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Dish of the Day

March 03, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, March 3, 2023

Today on TCM:

After World War II, many returning servicemen were disillusioned to find jobs scarce and their wives’ (or girlfriends’) faithfulness even scarcer. The Best Years of Our Lives addresses this reality

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Best Years of Our Lives The, Double Indemnity

"Now Listen to Me..."

March 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / Kit Noir Film Festival, The Prince Charles Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, The American Cinematheque, The Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, Rooftop Movies Perth, Fathom Events, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Orchestra Sinfonica Giovanile di Milano, Secret Movie Club, Flashback Cinema, White Heat, Best Years of Our Lives The, Double Indemnity, Brief Encounter, Casablanca (1942), Now Voyager, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Singin' in the Rain, Gold Diggers of 1933, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Asphalt Jungle The, Pillow Talk (1959), Lady Eve The (1941), Laura (1944), Vertigo (1958), Anatomy of a Murder, Ghost and Mrs. Muir The (1947), Network (1976), Citizen Kane, Lost Weekend The, All About Eve (1950), Birdman of Alcatraz, Psycho (1960), Harry Belafonte, Clear and Present Danger (Soundtrack), Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The FILMharmonic Orchestra and Choir and the Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal

"Now Listen to Me..."

October 03, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Flashback Cinema, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The American Cinematheque, Noir City Washington D.C., Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Stockholm Concert Orchestra, TCM and Fathom Events, Secret Movie Club, The Sinfonia Gulf Coast, The San Francisco Symphony, The Cinematheque Vancouver, TCM Recommendations, Possessed (1947), D.O.A. (1950), Now Voyager, Double Indemnity, Village of the Damned (1960), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Jeopardy (1953), High Noon, Man Who Cheated Himself The, Gun Crazy (1950), Network (1976), Singin' in the Rain, Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Bullitt, I Confess (1953), Shop Around the Corner The, Manhattan (1979), Freaks (1932), Stranger on the Third Floor, In a Lonely Place, 36 Hours (1964), Them! (1954), Innocents The (1961), Seventh Victim The, Eyes Without a Face (Les yeux sans visage), Red Sonja (Soundtrack), Joan Plowright, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 02, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, The American Cinematheque, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, TCM and Fathom Events, Flashback Cinema, The West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Singapore Symphony Orchestra, The Beverly Cinema, Noir City Detroit, Secret Movie Club, The Palais des Congrès de Paris, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Philly Pops Orchestra, TCM Recommendations, Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Big Sleep The (1946), Dark Passage (1947), Patterns (1956), Double Indemnity, Dead of Night, Footlight Parade, Get Carter (1971), Baby Face (1933), Hotel (1967), Reflections in a Golden Eye, Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, King Kong (1933), Paths of Glory, Unsuspected The, Casablanca (1942), In a Lonely Place, Possessed (1947), Ride Lonesome, Scarlet Street (1945), Kind Lady (1951), Conflict (1945), Blonde Crazy, Ian McShane, Spellbound (1945) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

January 04, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, Flashback Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Secret Movie Club, Noir City Oakland, The Beverly Cinema, TCM and Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Red River, Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Cleopatra (1963), Lady from Shanghai The, Intruder in the Dust (1949), Learning Tree The, Friends of Eddie Coyle The, Ride in the Whirlwind, Patterns (1956), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Double Indemnity, Them! (1954), Putney Swope, Stuart Margolin, Day the Earth Stood Still The (Soundtrack), April Fools The (1969)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 02, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Madchen in Uniform (Maedchen in Uniform) (1931), Armored Car Robbery, Asphalt Jungle The, Wanda, Jeopardy (1953), Set-Up The (1949), Double Indemnity, Out of the Past, Anatomy of a Murder, Laura (1944), Guys and Dolls, Brief Encounter, Village of the Damned (1960), Where Eagles Dare (1968), They Won't Believe Me, Now Voyager, Titicut Follies, Monica Bellucci, Where Eagles Dare (Soundtrack), Operation Crossbow (Soundtrack), 36 Hours (1964)

"Now Listen to Me..."

August 01, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Double Indemnity, Pillow Talk (1959), Lady from Shanghai The, Jim Thorpe-All American, Train The, City Lights (1931), Criss Cross, Getaway The (1972), Bullitt, Illegal (1955), Bringing Up Baby, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Searchers The, Now Voyager, Casablanca, Touch of Evil, Planet of the Apes (1968), Elizabeth Ashley, Tootsie (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

May 03, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Bicycle Thief The (Bicycle Thieves) (Ladri di biciclette), Searchers The, Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Scarlet Empress The (1934), Cleopatra (1963), Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival), Footlight Parade, Out of the Past, Hill The, Double Indemnity, Illegal (1955), Casablanca, Best Years of Our Lives The, Too Late for Tears, Scarlet Street (1945), Duck Soup (1933), Tom Berenger, Ulzana's Raid (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

December 05, 2018  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / TCM & Fathom Events, Flashback Cinema, City Light Symphony Orchestra, The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, The Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae, The Diablo Symphony Orchestra, Noir City Xmas, TCM Recommendations, Mystery Street, Crime Wave, Footlight Parade, Gold Diggers of 1933, Too Late for Tears, Out of the Past, It's a Gift (1934), Singin' in the Rain, Patterns (1956), Prowler The (1951), Strange Cargo, Shop Around the Corner The, Best Years of Our Lives The, Children of Paradise (Les enfants du paradis), Asphalt Jungle The, Getaway The (1972), White Heat, Remember the Night, Bringing Up Baby, Pitfall (1948), Tall Target The, Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Ride the High Country, Double Indemnity, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Casablanca, Russ Tamblyn, Big Country The (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 02, 2018  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, BFI Southbank, Swedish Film Institute, Event Cinemas Australia, Roxie Theater San Francisco, Plaza Theater Atlanta GA, Double Indemnity, Brief Encounter, Citizen Kane, Locket The, Red River, Shop Around the Corner The, Dark Hazard, Ride the High Country, Colorado Territory (1949), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Casablanca, Best Years of Our Lives The, It's a Gift (1934), Simon of the Desert (1965), Possessed (1947), Ghost and Mrs. Muir The (1947), Scarlet Empress The (1934), Killing The, Big Heat The, Blonde Crazy, Simonetta Stefanelli, Mummy The (1999) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 01, 2018  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / Seattle 70mm Film Festival, 25th Annual Buster Keaton Commemoration, Hollywood Classics on the Big Screen Event Cinemas Australia, Film Forum New York City, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, TCM Recommendations, Double Indemnity, Them! (1954), Locket The, Pillow Talk (1959), Noir City Detroit, Big Heat The, Too Late for Tears, Dark Passage (1947), D.O.A. (1950), Learning Tree The, Taxi Driver, Stranger on the Third Floor, The Seventh Victim (1943), Out of the Past, Split Second (1953), Gun Crazy (1950), Men in War, Big Sleep The (1946), Gangster The, Ben Cooper, King Kong (1976) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

March 01, 2018  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Double Indemnity, Foreign Correspondent (1940), Big Heat The, Riffraff (1947), High Noon, Stranger on the Third Floor, Pillow Talk (1959), Freaks (1932), Reflections in a Golden Eye, Gun Crazy (1950), Charley Varrick, Strange Cargo, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Lady from Shanghai The, King Kong (1933), White Heat, Big Sleep The (1946), Searchers The, Now Voyager, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Ghost and Mrs. Muir The (1947), Them! (1954), Alan Arkin, Driver The (1978) (Soundtrack), Star Chamber The (Soundtrack), Black Widow (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

March 01, 2017  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings: 

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Umberto D., Vertigo, White Heat, Wanda, Bad Day at Black Rock, Ride the High Country, Too Late for Tears, Jeopardy (1953), Seventh Victim The, Searchers The, Night of the Hunter The, Double Indemnity, Point Blank (1967), Tension (1949), Sullivan's Travels, Learning Tree The, May Britt, Lighthorsemen The (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

December 03, 2016  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Lost Weekend The, Ipcress File The, King Kong (1933), Patterns, Umberto D., Ikiru (To Live), Shop Around the Corner The, Conflict (1945), Dark Passage (1947), Ride the High Country, Double Indemnity, Remember the Night, Sullivan's Travels, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Peggy Cummins, For Whom the Bell Tolls (Soundtrack)

Capturing a Golden Moment #3: Double Indemnity

September 29, 2013  /  Arthur Grant

In this series I'd like to present some exceptional scenes inspired by cinema's most gifted artists of yesteryear.

Double Indemnity (1944) 

Director: Billy Wilder

Scene: "Office Meeting"

What a set up for Edward G. Robinson. How would you like to have a moment like this with your boss?

 

 

 

Double Indemnity is available on a Region Free Blu-ray from Universal and is available here:

Double Indemnity - 70th Anniversary Limited Edition (Blu-ray + DIGITAL HD with UltraViolet)
$20.86
Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather
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It is also available on Blu-ray from Masters of Cinema (Region B locked ) and can be ordered here:

Double Indemnity [Region B]
$39.71
Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather
Buy on Amazon
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