they’re the same girl! #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Next Week on #NoirAlley Angel Face (1952) A film shrouded in the darkest shade of noir. 🖤 #TCMParty

Wait. Wuuuuut???!! That’s it? #TCMParty #NoirAlley #StolenFace

Alternate Title for #StolenFace: Why Don’t You Stop Trying to Make Me Into Something I’m Not #TCMParty #NoirAlley

He’ll, I’m hanging with Lily from here on out. She knows all the hot spots! #TCMParty #NoirAlley #StolenFace

In only his second appearance on the hashtag, unbelievably! Thanks to @andrian6.bsky.social for the heads up! #classicmeninrobes #TCMParty #NoirAlley #StolenFace

I was lucky enough to watch a World Cup match in a pub in Dublin last week. Liz Scott would have brought down the house with a little Rolling Home on the piano. #TCMParty #NoirAlley #StolenFace

I’m not mad at the cute romcom scenes, TBH. #TCMParty #NoirAlley #StolenFace

Who did the men’s wardrobe for #StolenFace? Paul Henreid’s suit is SHARP! #TCMparty #NoirAlley