Just over here quietly thinking about Chester Morris in a leather jacket, with Richard Dix and Joan Fontaine in Sky Giant (1938).

If you haven't read this yet it's thoroughly enjoyable! Tommy's writing and articulation of screwball are delightful and he shows his work as he takes you through each film. Whether you agree or don't, his sense of joy in each film is infectious and worth your time! I'd love more of this as a book!

Happy Cary Grant Day. Please enjoy this portrait from the GD smouldering years at Paramount.

I'm so behind now 😂 ...But I was going to say that if they hadn't felt like murdering him I was going to volunteer. #Diabolique #NoirAlley #TCMParty

There's something so familiar about Véra Clouzot, she looks a little like Irene Dunne to me but it's more than that... I can't place why I feel like I've seen her before-because I couldn't have. #Diabolique #NoirAlley #TCMParty

OMG, I didn't check the weather and wind gusts of 80km/50miles per hour just started to hit the window behind me—boy did I jump! #Diabolique #NoirAlley #TCMParty

This tight-knit relationship between the wife and mistress and the husband having an open dynamic with both of them present is all very bizarre and fascinating. #Diabolique #NoirAlley #TCMParty

I've never seen this, and TCM isn't airing it in Canada so I don't get to see the intro, and I found it on a streaming app with ads so I'm going to be behind everyone, and it has subtitles... Do I even try to watch and post with everyone anyway? Lol #Diabolique #NoirAlley #TCMParty

A beautiful French poster for The Spanish Main (1945), starring Paul Henreid and Maureen O'Hara.

And the syndicated television episodes that were released in 1954 as 'Captured', were hosted by Chester Morris! 🥰

I set my eBay app notifications to chime loudly before auctions for 2 rare, gorgeous 1932 stills of Chester were about to end—and they failed! One of the photos I'd never seen before, that's rare! So I got all immersed in something and missed them. Someone say something to keep me from crying! 😭😭😭😭😭

Does anyone else make sure to watch the classic movies on their nearly full DVR, specifically to make room for more movies coming up on #TCM, then end up liking the movies they watch so much that they can't possibly delete them because they really want to watch them again? Sigh. #EvergreenProblem

No offense to Eddie G., little Margaret and the ensemble but I'm ready for Ronald Colman... it's not their fault-it's me. #TCMParty

This guy is the worst doctor. Maybe not the worst ever in classic movie history, but pretty bad. #TheTwoMrsCarrolls #TCMParty

This ad for Our Vines Have Tender Grapes where Spencer Tracy plays with Margaret O'Brien's emotions and it's supposed to seem sweet is off-putting. #TCMParty

I keep watching this film every so often for Ann Sheridan and Robert Alda but it's pretty painful. If the Blu-ray really does restore James Wong Howe's cinematography I'll definitely watch it again but not for a while otherwise. #NoraPrentiss #TCMParty

Jean Harlow in one of those creamy, dreamy MGM stills. I've just always felt like they stand out from other studio stills.

The movie is called #NoraPrentiss. Does anyone know if there's source material that focuses more on what should be the main character? Did someone working on the movie take a wrong turn and focus too much on the doctor? This could have been such a great role for Sheridan. #TCMParty

Now *that's* a good Mom, she completely covered his ass so that their daughter not only wouldn't be hurt but she'd be left happy thinking her father cared about her. I hate that guy. #NoraPrentiss #TCMParty

For me the character of Richard Talbot swings between painfully bland and outright unlikable asshole. Did they know they were making a completely unsympathetic character? I feel so badly for his family. #NoraPrentiss #TCMParty

For a movie they play as often as this one, that gets referred to as much as this one, I'm surprised this print of #NoraPrentiss is so terrible. High contrast blobs and all that hissing... Didn't they restore it for the Warner Archive release? #TCMParty

Franchot Tone appreciation post. Not so hard to understand him as fuel in one of the most famous feuds in Hollywood. #NoMoreLadies #TCMParty

Thanks for always making it fun everyone! 😊❤️ #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Heads up Canadians! Diabolique (1955) won't air on TCM here so you'll have to watch on The Criterion Channel, plex, or some other way! #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Last shot from inside the elevator with the doors closing, interesting. #CrimeOfPassion #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Wow he suspected her right away. #CrimeOfPassion #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Burr had some great hair. #CrimeOfPassion #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Speaking of Raymond Burr, they never seem to play that version of Godzilla. I mean, I like this version, but I really want to see Burr's just for the sake of seeing Burr. #TCMParty

That was some pretty amazing maneuvering by Stanwyck. #CrimeOfPassion #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Man she gets really high strung in this. Starting to feel sorry for poor Hayden. #CrimeOfPassion #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Burr is looking pretty good in this... #CrimeOfPassion #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Well you must never be discouraged... you must keep on trying" 😆 #CrimeOfPassion #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Hallelujah sister. On your whole schtick. #CrimeOfPassion #TCMParty

This part of the movie where he goes after his injured friend and tries to guide him back to somewhere where they can save him is so tense... I get so emotional whenever I think he's going to lose him. #TheMenOfTheFightingLady #TCMParty

Why don't one of you go tell the Swede and one of you go tell the cops, instead of making this one guy do both? #TheKillers #TCMParty

The one time Eddie gives HIM a light in the movie. #DoubleIndemnity #TCMParty

Tool for counting "baby"s next time I watch #DoubleIndemnity #TCMParty

That light across her face as she smokes in the dark... #DoubleIndemnity #TCMParty

"That was the most intense conversation about canned peas I've ever seen." -market employee's thoughts probably #DoubleIndemnity #TCMParty

Scruffy Chester Morris timeline cleanse.

That was some seriously shameless flirting, or nearly straight-up come on, or something. 🔥. #DoubleIndemnity #TCMParty

Wow, what a backstory! #TheLocket #TCMParty

That carpet is creepy! #TheLocket #TCMParty

Uh-oh. triggered... #TheLocket #TCMParty

I'm sure people in real life have their own London Tower for their jewelry collection. #TheLocket #TCMParty

Ok, I NEVER saw this coming. #TheLocket #TCMParty

The men she attracts seem to get REALLY into and caught up with her. #TheLocket #TCMParty

But as soon as I do... oh boy suddenly it's like I become stupid. 😄 #TheLocket #TCMParty

It's funny, if I don't try to think about how many flashbacks there are and how they're structured, I have no trouble following them. #TheLocket #TCMParty

This movie is heartbreaking 💔 Even alive they are somehow dead. The dialogue is very interesting—they're like children, innocent. #TheLastFlight #TCMParty