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15/06/2026

The Joy of Hating by Princess Asa.

BLACK SUNDAY (1960), directed by the masterful Mario Bava, is one of those horror classics that's worth revisiting every October. Barbara Steele embodies both baleful wickedness as the undead witch and demure terror as her intended victim. A must watch!

Autumnal compliment hall of fame honoree: Nick Charles 🍁 🧡 🍂William Powell and Myrna Loy in THE THIN MAN GOES HOME (1944...
15/06/2026

Autumnal compliment hall of fame honoree: Nick Charles 🍁 🧡 🍂

William Powell and Myrna Loy in THE THIN MAN GOES HOME (1944).

14/06/2026

Who else has way too many lipsticks?

Soft-spoken Doris (Kim Hunter) unmasks herself as a closet lipstick hoarder to her housemates in TENDER COMRADE (1943). Of course, amidst WWII shortages and rationing, her hoarding might mean that some other poor dame didn't get her pink pout, which is why poor Doris feels bad about the whole thing. She even wrote to the FBI to confess and ask for advice, but they didn't seem too bothered.

14/06/2026

Fay Wray elegantly puts fresh reporter Lee Tracy in his place in DOCTOR X (1932). 🧪 💚

This film is one of a pair of pre-Code Warner Brothers horror movies shot in two color Technicolor, used to ghoulish effect by Michael Curtiz. Highly recommend the Warner Archive Blu-ray.

13/06/2026

Do you agree with this personality portrait of Scorpios?

One of film noir's most enigmatic women, Nancy in THE LOCKET (1946) happens to be a Scorpio, born on November 3. This horoscope scene early in the film hints at the festering darkness in her psyche, a result of childhood trauma. It's a phenomenal film that is IMO still a bit underrated given its brilliant flashback structure and chilling yet poignant central performance from Laraine Day. Totally worth seeking out. (I have the Warner Archive DVD. Physical media, baby!

12/06/2026

Honesty is the best policy. (Except for maybe when you're in night court because you punched your frenemy.) Maureen O'Hara tells it like it happened in DANCE, GIRL, DANCE (1940).



11/06/2026

Just robbing a few graves🧐🥸

While I'm generally Team Colin Clive, I will enthusiastically note that Peter Cushing is superb, especially in THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957). Cushing once said, "Old Frankenstein I hadn't really thought [of] as an evil Johnny." He compared the famous character to the notorious real-life Dr. Knox (whom he also played) in his desire to make medical progress, even by breaking the law if necessary. I think that perspective made Cushing so compelling- even if the lurid twists of the Hammer movies turned the character into a genuine rotter.

11/06/2026

Mae West was a proud Leo queen. She used her own birthday, August 17, in the horoscope scene of I'M NO ANGEL (1933). Her character's special relationship with lions is also key to the plot. West was into numerology as well as astrology. 8 was her lucky number, and she was born in the 8th month and on the 17th day and 1 + 7 = 8. At one point her vanity plate was 3 W 5: W for West and 3 + 5 = 8.

10/06/2026

Dame-on-dame violence in SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT (1946)🤌

It cracks me up that that Phyllis (Margot Woode) calls Christy (Nancy Guild) "the character with the hair" because I actually got one of the best haircuts I've had in my life by showing the hairdresser a still of Nancy Guild for this movie.

Have you ever incorporated something from a noir character's style into your own wardrobe, appearance, etc.?

From THE WRONG MAN (1956).
10/06/2026

From THE WRONG MAN (1956).

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