The Constant Nymph (1943)
He tried to divide his heart and broke theirs Ya' know...I have no idea why I'm still surprised by some movies. The Constant Nymph really surprised me! Surprise the first - how good it was! Another surprise was the subject matter - an (unrealized) romance involving a fully grown married man (played by Charles Boyer) and a fourteen year old (Joan Fontaine). That in itself was quite surprising, especially in view of my romantically naive view of that era of American life. But none of that was as surprising as my reaction in th…
Gaslight (1944)
Strange Drama of a Captive Sweetheart! Gaslight is a good movie! I just finished watching it on TCM (thank God for TCM!) and I'm surprised I haven't seen it before. As you can see from the movie poster Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten starred. Cotten is one of my favorite noir actors, and of course what can a peasant like me say about Ingrid Bergman? Holy cats! Sociopathic Manipulation This movie, in its own way, is creepy. For his own nefarious reasons, Gregory Anton (Boyer) messes with his wife's (Bergma…
The Red House (1947)
Creepy Doesn't Begin to Describe It OMG! I just watched one of the creepiest movies of all time! I dunno, maybe I'm overstating it a little, but this movie was seriously creepy. I ran into The Red House quite by accident on YouTube and I'm so
Possessed (1947)
"I've Done Things I'm Ashamed of... But This Isn't One of Them!" Possessed starred Joan Crawford, Van Hefflin and Raymond Massey. At some point in the movie, it occurred to me that Massey was in Arsenic and Old Lace as Johnny, the twisted killer. I don't know - this kind of realization cracks me up - the number of movies I've watched, it's fun to be surprised! Of lakes, boats and houses possessed Anyway, this was a good movie. One of the things I liked was the lake house setting, with the house the Chris…
Inaugural Post
This is my foray into the world of movie blogging. No pretensions, no expectations. Some posts may be simply a picture, or a link, or maybe even a review. Mostly the posts will be about film noir movies, but I love a lot of different kinds of movies so - who knows! I'll close this anemic opening post with this thought (or maybe more of a confession) this blog is primarily a way to keep track of movies I watch. Seems the older I get, the harder it is to remember the names of movies, then comes a day I want to see it again and, for t…
