DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchived.blogspot.com He Walked by Night (1948) is a black-and-white police procedural film noir, crediting Alfred L. Werker as director. The film, shot in semidocumentary tone, was allegedly based on the real-life actions of Erwin “Machine-Gun” Walker. During production, one of the actors, Jack Webb, struck up a friendship with the police technical advisor, Detective Sergeant Marty Wynn, and was inspired by a conversation with Wynn to create the radio and later television program Dragnet. He Walked by Night was released by Eagle-Lion Films and is notable for the camera work by renowned noir cinematographer John Alton. Today the film is in public domain. On a Los Angeles street, Officer Hollis, a patrolman on his way home from work, stops a man he suspects of being a burglar and is shot and mortally wounded. The minor clues lead nowhere. Two police detectives, Sergeants Marty Brennan (Brady) and Chuck Jones (Cardwell), are assigned to catch the killer, Roy Morgan (Basehart), a brilliant mystery man with no known criminal past, who is hiding in a Hollywood bungalow and listening to police calls on his custom radio in an attempt to avoid capture. His only relationship is with his little dog. Roy consigns burgled electronic equipment to Paul Reeves (Whit Bissell), and on his fifth sale is nearly caught when he shows up to collect on his property. Reeves tells police that the suspect is a mystery man named Roy Martin. The case crosses the paths of …
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Gangs, Inc. – Paper Bullets: Joan Woodbury, Jack La Rue, Alan Ladd (1941 Movie)
DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Paper Bullets is a 1941 American film directed by Phil Rosen and produced by the King Brothers. The film is also known as Gang War (American reissue title) and Gangs, Inc. (American reissue title). Cast * Joan Woodbury as Rita Adams * Jack La Rue as Mickey Roman * Linda Ware as Donna Andrews * John Archer as Bob Elliott * Vince Barnett as Scribbler, a petty forger * Alan Ladd as Jimmy Kelly aka Bill Dugan * Gavin Gordon as Kurt Parrish * Phillip Trent as Harold DeWitt * William Halligan as Police Chief Flynn * George Pembroke as Clarence DeWitt * Selmer Jackson as District Attorney * Kenneth Harlan as Jim Adams * Bryant Washburn as Attorney Bruce King * Alden “Stephen” Chase as Detective Joe Kent * Robert Strange as Lou Wood * Alex Callam as Joe Fagan * Harry Depp as Johnny Mason Joan Woodbury (December 17, 1915 — February 22, 1989) was an American actress beginning in the 1930s and continuing well into the 1960s. In 1936 her career began to become more successful, with her appearing in eight films that year, of which five were uncredited. However, of the three roles that were credited, Woodbury made an impact, and caught the attention of studio’s. Her mixture of Danish, British and Native American heritage gave her an exotic appearance, and allowed her to be cast in many different ethnicities, from Hispanic to French and Asian. By 1937 her career had taken off, mostly in B-movies, but also with her receiving many credited roles. In …
Fitting Faces: Eyeglass Fashions – Glasses Frames Prescription Documentary (1940)
thefilmarchived.blogspot.com Glasses (eyeglasses, spectacles, specs) are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the eyes for vision correction or eye protection. Safety glasses are a kind of eye protection against flying debris or against visible and near visible light or radiation. Sunglasses allow better vision in bright daylight, and may protect against damage from high levels of ultraviolet light. Other types of glasses may be used for viewing visual information (such as stereoscopy) or simply just for aesthetic or fashion values. Historical types of glasses include the pince-nez, monocle, lorgnette, and scissor or scissors-glasses. Modern glasses are typically supported by pads on the bridge of the nose and by temple arms (sides) placed over the ears. CR-39 lenses are the most common plastic lenses due to their low weight, high scratch resistance, low dispersion, and low transparency to ultraviolet and infrared radiation. Polycarbonate and Trivex lenses are the lightest and most shatter-resistant, making them the best for impact protection. Glasses can be a major part of personal image and expression, from Groucho Marx and Buddy Holly to the extravagance of Elton John and Dame Edna Everage. Eyewear became a fashion accessory in the 1950s. Browline glasses were the standard for men in the 1950s and 1960s. For some celebrities, glasses form part of their identity. United States Senator Barry Goldwater continued to wear lensless horn-rimmed glasses after being fitted …
Sophia Loren and Jean-Paul Belmondo in Two Women (1960 Movie)
DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Two Women (Italian: La ciociara, roughly translated as “[The Woman] from Ciociaria”) is a 1960 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a woman trying to protect her young daughter from the horrors of war. The film stars Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown, Carlo Ninchi and Andrea Checchi. The film was adapted by De Sica and Cesare Zavattini from the novel of the same name written by Alberto Moravia. The story centers on Cesira (Loren), a widowed Roman shopkeeper, and Rosetta (Brown), her devoutly religious twelve-year-old daughter, during World War II. To escape the Allied bombing of Rome, Cesira and her daughter flee southern Lazio for her native Ciociaria, a rural, mountainous province of central Italy. After they arrive at Ciociaria, Cesira attracts the attention of a young local intellectual with communist sympathies named Michele (Jean-Paul Belmondo). However, Michele is eventually taken prisoner by a company of German soldiers, who hope to use him as a guide to the mountainous terrain. Later, Cesira and Rosetta learn that he has been shot and killed by the same soldiers who took him hostage. After the Italian liberation, mother and daughter decide to go back to Rome. After experiencing mild harassment and propositioning throughout their journey, they fall subject to an unexpected tragedy. As they rest in a bombed-out church, they are captured and gang raped by Goumiers (Moroccan allied …
GROUNDBREAKING EVIDENCE THAT THE WORLD WILL END IN 2012
SOVENBOON AND HIS TWO COMPANIONS, STEPHEN HAWKING AND ALBERT EINSTEIN, DISCOVERED, AFTER TWENTY YEARS OF RESEARCH, PROOF THAT THE WORLD WILL, IN FACT, END IN 2012. THIS PROOF HAS LEFT MANY FAMOUS AND INTELLIGENT SCIENTISTS SPEECHLESS AND ALL OF THEM HAVE DROPPED THEIR TEST-TUBES AND PRAISE THE THREE MEN LIKE GODS AMONG MEN, WHICH THEY ARE. THESE THREE MEN WILL BE ACCEPTING THEIR “GLOBAL DAMNATION AWARD” ON 14/8/12, THIS SHOW WILL BE HOSTED BY GOD HIMSELF, ALONG WITH JESUS AND HITLER.