Caroline L.
@coffeeandnoir.bsky.social
Film & cultural historian/writer/filmmaker/thespian; researching performance styles; actors in multiple artistic roles; actor/director collaborations; Irish (McGoohan/Harris/Boyd etc.) & Scottish actors; noir (Mitchum and co); 1940s-70s; creative projects
"December in London - the soot-covered tree outside was whipping itself into a frenzy. I closed the curtains quickly, danced across the icy-cold lino, scooped up the morning's post and sat down heavily to wait while the kettle boiled."
- Len Deighton's "The IPCRESS File" (1962, p. 3)
#LenDeighton
- Len Deighton's "The IPCRESS File" (1962, p. 3)
#LenDeighton
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"December in London - the soot-covered tree outside was whipping itself into a frenzy. I closed the curtains quickly, danced across the icy-cold lino, scooped up the morning's post and sat down heavily to wait while the kettle boiled."
- Len Deighton's "The IPCRESS File" (1962, p. 3)
#LenDeighton
- Len Deighton's "The IPCRESS File" (1962, p. 3)
#LenDeighton
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"... and stood there listening. But I couldn't hear anything, because I was all shook up, and all I could get was the sound of my own heart, going bump-bump..." - James M. Cain's "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934)
#Noirvember #noirfiction #classicnoir
#Noirvember #noirfiction #classicnoir
November 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"... and stood there listening. But I couldn't hear anything, because I was all shook up, and all I could get was the sound of my own heart, going bump-bump..." - James M. Cain's "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934)
#Noirvember #noirfiction #classicnoir
#Noirvember #noirfiction #classicnoir
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
November 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Patrick McGoohan as John Drake in "Danger Man"(Episode: "English Lady Takes Lodgers," 1965)
#PatrickMcGoohan #TVnoir #Noirvember #JohnDrake
#PatrickMcGoohan #TVnoir #Noirvember #JohnDrake
November 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Patrick McGoohan as John Drake in "Danger Man"(Episode: "English Lady Takes Lodgers," 1965)
#PatrickMcGoohan #TVnoir #Noirvember #JohnDrake
#PatrickMcGoohan #TVnoir #Noirvember #JohnDrake
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"After my first visit, no amount of persuasion could induce me to step foot upon the Wilton train." (p. 20)
- "Laura" by Vera Caspary
#Noirvember #VeraCaspary #noirfiction
- "Laura" by Vera Caspary
#Noirvember #VeraCaspary #noirfiction
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"After my first visit, no amount of persuasion could induce me to step foot upon the Wilton train." (p. 20)
- "Laura" by Vera Caspary
#Noirvember #VeraCaspary #noirfiction
- "Laura" by Vera Caspary
#Noirvember #VeraCaspary #noirfiction
William Holden as Joe Gillis in Billy Wilder's "Sunset Boulevard" (1950)
#Noirvember
#Noirvember
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
William Holden as Joe Gillis in Billy Wilder's "Sunset Boulevard" (1950)
#Noirvember
#Noirvember
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
October 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Birthday Boy Mitchum
(born on 6 August 1917)
(born on 6 August 1917)
August 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Birthday Boy Mitchum
(born on 6 August 1917)
(born on 6 August 1917)
Robert Mitchum
(6 August 1917 - 1 July 1997)
(6 August 1917 - 1 July 1997)
August 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Robert Mitchum
(6 August 1917 - 1 July 1997)
(6 August 1917 - 1 July 1997)
O'Toole Day (2 August 1932)
August 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
O'Toole Day (2 August 1932)
Peter Seamus O'Toole (2 August 1932 - 14 December 2013)
August 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Peter Seamus O'Toole (2 August 1932 - 14 December 2013)