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The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)

Jul

20

1940

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The Killers (1946)

The July 21 headline. DP: Elwood Bredell.

“Don't ask a dying man to lie his soul into Hell.”

– Lt. Sam Lubinsky

#FilmDuJour #July #RobertSiodmak #ErnestHemingway #BurtLancaster #AvaGardner #EdmondOBrien #AlbertDekker #SamLevene #MiklósRózsa #ElwoodBredell #drama #crime #FilmNoir #thriller #sports #BookAdaptation #USA #1940s ★★★½

Black Friday (Arthur Lubin, 1940)

Jun

13

Black Friday (1940)

DP: Elwood Bredell.

#FilmDuJour #June #ArthurLubin #BorisKarloff #BelaLugosi #HansJSalter #FrankSkinner #ElwoodBredell #FilmNoir #SciFi #drama #thriller #USA #1940s ★★★★☆

Hellzapoppin' (H.C. Potter, 1941)

Oct

24

National Crazy Day

Hellzapoppin' (1941)

Olsen and Johnson break all the walls. DP: Elwood Bredell.

“Any resemblance between HELLZAPOPPIN’ and a motion picture is purely coincidental”

– tagline

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalCrazyDay #HCPotter #NatPerrin #OleOlsen #ChicJohnson #MarthaRaye #HughHerbert #ArthurWhitesLindyHoppersAndJitterbugs #FrankSkinner #ElwoodBredell #comedy #musical #Christmas #romance #USA #1940s ★★★★½