ASK EDDIE - August 1, 2024

[@johnnypalooka]

A book recommendation at the end of each episode is a great idea.

[@azohundred1353]

Sweet Smell Of Success has to be my favorite New York Noir. The tour de force performances from Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster with the edginess of James Wong Howe's noir cinematography of NYC just make it a perfect film, in my opinion.

[@erickjrmaldonadoherrera4531]

Agreed another great new york noir film i always forget that the setting took place in new york

[@nibsvkh]

I very much like Eddie and respect his love for noir and his commitment to the preservation of said films. As for these talks they are very informative and enjoyable except when it veers into cat chat!🤨

[@dereksinger8474]

As someone who hated Bad for Each Other, I am not mad that you showed it on Noir Alley. I trust your process. Part of the fun is watching movies I otherwise would have never come across.

[@garywordman]

Thanks for answering my Lizabeth Scott question - I shall send a letter to Noir City magazine!

[@erickjrmaldonadoherrera4531]

Out of the fog from 1941 is also a new york film noir that takes place in brooklyn which is based on the broadway play that it was based on which is called the gentle people by irving shaw who wrote rich man, poor man..

[@dank9296]

Another entertaining and informative session from Eddie and Anne. Thanks!!👍😎

[@rpk0925-s5j]

Thank you for another fun and informative episode. And thank you for answering my questions regarding film restoration. (I don't think it's boring at all).

[@christopherjaycraig]

5: FAVORITE NYC film noir: The Window (1949) was shot on location in Manhattan 9. FAVORITE FILM NOIR SCORE: David Amram's score for The Manchurian Candidate (1962) is very avant garde in parts, jazzy in other parts. One of my all time favs.

[@erickjrmaldonadoherrera4531]

@@christopherjaycraig the manchurian candidate is not noir film... eddie says it's not a noir film..

[@ameryek.9607]

Noir Film casting: Tyrone Power, brunet, and/or Alan Ladd, blond. Opposites! Heroine: Jane Greer/ Barbara Stanwyk. Baddie: Bogie or Lynn Fontaine ( she could do it). Director: Fritz Lang or J. Huston. Cop: E O'Brien. Eccentrics: Elisha Cook, Jr, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Lorre, old woman in Born Bad. Cinematographer: James Wong Howe. No idea of the story!

[@timothydigiuseppe1753]

Another excellent program (as usual). Many thanks for the book recommendations!

[@johnsweet8508]

Went searching for Solomon's Vineyard after Eddie's mention of the book. Tough to find but found a nice clean copy on eBay. Sort of a pocket book edition. Cant wait to read it.

[@BickBenedict1]

Can you PLEASE post time stamps for each question?

[@madamxnoirmore7824]

Another Great show with Eddie, the Czar of Noir, and Anne!! Love you both, and Noir City❣️You’re Always invited & welcomed on any and All my screens!🎥🍿🎥

[@janolofalroth598]

I believe that The Tattooed Stranger (1950) was shot in New York, and that you can see some neighourhoods that were later torn down, which is interesting.

[@georgeulrich3823]

"Lady in the Morgue", based on the book, was a Crime Club movie in 1938, a lighthearted mystery with Preston Foster (as Crane) and Frank Jenks.

[@Pirate-Jenny]

Found the complete unedited version of "Solomon's Vineyard" under the title "The Fifth Grave" - The Unexpurgated Text - A Black Gat Book.

[@danjameson1572]

Latimer also wrote "The Search for my Great Uncle's Head." great title.

[@erizabeta]

Jack Lambert was totally my pick too!!!

[@davidhigh-k9w]

I enjoy Noir City mag and would like to suggest an index to find articles about films. Any plans to index or provide some method to find past articles? See you in Silver Spring and thanks for all you do!

[@davewalter1216]

I haven't read 'Solomon's Vineyard' for decades and I think that was a paperback I found in Moe's Bookstore in Berkeley, so maybe like 5 decades. All I can remember is that it had something about a cult in it and it was reminiscent of 'The Dain Curse' in some aspects, but raunchier. I see I was probably reading the expurgated version as the 'unexpurgated' version wasn't published in the US until 1982. Kindle has a copy published by The Murder Room in 2013 for only $AU 7.99 (that is Australian dollars, so probably about 5 bucks US) and I feel it is my duty to read the uncensored version. Anyway, thanks for the memories and I am really interested to see why you think it would be unfilmable today, assuming this copy is the unexpurgated one.

[@georgeulrich3823]

There is another version of "D.O.A." It is "Color Me Dead" from 1969 with Tom Tryon and Carolyn Jones.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

Not exactly an answer to question number 3 but an offshoot. " The film Kiss Me Deadly ran into all sorts of problems due to its violence. Just as the film was about to be released, the Legion of Decency condemned it, demanding “over thirty changes, cuts, and deletions.” Aldrich made minor cuts, ensuring a B rating (condemned in part). Its ads were displayed during Senate hearings on juvenile delinquency and it was under scrutiny from the Kefauver Commission, which called it a film "designed to ruin young viewers.". Considered trash, KMD was never reviewed in the New York Times and was banned in Britain"

[@frankpiccione-i5e]

Eddie has to start cracking down on Anne. with the horror film- comments ,,,,You start a video about film noir with horror film comments,, Really????? I already fast forward when they start talking their cats for 5 minutes... Now I have to forward video when with horror film commentaries.....Eddie is familiar with the concept of editing.... Right????..Are they making these programs exclusively for themselves or with an audience in mind???. Eddy- you like music right? Remember- the 60's song " Tell it like it is.".

[@julieputney4317]

Wasn't Linda Darnell a female fatal in Fallen Angel?

[@tonycortizasjr.282]

I'm glad to hear I'm not alone in thinking that Liz Scott is not a very good actress. Her face is not expressive at all, just kind of frozen. You, I can't "read" her emotions from her face, her eyes. (As a contrast, you turn the sound off when watching Bogart in a good film and you know what he's thinking, feeling in a scene.) As a photographer when I watch a scene focused on her all I can think about is how carefully they set up the lighting to show off her beautiful wavy blonde hair. Also re: Bernard Hermann scores, it's not Noir, but "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" is a great one.

[@ScottsCollection]

Poor Liz Scott

[@maartenlemmens8628]

Let Anne do her own horrorfilm podcast and keep this one noir related.

[@ameryek.9607]

I agree. Let's stay on-topic. Some weeks it takes 15-20 minutes for Anne & Eddie to get to noir films.

[@stevecattani9545]

@@ameryek.9607 Not to mention maXXXine is garbage. Amateur night in every respect.

[@StevenSmith-nq5xe]

Anne should talk about whatever she wants to. If you’re not interested in her current topic while watching, skip forward a few seconds.

[@stevecattani9545]

Don't agree at all about Maxxxine. Amateur night in every respect. YUMA's first hour is to the frame a painfully tired Tarantino wannabe, but it does stage a decent last act. Non-Noir digressions are completely fine from time to time despite what someone else said.

[@erizabeta]

get Charlotte a headset mic

[@vedadalsette1453]

Little Murders.