Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Today on TCM:

First is Baby Face (1933), the Pre-Code sensation starring Barbara Stanwyck, reviewed here, and making her bold appearance on Tuesday, September 19 at 2:15 pm PDT.

(From left) Theresa Harris, Barbara Stanwyck

This next hypnotic but terrifying entrancement from 1955 is a highly expressionistic fable that appears as if conveyed from a child's point of view. "Fairytale noir" is what Film Noir expert Eddie Muller calls it. Noted author Preston Neal Jones describes the film as “Mother Goose with goose bumps” and in my review the description reads: “… like a Grimm fairy tale only a whole lot grimmer.” Previously reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: The Night of the Hunter, this extraordinary tale awaits your interpretation Tuesday, September 19 at 7 pm PDT.

Robert Mitchum

Don't miss Nicholas Ray's character study In a Lonely Place (1950) with Humphrey Bogart perfectly cast as Dixon Steele whose unpredictable explosions of anger make him a prime suspect for the killing of a young ingénue. This highly probative film noir was previously recommended here and will be investigated Tuesday, September 19 at 11 pm PDT.

(From left) Humphrey Bogart, Don Hamin

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Hope to see you tomorrow.

A.G.