Femme Fatale Noir With A Twist | Blonde For A Day (1946) | Retrospective

[@aaronthomas3917]

These movies allow me to see my parent's clothes, the set's are the houses of that time, the cars I loved, and here I am in my eighth decade remembering my boyhood and the five cent movie admission fee. Thanks for the memories.Those were the days my friend, I thought they'd never end,

[@thewordisart1104]

Yeah, but everything has an end...I wish only the bad ones had an end and not the good ones.

[@stephenwilliams1269]

Clear print. Enjoyable film and casting. The 1930s,40s and 50s had the wises cracks peppered in the scripts , happy days. Thank you for sharing.

[@robertatkinson7258]

Oh, yeah!! I loved the wisecracks, especially coming from Eve Arden, Patsy Kelly, and many others during those eras. :)

[@susanfaulkner2304]

The superintendant of the apartment building getting hit by the door when the police chief opened it! Also, loved the doorman! 😂

[@hankdusommeil1065]

I love the gritty picture quality, the dream-like pace, the fleeting conversations, the pretty women, the non-descript interiors, the robust cars, and the hard-boiled men each with a fitting hat and suit - in other words, the perfect film noir

[@90FF1]

Don't forget, the inept police detective. 🙂

[@1LSWilliam]

A most sensible interpretation!

[@13699111]

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[@harlowwilcoks2958]

So sad that all that went out the window straight into the garbage can ...

[@SharonLauer-o2k]

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[@kathleenmckeithen118]

Just what I like and Hugh Beaumont, too!! Thank you, Retrospective!!😊

[@joline2730]

Great oldie - got everything ... guns, humour, etc 😀😀

[@BuddyShephard]

Great movie, Hugh Beaumont of Leave it to Beaver fame was very humorous. I love watching that Methodist Minister in real life show his amazing talent!!! Thanks!!!

[@leelarson107]

Here's something for police buffs and for those who are on 'the other side': Shayne mentions changing barrels on that automatic pistol. However, the way to handle that is to get a spare barrel, use THAT one to do whatever is to be done, dispose of THAT one, put the original barrel back in the gun, and then rest easy. As for the mark on the shell casing from the extractor claw, that in and of itself is 'insufficient evidence'. Indeed, rest easy.

[@FlipDahlenburg]

Experience tells!

[@leelarson107]

@@FlipDahlenburg This works well on the standard 'GI .45 Auto', which was made by several manufacturers, notably Colt, Remington, US Postal Meter, Ithaca, and some other short-run jobs done during WW II. Barrels are theoretically interchangeable among the major manufacturers. Usually----but not always-----the AMT Hardballer, in stainless steel (for example) would accommodate a change of barrels from whatever source; they later had a serious issue with Quality Control and the Hardballer was discontinued. If your automatic pistol can be field stripped without tools, you should be able to switch barrels without any problem.

[@subhasisghosh66]

Love the way everyone, including the goons, wear their suits fully buttoned up, even while fighting.

[@shan4078]

😂 and the women always wake up with perfect hair and makeup.

[@chiefslief1886]

Now that's class😂

[@tridbant]

S Mariposa Los Angeles, the Avenue they drove up towards the end of the film, actually exists. Though if it’s the original it’s slightly different now. Nice Avenue.

[@winonamassingill7895]

I loved 🥰 it back when beautiful printed wallpaper was so popular. Now the walls are mostly just painted.

[@pixels2u]

You must’ve missed the 60’s wallpaper 🍄

[@joline2730]

Winona: Everything turns a full circle - flowery will be the next black ‼️😀😀

[@leelarson107]

I've had much of my home paneled in knotty pine. Far better surface.

[@daisyjohnson4007]

❤ the love 😘 and kindness of others 💓 awesome

[@michaelmchugh3987]

Love these old cars. Hollywood doesn’t make good movies like this.

[@leelarson107]

Hollywood COULD still make good movies, and Detroit COULD still make good cars, but these days trashy movies and trashy cars are more profitable. Nobody builds a collection of modern movies, and no one ever makes a 'restoration project' out of the junk we drive now. We are a nation in decline.

[@SmithMrCorona]

@@leelarson107 Boomers killed both Hollywood and Detroit. Things went to s hit in the 1970s and 80s.

[@laurakibben4147]

@michaekmchugh3987 And where do you think they got the plots and ideas for everything that came well after these? Now, they've literally done and redone absolutely everything and are flat out of ideas. 😢

[@leelarson107]

@@laurakibben4147 It has long been acknowledged by authors and screenwriters alike that there are only just so many plots to work with. Copies or near-copies are inevitable. Further, many songs are based on others. For example, Chuck Berry's 'Sweet Little Sixteen' was re-worked into 'Surfin' USA' by The Beach Boys. 'There's nothing new under the Sun.' Depressing, isn't it?

[@leelarson107]

@@laurakibben4147 But there's always the 'old reliable' assortment of nude scenes, sex scenes, foul language, and 'Political Correctness' with a touch of 'woke'.

[@merewynyard5813]

Ilove hearing those old phones ringing..they bring back old memories!!!😊

[@laurakibben4147]

@merewynyard5813 I was wondering earlier during another oldie what that material was they were made of. That distinct clatter they made when hung up. Definitely not regular old plastic because they could kill a man when hit with one!

[@merewynyard5813]

@laurakibben4147 all I remember is coal was part of its make-up.. im sorry I can't help maybe try the internet...

[@gt9105]

@@laurakibben4147 Bakelite

[@kiwitrainguy]

@@laurakibben4147 Probably made of Bakelite, that was the "plastic" of the 1930s & 40s.

[@Mark-g4z2s]

Fantastic old films. Love them. Makes my night. Thankyou

[@ruthmgonigle5914]

That was great. "I hope this wraps it up, I'm getting dizzy"

[@leelarson107]

Loved that motorcycle cop at about 1:55 in the film. An old Harley-Davidson starting on the first kick? No way.

[@13699111]

Old old old life long Harley owner within 3 kicks your club had the best wrench

[@90FF1]

Good one. Loved that last punch. Thanks

[@Kathleen-t8y]

A great movie thanks for the upload 💞😊😀👌👍👏👌⭐✨

[@nalasgrandma262]

Great to see the Beaver's dad before his TV career.

[@charlynegezze8536]

It´s hard to shake off Ward Cleaver, tho.

[@leelarson107]

@@charlynegezze8536 Yeah, kinda like trying to live it down. I never liked the series, mainly because of Jerry Mathers.

[@ronaldbourgeois1255]

Love the humour and story way better than today.

[@kiwitrainguy]

53:35 - 56:43 Get a load of the Spanish-style architecture of those LA houses and the 1940s cars.🥰

[@mcpheejesus5945]

Good movie. I saw it on another channel not long ago. Thanks for the upload!

[@mariellegrass-singing4718]

Love the clothes, the suave wise-cracks, the impeccable manners.

[@gregorybilotto6620]

Wow the car the editor drove when leaving his house was a fine automobile…beautiful motor…too bad they don’t make them anymore!

[@brunodesamber5714]

A. Gold. Classic. One. 🎬 joyful. To. Watch. This. Movie. 📽 just. Exelent. 🎥 💣 thanks. 💣 👌👌 🎞

[@chiefslief1886]

Great movie! ❤

[@Nixfix76]

Hugh loved playing the heavy. Beaver. Wasn't his favorite , altho he enjoyed doing The night gallery in the 70s. He never walked under a ladder after that.

[@dmitryostrovsky5763]

Many thanks for not loading it up with commercials every 5 mins like some greedy channels do with very, very old but good films like this where everyone in it is dead and someone living with a copyright can make enough on royalties to live off of without having to really work. Who was the fool that decided to speed this film up by 10% - 15% thinking nobody would notice and falsely hoping it would be more exciting or something. Didn't they ever here of timing and pacing in film editing? Surprised that some people still stick in the "Leave it to Beaver" comment on every film that Hugh Beaumont in that's shown on You Tube, thinking the joke is still funny instead of a stupid comment.

[@pittbandmom]

Many thanks for this film. i enjoy Hugh Beaumont movies. Really liked the very pretty and interesting piece of jewelry his secretary was wearing...with the chain and brooches, or perhaps one of the brooches was a watch? Nice idea. i wonder whatever happened to it!

[@rescuepetsrule6842]

I collect antique jewelry. Even the fake gems they used are beautiful- and expensive if you can find them online. I never miss the jewelry, like the odd braid his girl wore on her jacket. Styles were prettier and more fun, IMO.

[@kathycurtis9686]

I took notice of the chain draped on her shoulder with what looked like a watch hanging off. Naturally I immediately started thinking, do I have a chain long enough to do that? I love pins. And I'm going to copy this look.

[@Neil-ru7kw]

"hey wally , I didn't know pop was a detective" "don't tell mom beav" "uh , ok wally"

[@13699111]

Great movie

[@opentrunk]

The most convoluted & confusing movie I've seen in awhile. I kept waiting for Eddie Haskell to show up. Glad it was only 67 minutes long. At my age all movies should only be 67 mins long.

[@leelarson107]

I could handle any Hugh Beaumont movie------NOT including the 'Beaver' series!------if it ran to two hours.

[@deborahluongo6794]

Very good movie

[@royboy9361]

29:18 the light through those plants make up a creepy looking face.

[@santosakowski9846]

Very observant!

[@ChrisCarlin-is8wv]

I wonder if June knew Ward was such a player in his past.

[@marietomkinson5910]

❤love it, just love it❤❤❤ Marie from the uk 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@DavidRice111]

Hugh Beaumont made a pretty entertaining P.I. and had several fun half-hour episodes in the "Pier 23" series. Then he traded it in for a pipe & an easy chair on 'Leave it to Beaver'. @22:24, that looks like George E. Stone, "The Runt" from "Boston Blackie", but this flick doesn't show up in his filmography.

[@shan4078]

He was an ordained minister before he became an actor 🙂

[@leelarson107]

He made THREE FILMS as 'Dennis O'Brien'. Danger Zone, Roaring City, and Pier 23, all filmed in 1951.

[@DavidRice111]

@@leelarson107 (ain't 'wiki' great?)

[@RealBigBadJohn]

⭐⭐Baylor School salutes Hugh Beaumont, Class of 1930.⭐⭐

[@DK-wy3tb]

12:30 12:32

[@laurakibben4147]

His secretary caused The Honeymooners Trixie to flash before my eyes there for minute!!

[@RamonColon-t7i]

Oh yeah... In these days there was a lot continuous thought on what ever needed to extended. Whether it be a serious note romantic or otherwise! Like l said to all generations Blessed Be You Holy Thaaangs!

[@arvettadelashmit9337]

These old black and white films are more interesting and fun. We didn't have to see the bodies; and, we got to use our minds (without the shock) in following the story. I love the garments both men and women wear in these films. Weren't those public phone booths nice back when people respected such things? I have not seen a working phone booth in over 20 years.

[@Janet-n9k]

I enjoyed that. Thank you.

[@JL-rd5gn]

love the dames

[@389383]

Mike Shayne's Girl Friday here is actually Hugh's wife.

[@leelarson107]

They were divorced in 1974. I've always wondered who divorced who, and why.

[@randystrain7512]

So girl Friday is the beaver!

[@maryk4588]

Young Mr. Cleaver!

[@90FF1]

Beaumont just doesn't come across as a hard boiled tough PI. Fair low budget film tho.

[@kathylynch9732]

I enjoyed this!

[@MrCrispian]

new barrel thats a neat angle...

[@rogerscottcathey]

Chiaroscuro eh? Could you shed some light on that?

[@leelarson107]

The term refers to the technique of blending light and shadow so as to give the illusion of light from a specific source. *But you knew that, right? And you were making a pun? I'll give that some thought until it dawns on me.

[@rogerscottcathey]

@@leelarson107 : 🤓😉

[@clydedahler9542]

Love old cars like the one the gunman took Shayne for a ride, a beautiful 1939 Lincoln Zephy with finder skirts on it would of made a really great Low Rider; had afew old cars back when i was younger, in the 50s through the 70s old cars were alot cheaper then they are now, my first one when i got of the service age 22 1967 was a 53 Chevy 2 dr bought it for $50 now might be worth $30,000 tells me should have kept afew of them like my 53 Buick Super 4 dr got it for $250 back in 1975

[@blusnuby2]

The Lincoln Zephyr looked like a factory-produced Low Rider: 👍

[@thetimmns]

Kathyrn Adams was a lovely lady, his real wife and was in alot of movies

[@leelarson107]

Classy looking, I agree. The 'nice girl' type.

[@leelarson107]

She had a total of 26 credits in all mediums.

[@yogoombah2356]

It's Beaver's dad, Mr.Cleaver!

[@mrpaulbaby]

The dirtiest line EVER on TV was when June said to her husband, Ward you were pretty hard on the Beaver last night!

[@sharpear1031]

I can't say I followed the plot as far as the culprit went. Hugh Beaumont was quite quippy in these old noir yarns. I guess they asked him to pull it back by the time he was Beaver Cleaver's Dad.

[@laurakibben4147]

@sharpear1031 They didn't have to ask him. He was a religious and wasn't happy with his plots in the movies. He wanted the more wholesome role of a family man teaching two young boys right from wrong.

[@leelarson107]

@@laurakibben4147 Well, you were there from start to finish, so you oughtta know.

[@laurakibben4147]

@@leelarson107 Whatever that means.

[@carycoller3140]

What's the point of having a cop outside the door if he isn't going to do his job and stop people from entering the room he's assigned to guard? Then the nurse says she isn't supposed to tell information about the patient to anyone but family but she still tells to a guy who identifies himself only as, "his best friend." 🙄

[@JesusHernandez-ll5ok]

It's Just a movie, a ficticios story Just for entertainment purpose, if you are so objective on everything you'll die very soon! Have fun chill out 😂😅😊

[@carycoller3140]

@@JesusHernandez-ll5ok I was having fun. That's why I was able to spot those details 😁

[@virginias.poston4308]

Good movie, but why does the description say there's a female reporter?

[@BarbaraMalacarne]

This was the age when they took real gangsters and make them acting the gangster rule

[@linscats]

I liked the part where Shayne jumps out of the moving car and where he is punched in the face but has no bruises or black eye.

[@leelarson107]

Watch all of his movies where he is either Michael Shayne or is 'Denny O'Brien', sort of a private eye. Rarely shows any marks, even though he gets knocked cold frequently.

[@WonderWoman000]

❤❤❤❤

[@bobsanders9114]

The only intelligent comments made here are "Poverty Row Cinema" and "That was great"...clearly no one else weighing in has much on their minds. For a postwar B programmer, probably made on the run in less than 2 weeks, this is a surprisingly efficient effort. While no treasure dredged up from the ocean floor - no "Detour" nor "Blonde Ice"....this is a fun little detective noir. But I'm guessing most of the watchers will be drawn by their nostalgic memories of bland 1950s TV fare. Worth a watch if mainly because it's clear that this was the kind of effort Vincent Minnelli was lovingly celebrating when Jonathan Shields and Fred Amiel were cranking out THEIR programmers at the rate of 2 per month. And if you don't know what I'm referring to, move along, please. Professional, nicely crafted, well paced. Good find.

[@notpurrfect6397]

For us uncultured slobs, he's referring to "the Bad and the Beautiful," which is my fav Lana Turner movie. It's probably not on yt, but worth finding. Some of the Lloyd Nolan Michael Shayne movies are here and a fun watch.

[@kathleenmckeithen118]

Spoken/written with all of the humility of a condescending know it all.

[@coolroy4300]

The music is horrible lol

[@msalisond]

That’s what I was going to say

[@pearlbrandwein4731]

Check out Eddie Muller's selections for TCM and the schedule for his Film Noir Foundation of festivals. I always look forward to seeing him at MoMA where he has introduced the "Golden Age" of Films Noirs in Mexico & Argentina. Well worth the time to watch these superb films with great casts, directors, cinematographers & production crews.

[@Lesseplesse]

The bay bridge was so empty 😮. Why make a city for a few people

[@leelarson107]

Better than the swarming hordes we have clogging our cities now.

[@leelarson107]

Overpopulation is the #1 global problem today. And it's turning into a nightmare.

[@MrUdayNarainPandeySharadNPande]

What if I say. The Lady Refuses. Now Gift the Reimbursement

[@MrCrispian]

complicated

[@lizlocher3612]

Great dialogue!!! Marge was murdered. I'll be combing cops out of my hair for a week!!!!

[@Cobbmtngirl]

That’s the Beaver’s dad! 😊

[@MrUdayNarainPandeySharadNPande]

Lot et Garrone. My love 💓 Home 🏡 from Cedar

[@pearlbrandwein4731]

B movies or Films Noirs were second billed on a movie theater marquee enabling a large cast of character/supporting actors/actresses to remain gainfully employed in "poverty row" studios along with screenwriters, producers, editors, cinematographers, makeup) hair people, costume/set designers & directors. I'm used to Lloyd Nolan as Mike Shayne; Hugh Beaumont is a less muscular, too gentlemanly version of the smart alec dick.

[@AH-yu2pi]

Watched

[@ShakespeareCafe]

Poverty Row Cinema

[@andywinger4197]

Definitely a low, low budget movie. But not bad... not good either.

[@WonderWoman000]

Hoodlums 🤣❤

[@deerhoda7574]

Not Michael Shayne, Hugh Beaumont. Lloyd Nolan is the only Michael Shayne. But not a bad story.

[@leelarson107]

Lloyd Nolan was OK as Michael Shayne until he started singing Irish songs. Irish tenors don't impress me.

[@mikefeeney4976]

Ads ruined it. Turned it off after 5 minutes. Jerk!

[@leelarson107]

Try installing an Ad-Blocker. I did it years ago.

[@mistervacation23]

Is Dame Mae Fishman in this one?

[@leelarson107]

Who dat?

[@mistervacation23]

@@leelarson107 Dame Mae Fishman, was a rising star in the silent film era, was a force to be reckoned with. Born at the turn of the 20th century, she was one of the earliest female figures to dominate the silver screen. Her talent caught the eye of Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand, who became her close friends. She made movies all the way up to 1957 and retired at that time

[@gailtrotman5256]

Either Hugh Beaumont's girl was really tall, like 5'11" or Hugh was short for a man.

[@leelarson107]

If you mean his secretary, 'Phyllis', Kathryn Adams stood 5'7". And she stood very well................... Hugh Beaumont himself stood 6 feet even.

[@90FF1]

@@leelarson107 "And she stood very well..............." Yes indeed she did.🥰

[@Tim091]

SPOILER ALERT ------------------------------------------ I don't think I have ever seen a film where the protagonist is introduced at the start in the usual ways, you get used to them... and then they are in a coma and turns out they aren't the protagonist!! Very odd.

[@spacies8882]

for nostalgia reasons people love watching this but take away nostalgia its just plain boring movie, please post movies that have a good story, thanks

[@cdorman11]

23:02

[@immaterialimmaterial5195]

Errr... talk about a complicated plot!

[@MrUdayNarainPandeySharadNPande]

A many a twice a fortnight watch

[@t.k3025]

A commercial within 14 seconds..bye

[@laurakibben4147]

@t.k3025 So what else do you watch that doesn't have commercials?

[@ChrisCarlin-is8wv]

@@laurakibben4147 My grand kids, my neurotic cat, my wife’s spending.

[@laurakibben4147]

@@ChrisCarlin-is8wv Well, I hear most kids seem to ignore their grandparents in lieu of their cellphone and cats definitely have commercials 😆😆.

[@anamariarivasteran7256]

😄🤣👏🏻👏🏻🤝🏻🇵🇪🙋🏻‍♀️

[@javiermoreno2676]

kinda boring

[@leelarson107]

But you get to share Mike Shayne's peanuts.

[@stevelindsay220]

I thought this movie was great & I liked Hugh Beaumont as Mike Spade😊😛