tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post4417689008042495956..comments2024-02-05T21:23:49.249-08:00Comments on Lady Eve's Reel Life: "Who's Crazy Now?" - Noir City 9, Opening NightThe Lady Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-38302359268534759252011-01-29T09:56:12.253-08:002011-01-29T09:56:12.253-08:00Hi Eve! I'm a little late with my comment (I&...Hi Eve! I'm a little late with my comment (I've been really ill), so I'm catching up. Your article was a great read, and like others, gave me the feeling of being there. I think Stranger on the Third Floor is a wonderful movie, and deserves its place in film noir history. Your pictures are beautiful and the montage splendid. Thanks for another really good articleClassicBeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591715859057540467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-57078519307281091102011-01-29T05:25:52.400-08:002011-01-29T05:25:52.400-08:00Eve, I always enjoy your fascinating description o...Eve, I always enjoy your fascinating description of cinema events in San Francisco. This one sounds like a doozy. I haven't seen HIGH WALL, but first viewed STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR as the second feature on local TV's "Shock Theatre." I remember thinking, hey, this isn't a horror movie...so it wasn't until a few years later that I fully appreciated it for the stylish achievement it is.Rick29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-91863101726807303262011-01-26T17:39:23.173-08:002011-01-26T17:39:23.173-08:00I saw your comment on Sweet and Hot, so I thought ...I saw your comment on Sweet and Hot, so I thought I'd check out your blog. ;). It's very neat. Well, I guess I'm you newest follower!:-)PinkGingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03387466728454882837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-62641731264030038582011-01-25T17:07:27.404-08:002011-01-25T17:07:27.404-08:00Man, I wish I had been there. Sounds like a great ...Man, I wish I had been there. Sounds like a great evening of movies and music. Thankyou for sharing. I need to see more "film noir."Classicfilmboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278928051994100842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-64158734374138355662011-01-25T16:57:11.816-08:002011-01-25T16:57:11.816-08:00I hope both Laura and "the doctor" are a...I hope both Laura and "the doctor" are able to attend the upcoming festival in L.A. - another perfectly noir city. Laura Ellis is based in L.A., so hopefully she'll be part of the program.<br />Though I preferred STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR to HIGH WALL, both are worth seeing...HIGH WALL is from MGM, and MGM studio head L.B. Mayer felt that every MGM film should look like an MGM film - regardless of genre or budget. One director complained that when Cedric Gibbons's art dept. created interiors for a bookie joint on one of his films "it looked like something out of "House and Garden"..." When former RKO chief Dore Schary took over as president he set out to "deglamorize" MGM's style.The Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-11516066138786191942011-01-24T22:58:30.153-08:002011-01-24T22:58:30.153-08:00Eve, a most entertaining post and the YouTube vide...Eve, a most entertaining post and the YouTube video was fantastic--very impressively assembled. I especially enjoyed your description of "Stranger on the Third Floor" and the anecdotes from Judy Wyler Sheldon.R. D. Finchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045080274131718843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-49173019366326403282011-01-24T20:49:58.527-08:002011-01-24T20:49:58.527-08:00I am so jealous!!! almost all the revival cinemas...I am so jealous!!! almost all the revival cinemas in the greater LA area are closed or torn down!! "stranger" is actually a really good B NOIR, with a great LORRE performance!!doctor sabelotodohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17753057330165133638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-57019500245341069392011-01-24T06:39:38.137-08:002011-01-24T06:39:38.137-08:00Eve, I agree your blog "rocks"!! Thank y...Eve, I agree your blog "rocks"!! Thank you for taking us along on your wonderful evening of film noir. I have not seen the films: STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR or HIGH WALL. I will be looking for them on TCM. The song "Hurdy Gurdy Man" I thought was a wonderful unexpected suprise.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476174860119487509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-3460293020268398742011-01-23T23:20:15.913-08:002011-01-23T23:20:15.913-08:00Thanks so much for those dates for the Egyptian! ...Thanks so much for those dates for the Egyptian! I've been Googling with no luck. I'm jotting the dates on my calendar! <br /><br />Envious of you getting to see THE WOMAN ON THE BEACH on a big screen. :)<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />LauraLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09626109831176745957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-86489421504927406332011-01-23T20:42:21.119-08:002011-01-23T20:42:21.119-08:00Thanks to all for your comments...FlickChick, I...Thanks to all for your comments...FlickChick, I've hoped this blog would do many things, and one of them is "rock" - thank you!<br />Also great to know that my report gave readers the experience of being there. Wish you ALL could have been...the good news is there are noir festivals throughout the U.S.<br />Gypsy...you and I are of one mind on Serena Bramble's use of Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" on the soundtrack. When it first began to play I wasn't sure what to think. But it works so perfectly and now, like you, I have the sense that it was written for the montage. I'll never hear it any other way again.<br />Laura - I hope you check back - the Noir City 9 program included an ad for L.A.'s 2011 noir fest...Mar. 31 - Apr. 17 at the Egyptian - www.egyptiantheatre.com<br />Will be back with more after Renoir's "The Woman on the Beach." Cannot wait...The Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-40134147690336038662011-01-23T19:13:14.731-08:002011-01-23T19:13:14.731-08:00Thanks so much for this report! I enjoyed my visi...Thanks so much for this report! I enjoyed my visit to Noir City at the Egyptian in L.A. last spring and hope it will be back -- I'd like to visit more often this year! Loved reading about your great evening.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />LauraLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09626109831176745957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-75857993928214394492011-01-23T12:45:37.872-08:002011-01-23T12:45:37.872-08:00Eve,
What a great evening you had! The two films...Eve, <br /><br />What a great evening you had! The two films, Laura Ellis, Eddie Muller and William Wyler’s daughter, wow! HIGH WALL seems like a film worth catching for sure. Nick Musuraca’s cinematography is the major highlight of STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR. He is one of the greats(Out of the Past, The Spiral Staircase, The Seventh Victim and many more). The montage clip is great, a tremendous overview of SF on film. Thanks for sharing your tremendous evening. I only wish I could be there for the festival.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808503055317962289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-59945427337236186592011-01-23T11:20:35.887-08:002011-01-23T11:20:35.887-08:00Lady Eve, thank you for taking me (vicariously) wi...Lady Eve, thank you for taking me (vicariously) with you and your friend to the 9th annual Noir Festival: from the first moments on a street in San Francisco to enjoying a meal and the anticipation in line, I felt I was there with you. Your reviews of both HIGH WALL and STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR were both evocative and perceptive. I agree with you regarding Audrey Totter’s role in the former and I am really jealous not to have seen the later on the large screen. I’m familiar with Alan Paul from MANHATTAN TRANSFER, as you mentioned, but I didn’t realize the group’s legacy was alive today. Laura Ellis seems to have added the “right note” to the heady mix of atmosphere (TANGERINE always evokes memories of classic films for me). Thank you also for including Serena Bramble’s montage, what an extraordinary tribute to the most (in my opinion) noir of cities. I am especially impressed that she used HURDY GURDY MAN by Donovan and not only made it work, I’m now convinced the song was written especially for this sequence. Yes, I agree with FlickChick, “your blog rocks!”whistlingypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126688373252306609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-51119393556343276222011-01-23T10:45:46.556-08:002011-01-23T10:45:46.556-08:00Thanks for taking us along.Thanks for taking us along.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-37182904010100074132011-01-23T07:29:32.909-08:002011-01-23T07:29:32.909-08:00So many films, so little time! All of your article...So many films, so little time! All of your articles are so very well written and informative. Your blog rocks!FlickChickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351624749230610755noreply@blogger.com