For the Love of Film (Noir): Let’s Get this Show on the Road!

and I are all gassed up and ready to roll as we proudly host our second film preservation fundraising event, For the Love of Film (Noir): The Film Preservation Blogathon. This year, the is our special valentine, and they’ve honored us by earmarking our funds for a very special film: The Sound of Fury, aka Try and Get Me (1950), with blacklisted director Cy Endfield at the helm, and starring Lloyd Bridges and Frank Lovejoy. A nitrate print of the film will be restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, using a reference print from Martin Scorsese’s personal collection to guide them and fill in any blanks. Paramount Pictures, which now owns the film, has agreed to help fund the restoration, but FNF is going to have to come up with significant funds to get the job done. That’s where we come in.

I know everyone loves noir, and that noir crosses all borders of time and place. That gives everyone a large choice of topics, and we are looking forward to a some great posts on classic and neo-noir, film preservation, and a great deal more. I heartily recommend you start this blogathon by reading and commenting on the contributions of these wonderful bloggers.

And don’t forget, this is a fundraising blogathon. For the Love of Film, please donate as generously as you can. It’s going to take a lot of scratch to get the job done, and we aren’t going to be eligible for matching funds from the government this year. However, we do encourage you to check with your employer to see if they provide matching contributions for your charitable donations; we got some extra money last year because some of our donors checked. Just click on the Maltese Falcon to go directly to PayPal to make your secure donation online. The url is https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=LAWFPAB4XLHAW. Preserving and restoring films are the stuff our dreams are made of. And can you believe we made the Op-Ed page of The New York Times?!

Remember, several lucky donors will be chosen at random to receive some great bonuses, including all nine Noir City posters, the just-released, deluxe DVD of The Prowler, and an illustration of Lloyd Bridges done especially for this blogathon by renowned artist Steve Brodner. Let’s get started!

Monday, February 21

Ed Howard of Only the Cinema returns for one last review, this time, of the film we’re raising money for, . The quintessential post for this blogathon.

My post is finally up here at Ferdy on Films. It’s a look at the compelling neo-noir Black Widow.

Gareth at Gareth’s Movie Diary gives us a look at Kathleen Ryan in Odd Man Out and Try and Get Me, where she’s .

At Sinamatic Salve-ation, Ariel Schudson gets one last post in: how does she link together noir westerns, film preservation, Lonely Are the Brave and Elvis Costello in ? Click and find out.

DeeDee at Wonders in the Dark wraps up her contributions with a big .

WB Kelso finishes with not one but three classic noir advertising showcases at Scenes From The Morgue: , , and . And there’s a link to (!) the posts he’s provided for the blogathon.

Dave Enkosky joins the blogathon on our last day with a look at at his blog Dave’s Blog About Movies and Such. Thanks, Dave, for making it to the party.

Another blogathon “newbie,” G.K. Reid, sends us a , with a special emphasis on its women, at Restless Eyebrows.

to Bill Wren at Piddleville. Nice to have you with us on our last day, Bill.

The lovely and talented Hedwig Van Driel sends a post to us from Holland on her blog, Cool As a Fruitstand. The topic is Fritz Lang’s “Bluebeard” film .

The folks at U.S. Intellectual History have been providing us with thought-provoking posts all week. Ben Alpers finishes up the blogathon with a really interesting post on .

The incomparable film scholar Catherine Grant has provided her as-usual , on noir, including an interview with Cy Endfield and her own video essay of her favorite noir Gilda. It’s all at Film Studies for Free.

Christianne Benedict of Krell Laboratories has been with us all week, and it has been a real pleasure. She closes out the blogathon with a look at a modern horror/noir from Martin Scorsese, .

One last blogathon limerick from Hilary Barta at Limerwrecks: . There was a blogger named Barta / Whose poems were terribly smart(a) / He wrote for the fun / But when he was done / He had fans from Nome to Jakarta.

Lee Price returns to finish up the blogathon with us. At Preserving a Family Collection, he offers us the , an expert on film preservation, who tells just why it’s expensive to save films like The Sound of Fury. And we get one more message from June and Art: during their courtship. Thanks, Lee, for the memories!

And the posts are still coming. Chilean Clara Fercovic at Via Margutta 51 offers a why people should support our fundraising effort. I’m convinced! How about you?

Mr. Peel at Mr. Peel’s Sardine Liqueur has come through with one of the films that has had an ending restored, to much controversy, . What do you think about the new old ending?

Gautam Valluri pulls Broken Projector out of the closet to talk about just for our blogathon. Thanks, Gautam.

Paul F. Etcheverry offers a final plug for us on Way Too Damn Lazy to Write a Blog with a . Thanks, Paul.

Jen Myers devoted her Noir Monday feature on Deliberatepixel to our . An honor, Jen!

Ben Kenigsberg of Time Out Chicago honors us with a post on one of my favorite set (and shot) in Chicago noirs, . Many thanks, Ben.

Caroline Shapiro at Garbo Laughs offers us one for the road – , Sidney Poitier’s screen debut.

Dennis Cozzalio of Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule is back with another splendid post on . Thanks for the 9th inning home run! And he adds another one: the 1974 neo-noir The Outfit.

Ryan Kelly offers a post on one of my favorite films, Brian De Palma’s “post-modern noir” . Good to see you back, Ryan.

Kenji Fujishima at My Life, at 24 Frames Per Second comes in at the last second from a hectic period in his life to contribute a post on in our collective unconscious, featuring examples and lovely b&w screencaps.

Karie at Film Radar offers a look at . Very Los Angeles Plays Itself, Karie. Thanks!

Gloria Porta is Rooting for Laughton, specifically the lost scenes from Hitchcock’s .

Kevyn Knox wraps us up at The Most Beautiful Fraud in the World with a look at Stranger on the Third Floor. Squeaked in, Kevyn, as promised.

Sunday, February 20

Rod Heath posts here at Ferdy on Films a great review of a Brit-noir directed by Cy Endfield while in exile in England, Hell Drivers. All Endfield’s rage against the people who blacklisted him can be found in this film.

Andreas at Pussy Goes Grrr offers you all to this cause. Yes, because you’ll remember a time when men wore hats! Yes! I can’t thank you enough for this, Andreas!

John Greco from Twenty Four Frames is back with a review of Robert Siodmak’s . We’ve been enjoying John’s posts all week. Thanks for sticking with us, John.

WB Kelso of Scenes from the Morgue: Retro-Pulp Movie Ads has a triple-dip for us today: two Robert Ryan films, and , and .

A new blogger enters the fray, Tom from the specialty blog Olivia and Joan: Sisters of the Silver Screen. He’s featuring Joan Fontaine today in . Thanks, Tom.

Steve Santos of The Fine Cut offers us our first video essay, on Fritz Lang’s . Many thanks, Steve!

Paul F. Etcheverry of Way Too Damn Lazy To Write a Blog awakened from his torpor to offer us a favorite around our household: . These cartoons are terrific!

Anuj Malhotra of Floatin’ Zoetropes offers us two very different: Out of the Past and Nightfall.

Coming to us from Dubai, Hind Mezaina of The Culturist offers a film by the great Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, . If you haven’t experienced Chahine, do yourself a favor and check his work out. Same goes for Hind! Thanks.

John Alton and Anthony Mann made beautiful pictures today. Fredrik Gustafsson shares a few scenes of some of their films on .

Cinemaniac‘s David Steece offers an appreciation of underrated cinematographer , whose work influenced the look of Blade Runner. Many wonderful screencaps. Thanks, David!

Christianne Benedict at Krell Laboratories offers up a film she love and that is in sore need of restoration and exposure, Istevan Sekely’s . I don’t know this film, so I am grateful for the heads-up, Christianne!

Larry Aydlette offers us five at Darkness on the Edge of Town. Oooh, Sheree North.

David Cairns at Shadowplay dedicates his regular Sunday intertitle to us with , an excerpt of which appears in Sunset Blvd. Beautiful.

I forgot to link Darren Mooney’s second post from yesterday, so you get a three-fer from The M0vie Blog today: , , and , by the hubby’s favorite director, Beat Takeshi.

As Bill Wren at Piddleville says, “abuse never looked as beautiful” as it does in . We quite agree.

Rod and I share an big admiration of Fred Zinnemann with the young and talented blogger Adam Zanzie. He’s made our day by showing some Zinnemann love on Icebox Movies in his essay on , a film I still need to catch up with. Thanks so much, Adam!

Beth Ann Gallagher of Spellbound is back with a neat essay on the bookseller in . I have always loved Dorothy Malone trying to look mousey and studious and her verbal parries with Bogey. This is a post close to my heart, Beth Ann.

, a film with “a little noir flavor,” is the next contribution from Ariel Schudson at Sinamatic Salve-ation.

Lee Price at June and Art offers us June’s evening. These letters are so interesting, Lee.

Director Jeffrey Goodman takes up our cause at The Last Lullaby (and) Peril with a brief of what noir means to him.

Jesse Ataide joins us again from Memories of the Future with a look at Bogey and Bacall’s third film together, . Here’s looking at you, Jesse.

Ferdy on Films guest blogger Robert Hornak gives us a tasty post on that distastefully delicious noir Touch of Evil.

Novelist Thomas Burchfield at A Curious Man joins the blogathon with a look at moments. Thanks, Thomas.

Hilary Barta’s noirish limerick of the day tells, in pithy fashion, the story of Richard Quine’s .

W.J. enters the ring with a strong showing assaying the character roles in . You’ve gotta love his opening photo of Esther Howard and Elisha Cook, Jr.!

Stu of Undy-a-Hundy.com offers us capsule reviews of Akira Kurosawa’s and . We like ’em short and sweet, Stu. Thanks!

Our good friend Neil Sarver at The Bleeding Tree couldn’t decide exactly what to write about. So we’ve been treated to some of his favorite noir films, but with an emphasis on .

Ariel Schudson at Sinamatic Salve-ation comes back with just…one…more on the way stories travel.

True Classics: The ABCs of Classic Film joins the party with Lucille Ball in a noir-lite, . Noir loves Lucy? True Classics does!

Welcome to Jaime Christley from Unexamined Essentials with a post on Fritz Lang’s . Where would noir be without Lang, and we’d be the poorer without Jaime’s insights!

We have another vintage article by Richard T. Jameson over at Parallax View on (modern in the 1970s, that is, when this piece was written), including Gumshoe, The Long Good-bye, and Chinatown.

Saturday, February 19

I’ve been neglecting the contributions of Kim Morgan all week (sorry, Kim, our wires sometimes get crossed at Blogathon Central). Here are her Barbara Stanwyck posts I missed at MSN Movies The Hitlist: , , ; and .

Everyone knows how much I love Peggy Cummins and Gun Crazy. One of the best writers out there, Sheila O’Malley, shows her appreciation of at The Sheila Variations.

Glenn Kenny at Some Came Running offered another post a couple of days ago that I missed, on 1947’s . Make sure you don’t miss it:

Imogen Smith at The Chiseler offers a FANTASTIC essay on our film with sociological and production information that will tell why we need to help save this film! Super job, Imogen!

Ivan J. Shreve, one of our favorite bloggers, offers a really terrific essay on at his must-read blog, Thrilling Days of Yesteryear. Thanks, Ivan, so much!

Over at Dereliction Row, The Derelict gives us a , the good girl of noir. Hey, Hilary, you’ve got some competition in poetry writing!

Brian Doan at Bubblegum Aesthetics has a post on , who cut his teeth working on the noir parody Beat the Devil. If you remember the noir ballet in The Band Wagon, then you’ll know why this entry belongs in the blogathon.

The Flying Maciste Brothers (aka Howard S. Berger and Kevin Marr) offer a graphic tribute to Phil Karlson and an examination of over at Destructible Man. Screencaps and more galore!

William Wellman’s is a little-known noir Western. Everyone will know it after reading Vanwall Green’s excellent essay on it at Vanwall Land. They’ll get a great write-up on Winchester ’73 and a few other classic Westerns with a noir flavor in the bargain as well. Thanks, Van the Man!

DeeDee and her friends at Wonders in the Dark have offered something I hoped someone would take up – French noir. Take a look at their list. Thanks, guys!

Ed Howard at Only the Cinema devotes his Films I Love series today to and a generous helping of screencaps from that compelling ultra-low-budget noir.

Our daily limerick from Hilary Barta at Limerwrecks is for , covered in straight form by David Cairns at . Read them both for a fuller appreciation of the film.

And speaking of David Cairns, he takes on The Sweet Smell of Success by way of “Hunsecker is a Brobdingnagian in Lilliput, a mountain among midgets.” Oh, and he’s gotten into the , too!

From Darren Mooney, the first of two posts today at The M0vie Blog is a look at Gotham After Dark: in his many incarnations.

David Steece is back from Randomaniac with a post on the film the hubby and I went all the way to Indianapolis to see: Robert Siodmak’s . It’s a doozy, folks!

Fredrik Gustafsson joins us all the way from Sweden to talk about the on his blog Frederik on Film. Thanks for joining the party, Fredrik.

Another archival essay by Richard T. Jameson at Parallax View, this time on the sleazy, corrupt world brought to life in .

Kelli Marshall offers up a post on in noir, with emphasis on Body Heat and Double Indemnity, to our blogathon at Unmuzzled Thoughts.

Ben Alpers at U.S. Intellectual History has broken the blog’s custom of not posting on weekends to give a wonderful plug for our cause and offer a very interesting post on Frank Borzage’s . I hope you’ll take part of your weekend to read and show appreciate for Ben’s effort.

MP at idFilm discusses as used in noir films to shape our reactions to them. A thought-provoking piece, MP!

Friday, February 18

The final entry in Peter Nellhaus’ terrific look at noir around the world is from China. Keep reading Coffee, Coffee, and More Coffee after the blogathon for more of the same!

Richard T. Jameson is back at Parallax View with an essay on that delirious, delicious noir . This is going to be good!

It’s all in today’s post by Sean Axmaker at MSN Movies Videodrone. Check out his musings on The Man I Love, Road House, and The Hitch-hiker.

Michael C dives into the gritty at Cinema Ramble. He declares, “But the film is perhaps most appealing as a docu-style traipse through small-city USA in the 1950’s.”

Have you ever heard of a home movie noir? They’re out there! Lee Price takes us to the world of – a completely unexplored territory for me! – at Preserving a Family Collection. Meanwhile, June and Art explore their artistic sides, reminding Lee of .

More great prose and screencaps by Christianne Benedict at Krell Laboratories. This time, she has turned her talents to Andre de Toth’s , “a damn near perfect B-movie.”

Ray Young at Flickhead has turned in a pithy post on a film released in 1981 to “unanimous indifference” – . He’s got a pretty nifty moving banner of Marilyn Monroe to watch, too.

Ariel Schudson has another treat for us today at Sinamatic Salve-ation – by one of our very favorite noir directors Joseph H. Lewis. You KNOW I’ll be reading this over morning coffee!

I’m not a big fan of Billy Wilder, but even I have to admit that is a smashing good film. John Greco at Twenty Four Frames gives us a great post explaining why.

Another great post from our great friend Ed Howard at Only the Cinema on Edward Dmytryk’s .

Bill Wren examines the “self-aware” noir today at Piddleville with his essay on Roman Polanski’s classic .

Beth Ann Gallagher at Spellbound takes up a discussion Rod and I had after I reviewed this film over the summer: the in City that Never Sleeps. I can’t wait to read what she has to say!

David Steece at Randomaniac talks to us about one of his desert island movies, . Looking for darkness on a tropical island? Why not!

DeeDee is back at with the elements of noir and a lot of fun polls and posters. Dip into the grab bag of goodies!

Venetian Blond over at Edward Copeland on Movies…and more takes a look at a neonoir that’s quickly turning into a classic, Rian Johnson’s (2005).

Tinky Weisblat returns with a post on over at In Our Grandmothers’ Kitchens. I always kind of thought Claire Trevor walked off with this picture.

The Projector Has Been Drinking‘s Marc Edward Heuck takes a look at the noir influences in the music videos and films of ! Very original, Marc.

Time for Hilary Barta’s morning limerick at Limerwrecks. He has the most entertaining and concise summary of I’ve ever seen!

We’ve got a new blogger today of the self-named Lauren Hairston who has dedicated her Friday feature, “Dinner and a Movie” to our blogathon! The movie she’s chosen to go with her recipes is a good one, .

Another new party heard from is KC of Movie Classics. She’s taken up a favorite director of Farran’s and mine, Frank Borzage, and his 1948 noir .

Jacqueline Fitzgerald at Film Noir Blonde has some great anecdotes from Billy Wilder about , including talk about Barbara Stanwyck’s awful wig.

We are joined today by Tom Block at Tom Blog and his look at the 1949 noir . If you want to see Bobby Driscoll get slugged, this is the film for you!

Rob Byrne features a forgotten star of proto-noir, , at Starting Thursday. Louise, you live again today!

We’ve got two from the fabulous David Cairns over at Shadowplay: the British proto-noir and another women in prison film that’s sure to please, .

Another new blogger for our blogathon, Nicholas Pillai, has given us a look at noir and the animator Will Eisner’s character at Squeezegut Alley. Really interesting stuff, Nicholas!

Vince Keenan is back with his from Noir City Northwest covering Loophole and Crashout. It has been a really great run, Vince. Thanks for sharing it with us!

WB Kelso has several films covered in his vintage ad posts at his blog Scenes from the Morgue: Retro-Pulp Movie Ads: , , , and .

Darren Mooney has two more for us at The M0vie Blog: the (and perhaps a tip of the hat to Rod’s review of the movie) and Christopher Nolan’s (is it better than the Swedish original?).

Academic Jennifer Garlen talks at Virtual Virago about to freshmen. It’s great to know future generations will appreciate noir thanks to educators like Jennifer!

Thursday, February 17

Darren Mooney is back at The M0vie Blog with perhaps the most classic neonoir around, , as well as . Must-reading!

Over at the great Wonders in the Dark is a visual and literary stunner, a , if you will on noir. Great job as usual, DeeDee and company!

C. Jerry Kutner starts our day with the unremitting darkness of Mervyn LeRoy’s over at Bright Lights After Dark.

Angela Pettys at Hollywood Revue says, “This blogathon is too good for me to only write once.” So she’s back with a crack look at the roots of noir in 1929’s . You’re an angel!

We love Robert Wise around here and are very pleased to see his film considered by the great Ed Howard at Only the Cinema.

J.D. takes us to Don Siegel land with a fine consideration of over at Edward Copeland on Films…and more.

Bill Wren at Piddleville assays a sassy noir, . The screencap of Lee Remick says everything you want to know about her character.

We have a new blog today, Scarlett Cinema, hosted by Pamela L. Kerpuis. She surveys a couple of noirs with (dare we say?) ! Take a look at her write-ups of The Woman in the Window and Union Station.

Joshua Ranger at Audiovisual Preservation Solutions has an incredible title for a blogathon post: . Take a look!

David Cairns returns at Shadowplay with a Cy Endfield/Lloyd Bridges collaboration, , that wasn’t as successful as the film we’re funding.

Our international expert Peter Nellhaus returns with another compelling noir from overseas, this time Korea. Take a look at his fascinating review of .

David Robson of The House of Sparrows (check out the great nameplate!) offers us a fine entry on , an animated film from Shinichiro Watanabe. We’re glad to see animated noir getting its due!

Tim Lacy is our author today over at U.S. Intellectual History with an in-depth look at that grimy bit of brilliance, .

Is June The Seventh Victim today? Take a look at June and Art for from Lee Price. Lee also tells us the value of preserving old films at .

Over at The New York Post, our great supporter Lou Lumenick has a terrific look at , a rarely seen film.

Have an “adventure in the dark” with Trish at I Wake Up Screaming with her review of !

The ever-creative Hilary Barta is back with a poem about at Limerwrecks.

Donna Hill of Strictly Vintage Hollywood is back with Bogey and Bacall in . She’s also got some great for the discerning noir lover.

At Java’s Journey, Javabean Rush is . What comes to your mind when you think of noir?

Peter Gutierrez takes a look at 35 years after its initial release, and that’s always a good idea. You can see what he said over at Tribecafilm.com.

Richard T. Jameson’s archival essay on my favorite noir, , is up at Parallax View.

Sean Axmaker reviews the Blu-ray of at MSN Movies Videodrone. He calls it “one of the great lean, mean B crime thrillers.”

I love looking at movie marquees, and Dennis Cozzalio at Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule has a bunch of noir-related ones, as well as some newspaper ads for some of our favorite films. !

Larry Aydlette takes us on a tour of the real Florida locations from that sizzling neonoir at his personal blog. Verrrry interesting, Larry.

Vince Keenan is back with a double-dose of from Noir City Northwest: The Woman on the Beach and Beware My Lovely.

Rob Byrne at Starting Thursday offers art on for his entry today. Nice illustration, Rob!

Doug Bonner, our favorite globetrotting blogger, has a typically great post up on Edgar Ulmer’s . Thanks for another great read, Doug.

Wednesday, February 16

How do we love thee, James Wolcott, let us count the ways! The Vanity Fair columnist comes through with a major plug and information on noir today. .

Here at Ferdy on Films, Rod Heath takes a look at a modern noir that avoids the usual cliches of neonoir with Michael Mann’s Miami Vice.

Edward Copeland is back at Edward Copeland on Films…and more! with a post on , the film that inspired one of our great banner ads by Greg Ferrara. He has also just posted a companion piece on Jean Renoir’s . This post will inspire you, too!

Over at The Blue Vial, Drew McIntosh has a post on a great noir, . I think it’s time to click through and read it!

Ed Howard of Only the Cinema has a post on the more famous film based on “our” film’s story, Fritz Lang’s . It will be great to compare this great film with the restored version of The Sound of Fury.

One of our favorite bloggers, Michael Guillen at The Evening Class, gives a in a post that not only links to an index of his coverage of the Noir City Film Festival, which is in its ninth year, but an account of the talk following a showing of the restored Metropolis from the famous San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Eddie Muller and some film experts from Argentina were there to talk about the film and restoration, and that’s what we’re all about.

For our great friend Mike Phillips at Goatdogblog, a “no” is as valuable as a “yes” in history. He’ll tell you why is NOT noir, but why you should see it anyway. Great post, Mike, and we’ll see you tonight as the Northwest Chicago Film Society premieres at the Portage Theatre.

Coming to us from Reading, England, Rob Wickings has a terrific post on the , using Val Lewton’s The Seventh Victim as reference. Something for everyone, thanks to Rob!

isn’t neonoir, says Ariel Schudson at Sinamatic Salve-ation. But “it involves politics, nihilism, sexuality, and violence,” at if that’s not noir, she’ll eat her heels!

Over at Shadowplay, David Cairns gives us a proto-noir from Charles (Gilda) Vidor, (1939). Looking at the luscious screencaps, I’m inclined to agree.

One of noir’s great actors, Charles McGraw, gets his due from John Greco at Twenty Four Frames as he assays .

WB Kelso of Scenes from the Morgue: Retro-Pulp Movie Ads is having so much fun with the blogathon that he did another great movie ad post, this time on . Believe me, we’re having as much fun with your posts as you are, WB!

I don’t know how Lee Price at June and Art manages to find letters among his parents’ collection that capture an essence of noir, but he does. Here’s his , about a wrong man.

Darren Mooney is back at The M0vie Blog with the original and inventive and the film that has divided audiences everywhere, . I’ve been enjoying his posts all week, and there’s more to come today, so check back.

Christianne Benedict at Krell Laboratories has a strong entry on Cornell Woolrich and the film . Some great history there, Christianne.

Meredith at Or Maybe Eisenstein Should Just Relax has a great look at , text and screencaps and everything!

Hilary Barta has another fun on Phantom Lady. I’m loving these, Hilary.

Kurt Norton at These Amazing Shadows is back with a post on the classic noir .

Bill Ryan says “a plague on both your houses” in his on Panic in the Streets and City of Fear at the Kind of Face You Hate.

Susan Doll of Facets Features turns her discerning eye on the neonoir , and asks us to appreciate how Arthur Penn played with the elements of noir. Great stuff, Susan!

The ambiguities of capitalism never got a more timeless examination that in , and the film gets an equally timeless consideration by Kevin Olson of the estimable Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies.

The great noir Detour gets the royal treatment by David Coursen in an posted on Parallax View.

Sean Axmaker gives us another , this time on The Black Book and The Tall Target on MSN Movies Videodrone.

Jacqueline Fitzgerald, the Film Noir Blonde, takes us through a favorite neonoir of many a film fan, the Coen Brothers’ . You simply must read what she has to say!

Vince Keenan updates his coverage of Noir City Northwest with a on The Dark Mirror and Crack-up.

Marc Edward Heuck talks about noir’s influence on the art of at The Projector Has Been Drinking. We love a good music video around here, Marc. Thanks!

Bryce Wilson covers the famous final scene of at Things that Don’t Suck. Do you like the extended “happy” ending or the old ending? Which is more noir?

Bobby Wise of his self-named Bobby Wise Criticism talks about the semi-documentary noir and two by Anthony Mann. It’s a great at this form, and really elevates the discussion of noir. Thanks, Bobby.

Jim Emerson has a completely intriguing post over at Scanners called and using images from Double Indemnity and other noirish films. I can’t really describe it; you’ll have to read it to appreciate it. And you WILL appreciate it. We appreciate your support, Jim.

Jesse Ataide reports on at Memories of the Future. The film screened at Noir City 9, and the post has comments from Eddie Muller, lots of screencaps, and some intriguing production history. Thanks, Jesse, for a fascinating post!

Tuesday, February 15

Movie Morlocks’ R. Emmet Sweeney provides a vital post on the film we’re raising money for: . Please read this post-haste to see what all this fuss is all about!

Who doesn’t like a good women in prison film? Not David Cairns. He’s looking at today at Shadowplay, a follow-up from his post yesterday on Brute Force.

Vanwall Green of Vanwall Land joins the party today with a look at pulp stories and their influence on . This is really great stuff, folks.

Jaime Grijalba from Exodus 8:2 has provided our first Spanish-language post on . Get Babelfish ready, you’re going to want to read this one!

Ariel Schudson has her first post up at Sinephile Salve-ation and it’s a real winner: . Thanks for joining in, Ariel.

Over at Spellbound, Beth Ann Gallagher has an unusual Christmas noir on offer, . Definitely for those who like their Christmases naughty!

We’ve got another Aussie in the house: Michael C. at Cinema Ramble. He likes what y’all are doing so return the favor and check out his great post on .

I was hoping someone would highlight The Blue Dahlia and WB Kelso at Scenes from the Morgue: Retro-Pop Movie Ads with another great set of newspaper ads.

Ed Howard from Only the Cinema is back with another typically fine Ed Howard treatment of the classic noir . Absolute must-reading.

Dario Loren at What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life? makes the best use of tumblr I’ve seen in a long time. Start with and click the previous arrow to see wonderful screencaps and quotes from noir films. Great stuff, Dario.

Bill Wren is back with another great post, this time on . Check it out at Piddleville.

Lee Price is back with a on I Wake Up Screaming over at June and Art. It’s surprising, and delightful!

Darren Mooney is back with day two of his two posts a day for the blogathon at The M0vie Blog. Here’s his take on and .

Peter Nellhaus is keeping us focused with more than Coffee, Coffee, and More Coffee. He continues his international offerings with a little giallo love by reviewing the Italian film , which has many noir elements.

Hilary Barta is back with today’s limerick at Limerwrecks. Brighten your day with a look.

Edward Copeland at Edward Copeland on Film…and More! enters the blogathon with a thoughtful post on , a modified remake of Scarlet Street. Take a look.

Mat Viola has a wonderful tribute to the people who give us those rich blacks and whites that practically define noir: cinematographers. Take a look at his at Notes of a Film Fanatic.

Andreas at Pussy Goes Grrr has a winning post on “one of the blackest noirs” .

Sean Axmaker offers a different, more in-depth view of at Parallax View.

Donna Hill returns with a post on as only she can do it, with wonderful prose and posters. It’s all there at Strictly Vintage Hollywood.

Marya is back with a really interesting look at how noir has fared in the over at Cinema Fanatic. Take a look!

Retro Hound pays tribute the the inspiration for our donation button, .

Sean Axmaker is back, this time with his MSN Movies gig at Videodrone with a wonderful appreciation of the little-heralded Phil Karlson thriller .

Vince Keenan is back with another dispatch from , this time discussing A Double Life and Among the Living.

Kurt at These Amazing Shadows picked a pretty amazing noir to write about: Ida Lupino’s chilling .

Joe Thompson gives us the roots of noir by walking through the life and craft of at The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion.

From Becca (Ms. Zebra) at Germans Like Heavy Makeup comes an to black-and-white films and television, in general, and noir, in particular. She gets it!

Monday, February 14

Let’s hear from the Czar of Noir himself, , about why we’re doing the blogathon. Farran interviews him at Self-Styled Siren.

Craig Simpson has a fascinating look at and its connection with film noir at The Man from Porlock. Fantastic post, Craig!

Vince Keenan at Vince Keenan.com is covering Noir City Northwest, which is going on now in Seattle. We’ve got his as-they-happen posts to tell us about the great work we’re funding. Here are the and reports from the festival. Here’s the third report, on . Thanks, Vince!

Angela Pettys has a of the 1950 noir The Damned Don’t Cry at the Hollywood Revue. What a great post!

WB Kelso has a feast for the eyes at Scenes from the Morgue: Retro-Pop Movie Ads. We’ll be seeing collections of great noir ads as often as he can post them this week, so start enjoying! First up is .

Mr. K at Mr. K’s Geek Cornucopia has a review of the 1943 noir , a Fritz Lang film that Mr. K says has a number of intentional echoes with M. Fascinating stuff!

Christian Esquivan has a perfect post for our blogathon and Valentine’s Day over at Silver Screen Modiste: . I’m just loving it!

Jacqueline T. Lynch at Another Old Movie Blog has a post up on the superb film FNF restored and toured last year: . Love the soundtrack, Jacqueline!

Darren Mooney of The M0vie blog offers us a at his relationship to classic film in an ambitious schedule of two posts a day during the blogathon. The second post is on . Thanks for all the love, Darren.

Bob Fergusson at Allure offers us some from some classic femme fatales. I could listen to this all day!

Peter Nellhaus at Coffee, Coffee, and More Coffee comes up with a brilliant post: a look at the First Thai film noir, . Great work, Peter, as always.

Bill Wren gives us a great look at over at Piddleville. Bill, we’ll hire you any day!

Is film noir a genre? Greg Ferrara discusses it through the lens of at Cinema Styles.

At Ehrensteinland, David Ehrenstein looks at a classic of the genre, . No, not the Fritz Lang film, the remake by Joseph Losey.

Our good friend Ed Howard has submitting his first post, on , at his superb blog Only the Cinema.

Lee Price has a truly unique take on this blogathon. His blog June and Art, dedicated to courtship letters between his parents, muses on . The also appears on his other blog, Preserving a Family Collection. Now here’s a blogger who really understands preservation! Thanks, Lee.

Tinky Weisblat has a wonderful tribute to Norma Desmond in her entry on at In Our Grandmothers’ Kitchens. Not to mention a killer recipe for icebox cake!

Ben Alpers has a on film noir and intellectual approaches to it by the likes of Paul Schrader, James Naremore, and James Livingston at his blog U.S. Intellectual History.

John McElwee’s Greenbriar Picture Shows starts off a two-part series on with a look at one of my favorites, The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers.

Dr. Mobius of Krell Laboratories offers us some wonderful words and even more wonderful screencaps from the classic noir .

Tony Dayoub explores Ricardo Montalban before he because a pop culture joke with his wonderful post on at Cinema Viewfinder.

Betty Jo Tucker’s of Charles Pappas’ It’s a Bitter Little World on Memosaic offers up additional great reading itself. Thanks, Betty Jo.

Limerick writer extraordinaire Hilary Barta offers his unique take on noir all week long at Limewrecks. First up is . What fun!

Philippine film blogger Noel Vera offers a post at Critic After Dark about star in three noirs: ‘Merika, Condemned and Bulaklak City Jail. Noir knows no borders.

Laura at Laura’s Miscellaneous Musings has a great post up on a favorite of mine, Thanks, Laura!

John Weagly got really creative at Captain Spauling on Skull Island. He has furnished us with a short play called !

We’ve got two great posts over at Parallax View written by Richard T. Jameson and The blog promises more to come. Looking forward to it!

Sean Axmaker has a lovely post on the very first film noir, , over at MSN Videodrone. Or perhaps you still think it’s The Maltese Falcon…

Steve-O at the invaluable Noir of the Week has another interview with . We can never have enough Eddie! Thanks, Steve.

Donna Hill of Strictly Vintage Hollywood and a fellow Rudolph Valentino lover, starts with the . A feast for the eyes!

Bill Ryan talks about at The Kind of Face You Hate. This is the kind of film we love, Bill.

Leonard Maltin’s Movie Crazy is our blogathon today along with other items. Thanks, Leonard. We love you.

Victor Ozols at Black Book is also . Thanks, Victor.

Marya is showing some love for at Cinema Fanatic. Check out the great poster and prose!

Paula of Paula’s Movie Blog is back again this year with some great screencaps of , and prose to match. Check it out.

DeeDee is up at Wonders in the Dark with a wonderful post on . Thank you our very good friends at WiTD.

The Derelict (aka Jenny Baldwin) at Libertas collects her . Some of them look more like horror than noir, such as the one for Criss Cross.

Kim Morgan has another take on at Sunset Gun. I, for one, did not know Maurice Tourneur savaged his son, who turned his sardonic outlook to good advantage in his own films. Morgan, at her other web presence, MSN Movies/The Hit List, is showcasing all week.

Glenn Kenny gets a little gooey over New York in the very unsweet at his blog Some Came Running.