Cinema is Dope

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I’ve always been a fan of Victor Mature. I consider him one of my favorite noir actors. I promise to post more stills of him in the coming days and weeks ahead.

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Film noir buffs eat your heart out with this amazing still of Ray Milland as Nick Beal. This sell your soul to the devil themed noir is one that just cries out to have a proper home video release!

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Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) and Sato (Takashi Shimura) in pursuit of Murakami’s stolen gun in postwar Japan. “Nora inu” aka “Stray Dog” is one of my favorite Akira Kurosawa films, a great crime fable that is brimming with life in every inch of its frame throughout.

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Could Zeena the Fortune Teller (Joan Blondell) be predicting the demise of Stanton (Tyrone Power) with her tarot card reading?

The classic film noir, “Nightmare Alley” is one of my favorites and The Masters of Cinema DVD release seems to be its best on home video (more info here). Can’t wait to pick it up. I’ve had it on my list to get all year but seems to keep slipping me by. If anyone out there has this release please let me know how it is.

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Shazam! This is a great image from this 1940’s serial.

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[INSERT HOWL HERE] Lon Chaney Jr. is The Wolf Man!

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Eat your hearts out… Alan Ladd and Dorothy Lamour in breezy romantic longing image from “Wild Harvest.” Worth noting that this is the film that director Tay Garnett did after “The Postman Always Rings Twice” (1946).

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I have no idea if Sherman Torgan was a fan of this movie or not, but I’ve been saving posting this image for a special occasion, and now in honor of Sherman Torgan (who sadly passed away unexpectedly) I present it. “Out of the Past” is one of my favorite film noir films. It has a timeless and life affirming luster about it. Its vibrant pulse keeps viewers coming for further viewings, while never growing dull and somehow seeming to grow more and more distinct and intimate.

Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer in “Out of the Past.”

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