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The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)

Aug

9

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) and husband Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane) in the dizzying modernist finale. DP: Charles Lawton Jr..

“You need more than luck in Shanghai.”

– Elsa Bannister

#FilmDuJour #August #OrsonWelles #SherwoodKing #RitaHayworth #EverettSloane #TedDeCorsia #WilliamCastle #HeinzRoemheld #CharlesLawtonJr #RudolphMaté #JosephWalker #BookAdaptation #drama #romance #mirrors #FilmNoir #Chinatown #USA #1940s ★★★★☆

Nóz w wodzie; The Lady from Shanghai

Apr

23

rigging

Nóz w wodzie (1962)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Top to bottom: Nóz w wodzie [Knife in the Water] (Roman Polanski, 1962), The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947).

Watched on April 23 and 26 respectively.

“Coil the bow-line into a sun shape.”

– Leon Niemczyk as Andrzej in Nóz w wodzie

#Arcs #rigging #ZygmuntMalanowicz #LeonNiemczyk #EverettSloane #OrsonWelles