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The Big Sleep (1946).
Scenes from 1946’s film noir classic The Big Sleep with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Famously the film where neither director/star nor author of the original novel could figure out who killed the chauffeur.
October 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Nocturne (1946).
Scenes from 1946 noir film Nocturne with George Raft after a script by Jonathan Latimer. Our hard-boiled detective has a sweet relationship with his momma.
September 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Good Girls Go to Paris (1939).
Scenes from cute and funny romantic comedy Good Girls Go to Paris from 1939 with Joan Blondell and Melvyn Douglas.
September 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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I Was a Male War Bride (1949).
Scenes from 1949’s Howard Hawks directed screwball comedy I Was a Male War Bride with Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan.
September 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Scenes from hilarious screwball and black comedy classic, 1944’s Arsenic and Old Lace. Cary Grant wasn’t happy with his own performance but that’s just the Brewster family madness talking.
September 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940).
Scenes from oldfashioned but quite entertaining screwball comedy The Doctor Takes a Wife with Loretta Young and Ray Milland.
August 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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I Love Trouble (1948).
Scenes from I Love Trouble, a 1948 noir flick that’s so in love with Raymond Chandler it turns into a charming parody of the genre.
August 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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South of Panama (1941).
Scenes from 1941’s embarrassingly boring spy film South of Panama.
August 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Princess O'Rourke (1943).
Scenes from 1943’s romantic comedy Princess O'Rourke with Olivia de Havilland. The ‘sleeping pills’ consumed by the princess at the start of the film would put a crash of rhinos to sleep.
August 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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You and Me (1938).
Scenes from 1938’s crime/romance/comedy film You and Me directed by Fritz Lang. The genres never blend together.
August 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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The Greene Murder Case (1929).
Scenes from the 1929 murder mystery film The Greene Murder Case with William Powell as Philo Vance. One of three Philo Vance movies produced in 1929.
August 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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The Phantom of the Monastery/El fantasma del convento (1934).
Scenes from early Mexican sound horror film, 1934’s The Phantom of the Monastery/El fantasma del convento. Pretty good random find on the Criterion channel.
August 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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The Invisible Man (1933).
Scenes from 1935’s James Whale directed The Invisible Man. Claude Rains plays the titular character, one of the inspirations for The Joker. One of the highest body counts for an early horror film.
August 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Remember Last Night? (1935).
Scenes from James Whale’s 1935 wacky murder mystery comedy where all the suspects were blackout drunk at the time of the crime. CW: black face was apparently a staple of 30s rich people parties.
August 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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By Candlelight (1933).
Scenes from James Whale’s 1933 upstairs/downstairs comedy By Candlelight with a very charming Nils Asther.
August 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Non-Stop New York (1937).
Scenes from 1937’s comedy sci-fi thriller Non-Stop New York. Bizarrely labeled as science fiction only because a giant sea plane is the setting in the second half of the film.
August 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Assault on Precinct 13 (1976).
Scenes from 1976’s John Carpenter classic Assault on Precinct 13. Reads a bit differently today. Still thrilling, though.
August 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Q Planes (1939).
Scenes from 1939 spy comedy Q Planes. Surprisingly funny, until Laurence Olivier literally turns this into The Wild Bunch.
August 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Raffles (1939).
Scenes from 1939’s Raffles with David Niven as ‘amateur cracksman’ and gentleman thief. Mildly entertaining.
August 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943).
Scenes from 1943’s mildly entertaining but pointless Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943), directed by prolific B-movie director William Beaudine for Poverty Row studio Monogram Pictures.
July 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Murder on Diamond Row/The Squeaker (1937).
Scenes from 1937’s a bit too self-serious crime film Murder on Diamond Row after an Edgar Wallace novel. Edmund Lowe’s charisma shines more in comedies.
July 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Cottage to Let (1941).
Scenes from 1941’s WW2 propaganda mystery Cottage to Let.
July 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Heartbreaker: With Love From A Bullet (1993).
Scenes from obscure Japanese musical ‘neo-noir’ Heartbreaker: With Love from a Bullet. For people who really really love the 90s.
June 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Johnny O'Clock (1947).
Scenes from passable but unremarkable film noir Johnny O'Clock with Dick Powell in the title role
June 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Outland (1981).
Scenes from 1981’s High Noon in Space, Outland. The villainous corporation may as well be Weyland-Yutani.
June 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM