Top Tweets for #NoirChecklist
#NoirChecklist for #WomanOnTheRun:
-Murder two minutes in
-Iconic San Francisco locations
-Gravel-voiced cop
-Gabby bartender
-Nightclub scene (in Chinatown)
-Dennis O’Keefe Dennis O’Keefe-ing
-A guy named Smiley
-More trenchcoats than the London Fog Xmas Sale
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#NoirChecklist for #WithoutPity:
-Naive, wrongly accused protagonist
-Worldly-wise prison friend
-Floozies aplenty
-Post-war black market dealings
-Creepy, well-dressed villain
-Quirky talkative bit characters
-Nightclub scene(s)
-His and hers jailbreaks!
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
Although it pre-dates the “official” birth of noir in the mid-40s, #TheyDriveByNight checks a lot of boxes on the #NoirChecklist:
-Femme fatale married to older rich guy
-Good girl vs. bad girl
-Honest brothers battling corrupt system
-Innocent guy wrongly on trial #TCMParty
#NoirChecklist for #DeadlineAtDawn:
-Naive sap protagonist meets…
-Worldly-wise dance hall floozy
-Overly helpful cabbie
-Whoops, a body!
-Quirky bit characters
-Master of shadows Nick Musuraca behind the lens
- Does this plot come with maybe a PDF manual?
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
#NoirChecklist for #Suspense:
-Drifter with a past gets a job with…
-Older guy married to hot young wife
-Musical interludes (but on ice!)
-Floozy from the past
-Dead guy from the past?
-Adultery! Blackmail! Murder! Overly dramatic score!
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
#NoirChecklist for #ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice:
-First-person flashback narration
-Obsessed protagonist
-Scheming femme fatale
-Older schlemiel husband
-Nosy cop, crafty DA, sharpy lawyer, quickie trial
-Every guy's a sap, every gal's a floozy!
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
#NoirChecklist for #BlackGravel:
-Bleak post-war setting
-Amoral protagonist
-War profiteering
-Pet murder
-Nightclub floozies aplenty
-Woman trying to escape her past
-Two-timing wife
-Star-crossed young lovers
-Mein Gott, this ain’t Hogan’s Heroes!
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
#NoirChecklist for #TheFallenIdol:
-Horribly imperious housemaid/wife
-Henpecked hubby driven perhaps a BIT too far
-Illicit affair
-Big creepy house
-Precocious kid who gets in the way
-Pet murder
-Spouse murder?
-More Dutch angles than a Rotterdam geometry class
#TCMParty
#NoirChecklist for #ActOfViolence:
-Creepy bitter damaged veteran(s)
-Robert Ryan playing above
-1940’s LA locations
-Floozy with a heart of gold
-Sleazy conniving lawyer
-Just 82 nail-biting minutes
-I mean, look at that title!
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
#NoirChecklist for #IWalkAlone:
-Expository flashback
-Partner double-cross
-Bitter ex-con who took the rap
-Blonde two-timing floozy nightclub chanteuse
-Sexy musical number from above
-Snappy metaphor-filled dialogue
-Lizabeth Scott’s incredible eyebrows!
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
#NoirChecklist for #SplitSecond:
-Opening narration (via loudspeaker)
-Cops dropping exposition like nuclear fallout
-Blonde floozy down on her luck
-Wisecracking reporter
-Boozy two-timing wife
-Sweaty Stephen McNally
-Nick Musuraca's radioactive shadows!
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
#NoirChecklist for #OutOfThePast:
-Flashback/narration/past catching up
-Good girl vs. bad girl
-Larceny, murder, blackmail, oh my!
-Ace noir lensman Nick Musuraca
-More exotic locales than the Love Boat
-Greer in that dress, Mitchum in that trenchcoat!
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
If, like me, you've been suffering #NoirAlley withdrawals during #SUTS, tonight is the night for jonesin' noiristas to assemble for one of the greats of noirdom, #OutOfThePast! Join me in the shadows as I dust off the venerable #NoirChecklist! #TCMParty
#NoirChecklist for #TheKilling:
-Clipped narration
-Crooked cop in debt
-Two-timing Marie Windsor
-Weaselly Elisha Cook
-Daring inside job heist
-The great Lucien Ballard providing the shadows
-Sterling Hayden, Vince Edwards, and every plug-ugly mug in Hollywood! #TCMParty
#NoirChecklist for #RedLight:
-Immediate flashback
-One brother’s a thug, one is a priest
-S.F. AND L.A. (studio) locations
-Barton MacLane as hard-bitten cop
-Raymond Burr is pissed!
-Gabby supporting character trifecta: hotel maid, bellhop, AND desk clerk
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
#NoirChecklist for #ArmoredCarRobbery:
-No nonsense title
-1950s LA locations
-Two-timing floozy
-Daring heist with disguises
-Hero cop's wisecracking partner buys it
-Charles McGraw, Steve Brodie, AND William Talman!
-More chiseled jawlines than Mt. Rushmore
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
#NoirChecklist for #TheLocket:
-Multiple narrators
-Smoke cloud flashback
-Shadowy flashback
-Childhood flashback
-Painting flashback
-More flashbacks than Timothy Leary’s medical file
- Nick Musuraca bringing both chiaro AND scuro.
-Mitchum’s droopy eyelids! #TCMParty #NoirAlley
@marcik @hey_leia @RidinSkittles Thanks for the shoutout, Marci! I’ve been swamped with work so I missed this week’s #NoirAlley, but I’ll be back on the case next week with the #NoirChecklist!
#NoirChecklist for #TomorrowIsAnotherDay
-Ex-con who is somehow still naïve
-Cop drops exposition in first scene
-Sleazy diner
-Sleazy dance hall
-Sleazy dance-hall floozys
-Brutish ex-boyfriend…
-who’s a crooked cop!
-Steve Cochran’s Scorsese-esque eyebrows
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
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