New poster art by Robert Edridge-Waks, utilizing a promo shot from the original film. This shot never appears in the movie. Gotta love the Paramount PR department. 😅 – Tommy, your host for this week

William Holden was #BOTD, so please join us for a (slightly belated) birthday party this Wednesday. #TheNoirCollective kicks off its weekly #filmnoir watch parties with one of his best, THE TURNING POINT (1952), at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT.

Link to watch: archive.org/details/the-...

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Celebrating #botd for Anthony Quinn in #filmnoir The Naked Street ('56). He delivers a powerhouse performance as a small-time Brooklyn racketeer caught in a web of lies and deceit. Quinn's raw intensity and charisma dominate the screen.
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So excited!! Thank you Tommy!!@thenoircollective.bsky.social

This Wednesday, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, @tommykrasker.bsky.social is hosting our watch party of THE TURNING POINT. We’ll be leaving it to Tommy to make further announcements. We hope you’ll join us for this week’s watch, and in the meantime, be sure to check out the trailer below. 😊 #TheNoirCollective

📽 Night time street shot from Double Indemnity (1944) with Byron Barr as Nino Zachetti under the stoplight.🚦 🎞 #FilmNoir

Celebrating #BOTD for William Holden and his portrayal of struggling screenwriter Joe Gillis in the iconic #filmnoir Sunset Boulevard ('50). He captured the character's moral ambiguity flawlessly, earning him critical acclaim and an Oscar nom.
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Celebrating #botd for Anne Shirley🎂
Best known for Anne of Green Gables ('34), Stella Dallas ('37) where she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nom and noir classic Murder, My Sweet (44). She left acting in '44, at the age of 26, and remained in LA until her death.

Attention Noiristas!

Join us next week as the indelible @tommykrasker.bsky.social hosts our inaugural watch!

#filmnoir

📣Calling all members of #WidmarkWednesday! #RichardWidmark #FilmNoir #ClassicFilm

Tommy! I’ve been locked out of chat so trying to remedy that as Bluesky is Blueskying! Didn’t want you to think I disappeared 😰

Celebrating #botd for Rod Steiger. His filmography and method acting style are long and noted with #filmnoir favorites such as The Big Knife ('55), Cry Terror ('58), and In the Heat of the Night ('67), which won him the Oscar for Best Actor. 🎂📽️

Mood: Sunday brunch with Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, The Blue Dahlia (1946). #FilmNoir

Pick your #FilmNoirFashion Mood:

✔️Glasses & Hat
✔️Brooch & Red Nails

📽️Murder My Sweet, #filmnoir starring Dick Powell and Anne Shirley. Costumes by Edward Stevenson. In '36, he inked his first contract as an exclusive designer with RKO.

Opening lines from #FilmNoir LAURA (1944)...

"I shall never forget the weekend Laura died. A silver sun burned through the sky like a huge magnifying glass. It was the hottest Sunday in my recollection. I felt as if I were the only human being left in New York". ~ Waldo Lydecker

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3....2....1... #NoirCollective

Mood: When Thursday sneaks up on you.
Laura (1944) #filmnoir

Yes! #TheNoirCollective

Excited!! #TheNoirCollective

So excited!! #TheNoirCollective

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!

#TheNoirCollective returns with weekly watch parties two weeks from today: Wednesday, April 22, at 8 PM EDT/5 PM PDT. Our first #filmnoir? We’ll be announcing it next week. (Hint: it’s *not* one of these. ⬇️😅)

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📣Calling all members of #WidmarkWednesday Spring Break edition! #RichardWidmark
#FilmNoir #ClassicFilm

Dear Tuesday: #FilmNoir

Celebrating #botd for acting legend Walter Huston. His cameo in his son's directing debut, The Maltese Falcon ('41), is a favorite #filmnoir moment, and his Oscar win for the brilliant The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, also directed by his son. 🎂

Love this! And Happy Birthday 🎉🥳 wishing you the best day!

Celebrating #botd 🎂 for the legend herself, Bette Davis. Two films of hers in the #filmnoir genre that I love are The Letter (1940) and Deception (1946).

📽️ Leave your favorite Davis movie noir or not in the comments...

Mood:
Saturday on the water with Robert Ryan
Act of Violence (1949) #FilmNoir

Eddie Muller My chronological list of the 25 essential noir films of the classic Hollywood era.

Eddie Muller’s list of 25 essential Hollywood noirs on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/TCqsW
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