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This would have been a great choice for a #ValentinesNoir for a Film Noir Club watch party last month.

ＴＨＥ ＦＡＬＬＥＮ ＳＰＡＲＲＯＷ（１９４３）

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️ #FilmSky🎥
#MovieSky 📽️ #WomenWriters ✒️

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Thank you @crisopera1.bsky.social for hosting this stellar classic for #FilmNoirClub 🗝️ so much fun to watch this one with all you birds. Till next time...
#FilmNoir
#FallenAngel
#ValentinesNoir

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Thanks for the fun live post watch party,
Film Noir Club friends 🙏

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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Thank you for hosting this fun and informative
live post watch party, Cristiane 🙏

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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"Joseph LaShelle ASC (July 9, 1900 – August 20, 1989) was an American film cinematographer."

"He won an Academy Award for Laura (1944), and was nominated on eight additional occasions."

- Wikipedia

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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June: "We were born to tread the earth as angels to seek out heaven this side of sky, but they raised alone shall stumble in the dark and fall from grace [...]then love alone can make the Fallen Angel rise." 🥰

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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Charles Bickford in

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

Note the spectacular chiaroscuro by the great cinematographer Joseph LaShelle who won an Academy Award for 𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗥𝗔 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟰) & was nominated 8 other times.

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔
#CharlesBickford 🎭

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"You gave her the watch, didn't you?"You gave her the watch, didn't you?" ...

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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❤️‍🔥Linda Darnell❤️‍🔥 looks sexy af putting on her lipstick ❣️

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔
#LindaDarnell ❤️‍🔥

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Pop's is a great place. I'll have to try and look it up to see if it still exists in San Fransisco.

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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I can only laughingly imagine what women would say on dating apps about Eric Stanton if the character were a real person in 2025, e.g: "This cheap SOB womaizer takes every date to the beach at night."

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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Eric to June:

"If I were another guy, the right guy, we could've gone on like this, night after night. Just the 2 of us, a fire, hot dogs, wine, martinis [...] it could've been a dream."

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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Besides

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

Percy Kilbride (Pa Kettle) was in these other Film Noirs:

𝗠𝗿. 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟵)

𝗥𝗶𝗳𝗳-𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗳 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟳)

𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟰)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

More lists:

“🎬 Otto Preminger's Film Noirs 🎬”: https://buff.ly/4kiQUMg

“Joseph LaShelle Film Noir Cinematography”: https://buff.ly/4khniic

“Film Noir music composed by David Raksin”: https://buff.ly/4bg6e8h


#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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I read that Alice Faye saw the edits Preminger agreed to & she was so upset bc Linda Darnell got so much time she left the studios in a huff. She threw her keys at the attendant & said she was never coming back.

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

Actors lists:

“💘 Linda Darnell 💘”: https://buff.ly/4biAYoZ

“Dana Andrews Film Noir”: https://buff.ly/4bhYBOG

“Charles Bickford Film Noir”: https://buff.ly/3QFTUV6


#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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"You talk different, sure, but you drive just like all the rest"

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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Dana Andrews as Eric Stanton:
"I came to talk to you about last night."

Linda Darnell as Stella:
"Save it."

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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I recollected that this film noir had a seance-y scene. I must remember to add it to my list now.

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)?

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

Is based on Marty Holland's first novel Fallen Angel (1945).
She was born Mary Hauenstein.

I just learned this today so I had to add it to my "Female Film Noir Writers" List: https://buff.ly/41gvSVN

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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In his introduction to the film Eddie Muller says Otto Preminger's

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

"has definite echoes of LAURA" with its "claustrophobic web of deception revolving around sexual obsession & murder."

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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I love the sleepy California beach town setting.
Dana Andrews as Eric Stanton is kicked off the bus
in front of a small town gas station somewhere
short of San Frnsisco at the swell start of

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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Here for #FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #ValentinesNoir 🖤
𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘
ＦＡＬＬＥＮ ＡＮＧＥＬ （１９４５）
𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 @crisopera1.bsky.social
𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐚𝐠 #FilmNoirClub

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I'm here for Otto Preminger's Film Noir masterpiece

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱)

Starring: #AliceFaye, #DanaAndrews, #LindaDarnell
Director: #OttoPreminger

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#FallenAngel 👼 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #ValentinesNoir 🖤
𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘
𝐎𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐝. 𝟐/𝟐𝟔 𝐚𝐭 𝟖:𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐦 𝐄𝐒𝐓

ＦＡＬＬＥＮ ＡＮＧＥＬ （１９４５）

𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 @crisopera1.bsky.social

𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐚𝐠 #FilmNoirClub
𝐓𝐨 𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧
𝐈𝐧🇧​​​​​🇱​​​​​🇺​​​​​🇪​​​​​🇸​​​​​🇰​​​​​🇾​​​​​

𝐈𝐭❜𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞,
𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐱, & 𝐨𝐤 (𝐝𝐨𝐭) 𝐫𝐮

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Daily Octordle #1123

5️⃣🕛
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𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕃𝕆ℂ𝕂𝔼𝕋 (𝟙𝟡𝟜𝟞)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#ValentinesNoir 💔
@idletalk12.bsky.social
@ladykdesigns.bsky.social
@crisopera1.bsky.social
@phyllindablank.bsky.social
@titus88titus.bsky.social
@analgesicsleep.bsky.social
@jauntworksstudio.bsky.social

Wordle 1,342 4/6

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⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛
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Screengrabs from last night's
#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ Live post
watch party hosted by
@idletalk12.bsky.social

𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕃𝕆ℂ𝕂𝔼𝕋 (𝟙𝟡𝟜𝟞)

#FilmNoir 🕵️ #TheLocket 🧣
#ValentinesNoir 💔

@ladykdesigns.bsky.social
@crisopera1.bsky.social
@phyllindablank.bsky.social

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𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕃𝕆ℂ𝕂𝔼𝕋 (𝟙𝟡𝟜𝟞)

Is now film #65 on my List:

“♀️Female Narrated Noirs♀️”
My list on @letterboxd:
boxd.it/frAeS

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#TheLocket 🧣 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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❄ Film Noir Snow ❄ . ⚜️ List Created By 🦇Wahrhaftig🦇 ⚜️ .

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Nice!

That's one of the 139 films on my Letterboxd list:

“❄ Film Noir Snow ❄”
My list on Letterboxd:
boxd.it/h6Tn6

𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕃𝕆ℂ𝕂𝔼𝕋 (𝟙𝟡𝟜𝟞)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#TheLocket 🧣 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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Thanks for making this a fun
Valentine's Day Film Noir watch party,
Film Noir Club friends 🙏

𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕃𝕆ℂ𝕂𝔼𝕋 (𝟙𝟡𝟜𝟞)

#FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️
#TheLocket 🧣 #ValentinesNoir 💔

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