P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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Four Ida Lupino movies are on in September: one she directed, two she starred in, and one all-star extravaganza.

“Deep Valley” is an obscure gem—hopefully less obscure since a showing earlier this year.

• The Hitch-Hiker (1953) — Sep 2, 3pm CT

• Hollywood Canteen (1944) — Sep 12, 2pm

• Out of the Fog (1941) — Sep 16, 11am & Sep 17, 9am

• Deep Valley (1947) — Sep 21, 12:30pm CT

#tcm #noiralley #idalupinoontcm #tcmparty

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Posted: Lions, Towers & Shields 82, Diva with a Monkey. With @ShellyBrisbin your host, and @MickiMaynad @djloehr & Randy Dotinga . theincomparable.com/lts/82
We recap Sunset Boulevard.

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P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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“Week-End Marriage” (1932) — excellent performance from Loretta Young as a skilled personal secretary married to a pathetic whiner. Alas, at the end she is shamed by a doctor into giving up her lucrative career to play housemaid to the whiner. The photo on the poster symbolizes the message of the movie.

#oldhollywood #lorettayoung #precode #tcmparty

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P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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Rita Johnson, Paul Kelly and Ruth Hussey in “Within the Law” (1939). Hussey plays a woman jailed 3 years for a jewel theft she had nothing to do with who spends her prison time learning the law and plotting her revenge. Another entertaining picture from July’s B movie lineup on .

#tcm #oldhollywood #tcmparty

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P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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Ida Lupino’s breakout performance in “They Drive By Night” is often noted for her courtroom breakdown near the end. Yet my favorite parts of her performance are earlier—seeing her transition from frustrated wife to opportunistic murderer to conniving criminal to tormented psycho.

#idalupino #tcmparty

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P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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Ida Lupino, George Raft, Ann Sheridan appear to dance down the yellow brick road while working on “They Drive By Night” (1940)

#tcmparty #annsheridan #georgeraft #idalupino

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P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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Ann Sheridan day on — they are including the film with my favorite performance of hers, “It All Came True” (1940). This also features a great comic turn by Humphrey Bogart. Another fun film that doesn’t get enough attention.

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Going from Bogey and Bacall and "You know how to whistle don't you" to Octaman. I think I'm gonna give myself cinematic whiplash if I'm not careful to

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P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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Celebrating the Criterion release of “High Sierra” in 2021, I delved into the purported feud between Bogart and co-star Ida Lupino. This turns out to be a fascinating story that, fortunately, ended with the two becoming good friends.

Lupino said of Bogart many years later: "When he liked you and he believed in you, he was the most loyal, wonderful guy in the whole wide world."

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#humphreybogart #idalupino #highsierra #tcmparty

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P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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Since it is Humphrey Bogart day on , I’ll share a couple items I’ve written related to him.

Three years ago, I was distressed to discover that the dog Pard in “High Sierra” did not belong to Bogart — despite numerous internet and other sources claiming he did.

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#tcm #humphreybogart #tcmparty #highsierra

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P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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Loretta Young and Franchot Tone in “The Unguarded Hour” (1936) — a mystery story based on a series of extremely improbable coincidences. But it’s a fun ride and the supporting cast is great, with Lewis Stone, Henry Daniell, and especially Roland Young.

#oldhollywood #mysteries #lorettayoung #tcmparty

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Posted: Lions, Towers & Shields 81, I Will Defend the Weenie King. With @shellybrisbin your host, and @MickiMaynad @djloehr @ScriptoriumGirl @drdrang and Nathan Alderman. theincomparable.com/lts/81
We recap The Palm Beach Story.

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P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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“Life Begins” (1932) is one of the many Loretta Young pre-codes airing today on (10:15am CDT).

It’s a good film, but for me is more notable for a terrific Glenda Farrell performance in one of her earliest movies in Hollywood. This is the performance that really kicked off her picture career.

#tcm #tcmparty #glendafarrell #lorettayoung

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Barbara Stanwyck, filling in for columnist Mike Connelly, wrote an essay in April, 1954 extolling the talents of many of her colleagues in Hollywood.

“I'm grateful to a lot of stars for performances that thrilled me as a viewer, and, in due time, as a fellow worker. All have made me proud to have been admitted to the acting profession.”

She then goes on to discuss some details about many, starting with Walter Huston, finishing with “GARBO!”

#hollywood #barbarastanwyck #tcmparty #suts

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P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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Barbara Stanwyck, filling in for columnist Mike Connelly, wrote an essay in April, 1954 extolling the talents of many of her colleagues in Hollywood.

“I'm grateful to a lot of stars for performances that thrilled me as a viewer, and, in due time, as a fellow worker. All have made me proud to have been admitted to the acting profession.”

She then goes on to discuss some details about many, starting with Walter Huston, finishing with “GARBO!”

#hollywood #barbarastanwyck #tcmparty #suts

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P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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“Isle of Missing Men” (1942) — Another decent movie from last month’s B-movie lineup—a prison escape drama set on a remote island off Western Australia during the early years of the Pacific war. Its ending gets rather peculiar, however.

#tcm #tcmparty #bmovies #oldhollywood

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Posted: Lions, Towers & Shields 80, Weapons-Grade Winsome. With @Shelly your host, and @MickiMaynad @djloehr Randy Dotinga & Nathan Alderman. theincomparable.com/lts/80
We recap Easy Living.

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P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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Richard Arlen and Lola Lane in “Identity Unknown” (1945). An exploration of the effects of lost lives of a handful of American soldiers, this was another winner from the B-movie lineup featured on last month.

#tcm #tcmparty #oldhollywood

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P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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Ida Lupino TCM alert!

“While the City Sleeps” (1956), directed by Fritz Lang, airing tonight at 7:00pm CDT.

Lupino is part of ensemble cast of ten, also including her husband Howard Duff and her “discovery” of 7 years earlier, Sally Forrest—star of 3 of Lupino’s first 4 independent productions in 1949-‘51

#tcmparty #idalupino #sallyforrest

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Posted: Lions, Towers & Shields 79, Stock Your Noir Bar, With
@Shelly your host, and extra-special guest Eddie Muller, host of TCM’s Noir Alley and president of the Film Noir Foundation.. theincomparable.com/lts/79

#filmnoir #tcmparty

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