davidraksin &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:davidraksin @settima@zirk.us Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:37:42 +0200 The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis, 1955) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-k396 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis, 1955)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" 1946/div div class="img" The Big Combo (1955)/div div class="caption" A man's hand holds up a photo negative of a black-and-white picture, showing two men and a woman, and the date 11-15-46 underneath. DP: John Alton./div div class="txt" "I'm trying to run an impersonal business. Killing is very personal. Once it gets started, it's hard to stop." ### – Mr. Brown\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #November #JosephHLewis #CornelWilde #RichardConte #BrianDonlevy #JeanWallace #RobertMiddleton #LeeVanCleef #EarlHolliman #DavidRaksin #JohnAlton #crime #drama #FilmNoir #mystery #USA #1950s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis, 1955)

Nov

15

1946

The Big Combo (1955)

A man's hand holds up a photo negative of a black-and-white picture, showing two men and a woman, and the date 11-15-46 underneath. DP: John Alton.

“I'm trying to run an impersonal business. Killing is very personal. Once it gets started, it's hard to stop.”

– Mr. Brown

#FilmDuJour #November #JosephHLewis #CornelWilde #RichardConte #BrianDonlevy #JeanWallace #RobertMiddleton #LeeVanCleef #EarlHolliman #DavidRaksin #JohnAlton #crime #drama #FilmNoir #mystery #USA #1950s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-k396 Sat, 15 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100 The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis, 1955) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-2q45 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis, 1955)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 24/div div class="occasion" spaghetti/div div class="img" The Big Combo (1955)/div div class="caption" A man in a bathrobe (Ted de Corsia) lifts undrained, slightly overcooked spaghetti from a white enamel pan onto a plate. The overcookedness may be caused by this movie's horrible horrible AI "restoration". DP: John Alton./div div class="txt" "I couldn't swallow any more salami." ### – Mingo\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #spaghetti #JosephHLewis #CornelWilde #RichardConte #BrianDonlevy #JeanWallace #RobertMiddleton #LeeVanCleef #TedDeCorsia #EarlHolliman #DavidRaksin #JohnAlton #crime #drama #FilmNoir #mystery #USA #1950s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis, 1955)

Jun

24

spaghetti

The Big Combo (1955)

A man in a bathrobe (Ted de Corsia) lifts undrained, slightly overcooked spaghetti from a white enamel pan onto a plate. The overcookedness may be caused by this movie's horrible horrible AI “restoration”. DP: John Alton.

“I couldn't swallow any more salami.”

– Mingo

#FilmDinner #spaghetti #JosephHLewis #CornelWilde #RichardConte #BrianDonlevy #JeanWallace #RobertMiddleton #LeeVanCleef #TedDeCorsia #EarlHolliman #DavidRaksin #JohnAlton #crime #drama #FilmNoir #mystery #USA #1950s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-2q45 Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:25:03 +0200 Laura (Otto Preminger + Rouben Mamoulian, 1944) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/laura-1944 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Laura (Otto Preminger + Rouben Mamoulian, 1944)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 11/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Laura (1944)/div div class="caption" Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) interrupts arsine newspaper columnist Waldo Lydecker (a delicious Clifton Webb) with her designs during his lunch. DPs: Joseph LaShelle & Lucien Ballard./div div class="txt" "I don't use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in venom." ### – Waldo Lydecker\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #OttoPreminger #RoubenMamoulian #VeraCaspary #GeneTierney #DanaAndrews #CliftonWebb #VincentPrice #JudithAnderson #DavidRaksin #JosephLaShelle #LucienBallard #thriller #crime #drama #romance #FilmNoir #BookAdaptation #USA #1940s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Laura (Otto Preminger + Rouben Mamoulian, 1944)

Dec

11

Laura (1944)

Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) interrupts arsine newspaper columnist Waldo Lydecker (a delicious Clifton Webb) with her designs during his lunch. DPs: Joseph LaShelle & Lucien Ballard.

“I don't use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in venom.”

– Waldo Lydecker

#FilmDinner #OttoPreminger #RoubenMamoulian #VeraCaspary #GeneTierney #DanaAndrews #CliftonWebb #VincentPrice #JudithAnderson #DavidRaksin #JosephLaShelle #LucienBallard #thriller #crime #drama #romance #FilmNoir #BookAdaptation #USA #1940s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/laura-1944 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 10:56:27 +0100 Night Tide (Curtis Harrington, 1961) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/night-tide-1961 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Night Tide (Curtis Harrington, 1961)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 22/div div class="occasion" National Maritime Day /div div class="img" Night Tide (1961)/div div class="caption" Johnny Drake (Dennis Hopper) and Mora (Linda Lawson) in front of her joint that reads “MORA the MERMAID. ALIVE! LOVELY SIREN of the DEEP”. The sideshow's mural, and presumably the lettering too, were painted by Kenneth Anger associate Paul Mathison, both part of (Marjorie) Cameron's Magick Circle. DPs: Vilis Lapenieks & Floyd Crosby./div div class="txt" ##### On the Santa Monica pier, sailor Johnny falls in love with one of the attractions of the local #sideshow, Mora the Mermaid. As people warn Johnny about the faith of Mora's previous suitors, captivated, he becomes convinced that she is a real siren, planning his downfall. – Yes, I love the sea most of all. But I'm afraid of it, too. – I guess we're all a little afraid of what we love. ### \ ##### Night Tide is a vital key to understanding the odd connection between Hollywood and the workings of #Thelema. Several involved – Marjorie Cameron (as the “Water Witch”), #drag trapeze artist and once-Jean #Cocteau's lover a href="http://www.circopedia.org/Barbette"Barbette/a – moved in Thelemic and related #occult, #esoteric circles. Painter Paul Mathison, Night Tide extra and crew member, created backdrops for the works of the great Lucifer himself, #KennethAnger. &nbsp; This, lost dreamlike L.A. is gone; a treasure like Night Tide serves as a reminder of a more spellbinding Hollywood./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalMaritimeDay #CurtisHarrington #DennisHopper #LindaLawson #MarjorieCameron #Cameron #PaulMathison #Barbette #DavidRaksin #VilisLapenieks #FloydCrosby #mythology #occultism #GreekMythology #romance #magick #mermaids #sirens #SantaMonica #USA #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Night Tide (Curtis Harrington, 1961)

May

22

National Maritime Day

Night Tide (1961)

Johnny Drake (Dennis Hopper) and Mora (Linda Lawson) in front of her joint that reads “MORA the MERMAID. ALIVE! LOVELY SIREN of the DEEP”. The sideshow's mural, and presumably the lettering too, were painted by Kenneth Anger associate Paul Mathison, both part of (Marjorie) Cameron's Magick Circle. DPs: Vilis Lapenieks & Floyd Crosby.

On the Santa Monica pier, sailor Johnny falls in love with one of the attractions of the local #sideshow, Mora the Mermaid. As people warn Johnny about the faith of Mora's previous suitors, captivated, he becomes convinced that she is a real siren, planning his downfall.

– Yes, I love the sea most of all. But I'm afraid of it, too.

– I guess we're all a little afraid of what we love.

 

This, lost dreamlike L.A. is gone; a treasure like Night Tide serves as a reminder of a more spellbinding Hollywood.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalMaritimeDay #CurtisHarrington #DennisHopper #LindaLawson #MarjorieCameron #Cameron #PaulMathison #Barbette #DavidRaksin #VilisLapenieks #FloydCrosby #mythology #occultism #GreekMythology #romance #magick #mermaids #sirens #SantaMonica #USA #1960s ★★★½

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