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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Fritz Lang, 1956)

Dec

18

late late night dinner

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

Dolly Moore (Barbara Nichols) and girlfriends amuse themselves over late late-night dinner. DP: William E. Snyder.

– This guy's got a lot of class.

– Yeah? If he's got so much class, what's he doin' with you?

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958)

Dec

13

croissants

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)

Mr Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) taking a bite out of a croissant while dialling a number in a lively French café. A blonde behind him shows an interest. DP: Henri Decaë.

“Have you seen Mr Tavernier tonight?”

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

Si muero antes de despertar [If I Should Die Before I Wake] (Carlos Hugo Christensen, 1952)

Nov

28

soup

Si muero antes de despertar (1952)

Lucio (Néstor Zavarce) having dinner with his mother (Blanca del Prado) and strict father. DP: Pablo Tabernero.

The Medium (Gian Carlo Menotti, 1951)

Sep

18

The Medium (1951)

Madame Flora (Marie Powers) by herself at a small table in a shady bar. DP: Enzo Serafin.

M​ [M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder] (Fritz Lang, 1931)

Sep

5

Jury Rights Day

M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (1931)

Schränker (Gustaf Gründgens) and his kangaroo court. Under his clenched fist a photograph of one of the murdered girls. DP: Fritz Arno Wagner.

“Just you wait, it won't be long, The man in black will soon be here, With his cleaver's blade so true, He'll make mincemeat out of you!”

– children singing

Dial 1119 [The Violent Hour] (Gerald Mayer, 1950)

Aug

28

Sherry Flips

Dial 1119 (1950)

Dr. John Faron (Sam Levene) and barfly Freddy (Virginia Field) drinking at the counter. Freddy is enjoying her sherry flip with what appear to be olives instead of cherries. Two more glasses are waiting for her. DP: Paul Vogel.

“And now for the benefit of the folks who tuned in late, I should like to say that this is the most traumatic spectacle I have ever had the GOOD fortune to witness.”

– TV announcer

Hell Bound (William J. Hole Jr., 1957)

Aug

20

milk

Hell Bound (1957)

Stanley Thomas (George E. Mather) and Daddy (Dehl Berti) in a sleazy nightclub. Daddy raises his glass of milk to someone offscreen. DP: Carl E. Guthrie.

Hell Bound (William J. Hole Jr., 1957)

Aug

20

International Day Of Medical Transporters

Hell Bound (1957)

Paula (June Blair) and Eddie (Stuart Whitman) in nurses' uniforms taking care of an injured child on the street. Behind them, two cops unload a stretcher from an ambulance. DP: Carl E. Guthrie.

The boss' girlfriend falls for an ambulance driver, derailing her man's gang's carefully planned narcotics heist.

Salón México (Emilio Fernández, 1949)

Aug

13

$120 cerveza

Salón México (1949)

Mercedes (Marga López) sitting at a small round table at the salón. A waiter just came over to take her order. In the other room, meticulously dressed couples dance to live music. DP: Gabriel Figueroa.