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September 2012 Archives
'Scarlet Street' in Classic Cool Context
September 27, 2012 1:29 PM
by Omar Shamout
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Fritz Lang's stylized noir shows off the seedy underside to '40s-era Greenwich Village. Click to get get a little bit of history behind the film.
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"The Manchurian Candidate" isn't Sinatra's only assassination-oriented political thriller. In this film noir, he plays a madmen bent on killing the president.
Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, and Elizabeth Taylor star in the 1951 comedy "Father's Little Dividend," a sequel to the 1951 "Father of the Bride."
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This high-tension film noir originally hit theaters back in 1950. This week, we look at the L.A. of the film's day, in particular the beatnik culture glimpsed in the film.
'Kansas City Confidential' in Classic Cool Context
September 7, 2012 12:21 PM
by Omar Shamout
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We take a closer look at "Kansas City Confidential," the 1952 film noir airing on Saturday's Classic Cool Theater.
James Cagney stars as a New York band leader who ends up in making movies in Hollywood. The film was directored by Victor Schertzinger.
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