Sooo happy to have you.. and your marvelous #NoirChecklist back! "Copious jail bar chiaroscuro" indeed...and I also love "More prison slang than ten Cagney and Raft pictures"
#Caged #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Repost of last night's #NoirChecklist for the morning crowd stomaching the tough watch that is #Caged. #TCMParty

#NoirChecklist for #Caged:

-(Sort of) wrongly imprisoned protagonist
-Copious jail bar chiaroscuro
-Brutal prison guard (matron)
-Innocent victim becomes hardened con
-(Attempted) prison break
-Awful animal death
-More prison slang than ten Cagney and Raft pictures
#Caged #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Greetings, fellow Noiristas! I was traveling last week out of #TCM range, so I missed the return of #NoirAlley after our long national nightmare... er, 31 Days of Oscar– finally ended. But I'm ready to once again fire up the ol' #NoirChecklist for some quality floozies-in-prison action! #TCMParty

#ViceSquad was a good one on #NoirAlley. Guess the ol' #NoirChecklist goes on ice and I'll be clearing off the DVR for the next month to get my #noir fix. See all you noiristas at the #TCMParty...

#NoirChecklist for #ViceSquad:
-Murder in first 5 minutes
-Vintage LA locations
-Sugar daddy floozy
-Madam floozy
-Gruff but benevolent captain
-Hophead stoolie
-Scamming cops
-Sharpie lawyer
-Bank heist gone wrong
-Showdown at remote hideout
-More fedoras than Bogie’s closet
#TCMParty #NoirAlley

SO looking forward to your #NoirChecklist for #ViceSquad! 😊✅ 😁 #NoirAlley
#TCMParty

Had to work late last night, so here for an unusual early morning #NoirAlley that looks to produce a stellar #NoirChecklist, with Eddie M presenting Eddie G in the bluntly named #ViceSquad! #TCMParty

Repost of last night's #NoirChecklist for the morning gang:

#TalkAboutAStranger #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Poster for the film Talk About A Stranger

#NoirChecklist for #TalkAboutAStranger:

-Creepy neighbor
-Gabby neighbor
-Suspicious neighbor
-Annoying kid, but he’s the main character
-Suspicious murder…of a dog
-Cameraman John Alton rising above the material
-More future Republican politicos than a Yale frat party
#TCMParty #NoirAlley

Repost of last night’s #NoirChecklist for #ShieldForMurder, for the early morning #NoirAlley shadow lurkers:
#TCMParty

Superb #NoirChecklist, as always. Each entry is so great.. a few highlights: 'bombastic police captain', 'blonde bar floozy' and 'threateningly sweaty jowls.'
Always enjoy sealing a noir watch with one of your checklists!
#ShieldForMurder
#NoirAlley
#TCMParty

Poster for the film Shield For Murder

#NoirChecklist for #ShieldForMurder:

-Murder two minutes in
-Crooked cop
-Bombastic police captain
-Loyal gal pal
-Boxing scenes (on TV)
-Murder to cover the previous murder
-Blonde bar floozy
-Final desperate car chase
-Edmond O’Brien’s threateningly sweaty jowls

#NoirAlley #TCMParty

Repost of last night’s #NoirChecklist for the morning #NoirAlley #TCMParty crowd:

#NoirChecklist for #CrimeOfPassion:

-Clueless cop
-Quickie marriage
-Ambitious two-timing wife
-Boxing match scene
-Gabby desk cop
-Stany, Sterling, AND sexy Raymond Burr!
-Look at the title, fer gosh sakes!

#TCMParty #NoirAlley

#NoirChecklist for #TheLocket:

-Multiple narrators
-Nick Musuraca bringing both the chiaro AND the scuro
-Smoke cloud flashback
-Shadowy flashback
-Hanky flashback
-Childhood flashback
-Rear projection war flashback
-Psychotic flashback
-More flashbacks than Timothy Leary’s medical file
#TCMParty

It made the #NoirChecklist!

poster for the 1950 film The Second Woman

#NoirChecklist for #TheSecondWoman:

-Narration and flashback
-Weirdly obsessed protagonist
-Meet cute on train
-Mysterious woman from the past
-Mysterious painting
-Exotic beach location
-Nonstop minor character exposition
-More Hitchcock references than a 1970s DePalma film

#NoirAlley #TCMParty

#NoirChecklist for #BerlinExpress:

-Overwrought narration
-Gritty postwar setting
-Robert Ryan filling out a suit
-Noirmeister Lucien Ballard on camera
-Sleazy nightclub
-Abandoned building shootout
-Trains, and then more trains
-Plot harder to follow than German lessons on Duolingo
#TCMParty

Repost of last night's #NoirChecklist for the brilliant #IrishNoir #OddManOut... #TCMParty #NoirAlley

#NoirChecklist for #OddManOut:

-Fatally flawed protagonist
-Bungled heist
-Loyal moll
-Crafty cop playing cat and mouse
-Gabby cabbie, skeevy informer, boozy artist
-Dicey not-quite-doctor
-Dance hall scene (with jitterbugging)
-Everybody dies, but with (mostly) Irish accents
#TCMParty #NoirAlley

Noiristas: Are you suffering from #noir withdrawal symptoms without #NoirAlley during the #TCM Christmas Marathon? Well, I'm here to help! I’ve scoured the upcoming TCM schedule to find several #ChristmasNoirs for your dark Yuletide enjoyment; all check numerous boxes on the #NoirChecklist... 1)

#NoirChecklist for #CashOnDemand:

-Heist with bonus hostage situation
-Charming villain
-Nebbishy protagonist
-10 out of 10 Veda slap, sans specs
-Tension to spare
-Bowlers instead of fedoras
-More twists and turns than the London Underground

#NoirAlley #TCMParty

Firing up the #NoirChecklist for some #BritNoir heist action on #NoirAlley with #CashOnDemand. #TCMParty

Repost of last night's #NoirChecklist for the morning Noirista gang... #CryOfTheCity #TCMParty #NoirAlley

#NoirChecklist for #CryOfTheCity:
-“City” in the title
-Crook and cop are boyhood friends
-NYC locations with constantly wet streets
-Jailbreak!
-Skeevy lawyer
-Sleazy doctor
-Shelley Winters as a leopard-skin-clad floozy
-Vic vs Rick: Battle of the Titanic Noir Hairlines
#TCMParty #NoirAlley

After a couple of weeks of er, less-than-memorable #NoirAlley offerings (Postmark for Danger, anyone?) I'm ready to crank up the ol' #NoirChecklist for what looks like a stellar entry from the shadows, #CryOfTheCity! #TCMParty

#NoirChecklist for ##PostmarkForDanger:

-Fiery death in first 30 seconds
-Wrongly accused dopey protagonist
-Mysterious portrait of mysterious woman...
-...who might be dead?
-No-nonsense police inspector
-Shady international something-or-other ring
-Bloody confounding plot
#TCMParty #NoirAlley

Repost of last night’s #NoirChecklist for the morning Noiristas! #TheStrip #TCMParty #NoirAlley

#NoirChecklist for #TheStrip:

-Narration and flashback
-Wrongly accused protagonist
-Oily gangster boss
-Good girl gone bad vs other good girl
-Nightclub band number(s)
-Odd crooner number
-And here’s a dance number
-Plot more threadbare than Mickey Rooney’s wedding suit

#TCMParty #NoirAlley