Shelley Stamp
@shelleystamp.bsky.social
Film historian, author MOVIE-STRUCK GIRLS & LOIS WEBER IN EARLY HYWD, curator PIONEERS: FIRST WOMEN FMKRS, editor Feminist Media Histories book series. Quoted NPR, NY Times, LA Times, Guardian & more.
November 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Day 21 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Noir Made Outside the US
I’m sure I won’t be the only one recommending this, but Kurosawa’s STRAY DOG is magnificent.
Favorite Noir Made Outside the US
I’m sure I won’t be the only one recommending this, but Kurosawa’s STRAY DOG is magnificent.
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Day 21 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Noir Made Outside the US
I’m sure I won’t be the only one recommending this, but Kurosawa’s STRAY DOG is magnificent.
Favorite Noir Made Outside the US
I’m sure I won’t be the only one recommending this, but Kurosawa’s STRAY DOG is magnificent.
Day 20 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Gambling Scene
I love FORCE OF EVIL and the way it connects the illegal “numbers racket” to capitalism, so I’m going with that.
Favorite Gambling Scene
I love FORCE OF EVIL and the way it connects the illegal “numbers racket” to capitalism, so I’m going with that.
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Day 20 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Gambling Scene
I love FORCE OF EVIL and the way it connects the illegal “numbers racket” to capitalism, so I’m going with that.
Favorite Gambling Scene
I love FORCE OF EVIL and the way it connects the illegal “numbers racket” to capitalism, so I’m going with that.
Day 18 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Noir Macguffin
Favorite Noir Macguffin
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Day 18 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Noir Macguffin
Favorite Noir Macguffin
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
When Graham Greene shows up in The Lowdown. 🥹
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
When Graham Greene shows up in The Lowdown. 🥹
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Still among my absolute favorites.
Still among my absolute favorites.
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Still among my absolute favorites.
Still among my absolute favorites.
Day 16 #NoirvemberChallenge
Lesser-known noir everyone should see.
Not sure if this counts as lesser-known, but I’m a big fan of TOO LATE FOR TEARS. Amazing combo of female criminality and lower-middle-class precarity.
Lesser-known noir everyone should see.
Not sure if this counts as lesser-known, but I’m a big fan of TOO LATE FOR TEARS. Amazing combo of female criminality and lower-middle-class precarity.
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Day 16 #NoirvemberChallenge
Lesser-known noir everyone should see.
Not sure if this counts as lesser-known, but I’m a big fan of TOO LATE FOR TEARS. Amazing combo of female criminality and lower-middle-class precarity.
Lesser-known noir everyone should see.
Not sure if this counts as lesser-known, but I’m a big fan of TOO LATE FOR TEARS. Amazing combo of female criminality and lower-middle-class precarity.
I had never seen Lon Chaney in Tod Browning’s THE UNKNOWN. 🙈 What a gift to see if for the first time on the big screen at the Orinda Theatre accompanied by two silent film music gods — Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius!
November 16, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I had never seen Lon Chaney in Tod Browning’s THE UNKNOWN. 🙈 What a gift to see if for the first time on the big screen at the Orinda Theatre accompanied by two silent film music gods — Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius!
Day 15 #NoirvemberChallenge
Noir character you'd trust the least with your secrets.
Noir character you'd trust the least with your secrets.
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Day 15 #NoirvemberChallenge
Noir character you'd trust the least with your secrets.
Noir character you'd trust the least with your secrets.
Day 14 #NoirvemberChallenge
Noir Mt. Rushmore
Noir Mt. Rushmore
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Day 14 #NoirvemberChallenge
Noir Mt. Rushmore
Noir Mt. Rushmore
Day 13 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite B Noir
There’s really no choice — not only the best B noir, but one of the very best noirs, period.
Favorite B Noir
There’s really no choice — not only the best B noir, but one of the very best noirs, period.
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Day 13 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite B Noir
There’s really no choice — not only the best B noir, but one of the very best noirs, period.
Favorite B Noir
There’s really no choice — not only the best B noir, but one of the very best noirs, period.
Day 11 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite bar scene or cocktail
Love Mary Astor in the gritty bar scene in Act of Violence, then afterwards in her apartment.
“So you're unhappy. Relax. No law says you got to be happy. Look at me. I'm not happy.”
Favorite bar scene or cocktail
Love Mary Astor in the gritty bar scene in Act of Violence, then afterwards in her apartment.
“So you're unhappy. Relax. No law says you got to be happy. Look at me. I'm not happy.”
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Day 11 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite bar scene or cocktail
Love Mary Astor in the gritty bar scene in Act of Violence, then afterwards in her apartment.
“So you're unhappy. Relax. No law says you got to be happy. Look at me. I'm not happy.”
Favorite bar scene or cocktail
Love Mary Astor in the gritty bar scene in Act of Violence, then afterwards in her apartment.
“So you're unhappy. Relax. No law says you got to be happy. Look at me. I'm not happy.”
Bay Area friends — I’ll be introducing SAXOPHONE SUZY at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival on Saturday night. Live music by Guenter Buchwald, Frank Bockius & Mas Koga! Come join me at the Orinda Theatre. @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social
silentfilm.org/event/saxoph...
silentfilm.org/event/saxoph...
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Bay Area friends — I’ll be introducing SAXOPHONE SUZY at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival on Saturday night. Live music by Guenter Buchwald, Frank Bockius & Mas Koga! Come join me at the Orinda Theatre. @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social
silentfilm.org/event/saxoph...
silentfilm.org/event/saxoph...
Day 10 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Gloria Grahame Noir
I love her small, but pivotal, role in Odds Against Tomorrow.
Favorite Gloria Grahame Noir
I love her small, but pivotal, role in Odds Against Tomorrow.
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Day 10 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Gloria Grahame Noir
I love her small, but pivotal, role in Odds Against Tomorrow.
Favorite Gloria Grahame Noir
I love her small, but pivotal, role in Odds Against Tomorrow.
For some unknown reason, I had never seen DIABOLIQUE. (I know! 😔) Saw it on film @newbeverly.bsky.social and loved it. So many unexpected twists on the usual noir/crime formula!
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
For some unknown reason, I had never seen DIABOLIQUE. (I know! 😔) Saw it on film @newbeverly.bsky.social and loved it. So many unexpected twists on the usual noir/crime formula!
Day 9 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Dan Duryea Noir
Oh, come on! That’s an impossible choice. In lieu of deciding, I’ll post one of my favorite fan mag profiles.
Favorite Dan Duryea Noir
Oh, come on! That’s an impossible choice. In lieu of deciding, I’ll post one of my favorite fan mag profiles.
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Day 9 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Dan Duryea Noir
Oh, come on! That’s an impossible choice. In lieu of deciding, I’ll post one of my favorite fan mag profiles.
Favorite Dan Duryea Noir
Oh, come on! That’s an impossible choice. In lieu of deciding, I’ll post one of my favorite fan mag profiles.
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Day 7 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite noir dream sequence
“I’m not afraid of death. I am afraid of murder.”
The Conversation
Favorite noir dream sequence
“I’m not afraid of death. I am afraid of murder.”
The Conversation
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Day 7 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite noir dream sequence
“I’m not afraid of death. I am afraid of murder.”
The Conversation
Favorite noir dream sequence
“I’m not afraid of death. I am afraid of murder.”
The Conversation
Day 6 #NoirvemberChallenge
Coolest noir character
Coolest noir character
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Day 6 #NoirvemberChallenge
Coolest noir character
Coolest noir character
Day 5 #NoirvemberChallenge
Noir you’d show to someone who’s never seen one.
I get the pleasure of doing this once or twice a year to 100s of students. Always choose one of these two beauts. Never fails.
Noir you’d show to someone who’s never seen one.
I get the pleasure of doing this once or twice a year to 100s of students. Always choose one of these two beauts. Never fails.
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Day 5 #NoirvemberChallenge
Noir you’d show to someone who’s never seen one.
I get the pleasure of doing this once or twice a year to 100s of students. Always choose one of these two beauts. Never fails.
Noir you’d show to someone who’s never seen one.
I get the pleasure of doing this once or twice a year to 100s of students. Always choose one of these two beauts. Never fails.
Congrats to Mira Nair’s son!
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Congrats to Mira Nair’s son!
Tribute to one of the greatest ending sequences of all time.
November 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Tribute to one of the greatest ending sequences of all time.
Having the pleasure of teaching BEAU TRAVAIL today and reading @girishshambu.bsky.social’s superb essay on the Criterion disc.
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Having the pleasure of teaching BEAU TRAVAIL today and reading @girishshambu.bsky.social’s superb essay on the Criterion disc.
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM