Russ Robinson

Attorney in Greensboro, NC. Tweets about #Hitchcock movies, #DylanLyrics, #Shakespeare scenes, and #Noirvember.

[Russ Robinson @rmrfromgso]

Photographer Jack Early (played by Howard Duff) gets what's coming to him in "Shakedown" (1950). Day 6 favorite #FilmNoir comeuppance. #NoirvemberChallenge

Director debut by Joe Pevney, who went on to have a long career, including Star Trek TV episodes. #Noirvember

[Russ Robinson @rmrfromgso]

The people of NYC helping the escaped deportee. #NoirvemberChallenge Day 5 - #FilmNoir you wish more people saw - "The Glass Wall" (1953) The deportee's impassioned "one world" speech to the empty human rights chamber in the UN. #Noirvember

[Kari Hansbarger @LadyKdesigns]

Favorite Newspaper Noir #NoirvemberChallenge
High Tide (1947). A lean, low-budget B-#filmnoir from Poverty Row, starring Lee Tracy, Don Castle, Julie Bishop, and Regis Toomey.

In this newsroom, the truth is negotiable.

[Russ Robinson @rmrfromgso]

"Scandal Sheet" (1952). Brash editor Mark Chapman (played by Broderick Crawford) pushes journalism to its sensational limits and becomes ensnared in a trap of his making. Cool shots of the presses rolling.  #NoirvemberChallenge Day 4, favorite newspaper #FilmNoir. #Noirvember

[Russ Robinson @rmrfromgso]

One of 3 movies George Raft did for Lippert Pictures. British spy film "Escape Route" (1952), released as "I'll Get You" in US. #NoirvemberChallenge Day 3. Favorite #FilmNoir recently discovered. Raft doesn't say much. Can't believe the British dame falls for him. #Noirvember

[Фантомакс @tom_isaburo]

День 2 #NoirvemberChallenge: Класичний американський нуар

In a Lonely Place (1950)
Важко собі уявити більш американський нуар, ніж класика з Боґартом. Нищівний трилер, чиєю головною інтригою є питання, чи здатний Гамфрі на вбивство. Те, що він агресивний козел - ми вже знаємо.

[Russ Robinson @rmrfromgso]

I thought I was just watching a #Hitchcock movie... #NoirvemberChallenge Day 2 "Shadow of A Doubt" (1943), #FilmNoir that made me a noir fan. It was the two Charlies (good and evil). The existential dread. The comedic subplot with father and Herb’s crime obsession… Got me hooked

[Russ Robinson @rmrfromgso]

Shot dead by the dirty cop in the cold opening. Edmond O'Brien as the cop who kills for the dream of suburbia - the two-car garage, a yard, ranch home. Day 1 #NoirvemberChallenge - Murder in opening scene of #FilmNoir. "Shield of Murder" (1954) #Noirvember

[Manu @manuthebest58]

Strangers on a Train (1951) opens with a curious sleight of foot in soliciting noir expectations. Focusing on alternating shots of paired shoes entering Union Station, offers body parts in a way reminiscent of femmes fatales introduced by ankles and gams.

[Kari Hansbarger @LadyKdesigns]

30 Days of #Noirvember 🔎 is here!

Share your #filmnoir favorites each day. Join in by tagging #NoirvemberChallenge 📽️

Thank you to everyone who submitted a prompt! Special thanks to @jauntworks for this year's artwork!

[Manu @manuthebest58]

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

#Hitchcock

[Paul Parcellin @PaulPar]

World War I| veteran Eddie Rice (John
Payne) returns to L.A. in hope of curing his battle-induced amnesia. But people there seem to know him as Eddie Ricardi, a gangster, with whom crime boss Vince Alexander (Sonny Tufts) has a score to settle. "The Crooked Way" (1949) #filmnoir

[Russ Robinson @rmrfromgso]

#Noirvember warm-up. “The Web” (1947). Musical score by Hans J. Salter drives the suspense in the last 20 minutes. And it’s a relief to learn that a likeable Ella Raines as Noel Faraday is a secretary with true intentions. #NoirvemberChallenge #FilmNoir

[Manu @manuthebest58]

Hitchcock decided to hire three actresses to record dialogue for Norman's mother, which were then mixed together until Hitchcock found the desired sound for a given scene.

The voices were recorded by Paul Jasmin, Virginia Gregg, and Jeanette Nolan.

[Manu @manuthebest58]

Downhill (1927) contained a scene filmed at Maida Vale Tube Station showing Ivor Novello descending down the station's escalator.
This excellent silent Hitchcock drama has what is probably the first use of the London Underground in a feature film.

[Manu @manuthebest58]

The way Hitchcock’s framing guides the viewer’s eye is seemingly effortless, and much like Jeff, the viewer goes through a succession of decisions as to where else to look once Hitchcock has initially directed that eye.

[Manu @manuthebest58]

Franz Waxman was born on this day (December 24) in 1906.

He was a German-born Jewish-American composer.

Filmography with Hitchcock:

Rebecca (1940) - composer
Suspicion (1941) - composer
The Paradine Case (1947) - composer
Rear Window (1954) - composer

[Russ Robinson @rmrfromgso]

#DylanLyrics “…steam shovel … to keep away the dead … / dump truck …to unload my head” (1965)

[Manu @manuthebest58]

It’s Hitchcock’s single best shot, a shot that establishes a scene, sets a tone, builds suspense and communicates plot all in one moment. Small figures in the giant floor. But the camera keeps closer, placing her in the center of this gigantic party.

[Daniel Marley @UlteriousFilm]

A loose adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel, The Secret Agent, SABOTAGE (1936) co-stars Oscar Homolka, as a terrorist; and features Desmond Tester, as a likable schoolboy who is unwittingly dispatched to deliver a bomb hidden in a package, which must arrive before 1:45 p.m.