Tommy Krasker
@tommykrasker.bsky.social
Husband to @philipchaffin.bsky.social. 🌈 Daddy to Gregory. 🐶 I run the record label PS Classics, and write about vintage TV and vintage film. https://thatsallsiknow.blogspot.com
Day 20 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Gambling Scene in a #FilmNoir
The rigged poker game in DARK CITY (1950). Director William Dieterle’s canted angles, telling two-shots and smoke-filled room – revealing some hands but not others – creates a card game as tense as any I’ve seen onscreen.
Favorite Gambling Scene in a #FilmNoir
The rigged poker game in DARK CITY (1950). Director William Dieterle’s canted angles, telling two-shots and smoke-filled room – revealing some hands but not others – creates a card game as tense as any I’ve seen onscreen.
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Day 20 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Gambling Scene in a #FilmNoir
The rigged poker game in DARK CITY (1950). Director William Dieterle’s canted angles, telling two-shots and smoke-filled room – revealing some hands but not others – creates a card game as tense as any I’ve seen onscreen.
Favorite Gambling Scene in a #FilmNoir
The rigged poker game in DARK CITY (1950). Director William Dieterle’s canted angles, telling two-shots and smoke-filled room – revealing some hands but not others – creates a card game as tense as any I’ve seen onscreen.
A line you’d hear only in noir. A look you’d see only in noir. #FilmNoirClub #TheKilling #Noirvember
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A line you’d hear only in noir. A look you’d see only in noir. #FilmNoirClub #TheKilling #Noirvember
Day 18 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite #FilmNoir MacGuffin
The STOLEN CHEMICAL FORMULA in ‘This Gun for Hire.’ Just an excuse to bring together one of the greatest pairings in all of noir.
Favorite #FilmNoir MacGuffin
The STOLEN CHEMICAL FORMULA in ‘This Gun for Hire.’ Just an excuse to bring together one of the greatest pairings in all of noir.
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Day 18 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite #FilmNoir MacGuffin
The STOLEN CHEMICAL FORMULA in ‘This Gun for Hire.’ Just an excuse to bring together one of the greatest pairings in all of noir.
Favorite #FilmNoir MacGuffin
The STOLEN CHEMICAL FORMULA in ‘This Gun for Hire.’ Just an excuse to bring together one of the greatest pairings in all of noir.
Oh my gosh, I so completely relate. Philip was running a 5K last weekend, and the whole time he was gone, Gregory stood staring at the front door, waiting for his return.
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Oh my gosh, I so completely relate. Philip was running a 5K last weekend, and the whole time he was gone, Gregory stood staring at the front door, waiting for his return.
I posted a new #ClassicFilm essay: THE CURIOUS CAREER OF JAMES CRAIG, about an actor both made and broken by the studio system – and in less than five years. I think it’s a fascinating story; if you love classic film, I hope you’ll take a look. thatsallsiknow.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-... #FilmSky 🎥
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I posted a new #ClassicFilm essay: THE CURIOUS CAREER OF JAMES CRAIG, about an actor both made and broken by the studio system – and in less than five years. I think it’s a fascinating story; if you love classic film, I hope you’ll take a look. thatsallsiknow.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-... #FilmSky 🎥
Day 16 #NoirvemberChallenge
Lesser-Known #FilmNoir Everyone Should See
THE ACCUSED (1949), a feminist response to the misogyny that overran the film industry in the 1940s. Dazzling performance by Loretta Young as a psychology professor who kills the student who rapes her, then covers up her crime.
Lesser-Known #FilmNoir Everyone Should See
THE ACCUSED (1949), a feminist response to the misogyny that overran the film industry in the 1940s. Dazzling performance by Loretta Young as a psychology professor who kills the student who rapes her, then covers up her crime.
November 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Day 16 #NoirvemberChallenge
Lesser-Known #FilmNoir Everyone Should See
THE ACCUSED (1949), a feminist response to the misogyny that overran the film industry in the 1940s. Dazzling performance by Loretta Young as a psychology professor who kills the student who rapes her, then covers up her crime.
Lesser-Known #FilmNoir Everyone Should See
THE ACCUSED (1949), a feminist response to the misogyny that overran the film industry in the 1940s. Dazzling performance by Loretta Young as a psychology professor who kills the student who rapes her, then covers up her crime.
20 years ago today, I produced the New B’way Cast Album of #SweeneyTodd. It nabbed me my 6th Grammy nod (of 12). Ben Magnuson, who played Anthony (plus cello & piano), video’d me speaking to the cast before the sessions. I never allowed camera crews in the studio, but I’m awfully glad to have this.😊
November 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
20 years ago today, I produced the New B’way Cast Album of #SweeneyTodd. It nabbed me my 6th Grammy nod (of 12). Ben Magnuson, who played Anthony (plus cello & piano), video’d me speaking to the cast before the sessions. I never allowed camera crews in the studio, but I’m awfully glad to have this.😊
Day 15 #NoirvemberChallenge
#FilmNoir Character You'd Trust the Least with Your Secrets
That would be psychologist LILITH RITTER (Helen Walker) in Nightmare Alley (1947). Not really someone bound by the rules of doctor-patient confidentiality.
#FilmNoir Character You'd Trust the Least with Your Secrets
That would be psychologist LILITH RITTER (Helen Walker) in Nightmare Alley (1947). Not really someone bound by the rules of doctor-patient confidentiality.
November 15, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Day 15 #NoirvemberChallenge
#FilmNoir Character You'd Trust the Least with Your Secrets
That would be psychologist LILITH RITTER (Helen Walker) in Nightmare Alley (1947). Not really someone bound by the rules of doctor-patient confidentiality.
#FilmNoir Character You'd Trust the Least with Your Secrets
That would be psychologist LILITH RITTER (Helen Walker) in Nightmare Alley (1947). Not really someone bound by the rules of doctor-patient confidentiality.
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
1. Been looking for this for years. Didn’t disappoint. Tense & surprising.
2. Sophisticated romance. Edward Ellis (the original Thin Man) is a standout.
3. Via #filmnoirclub. A classic.
4. Gives noirs a bad name. I was three step ahead throughout.
#FilmSky 🎥
1. Been looking for this for years. Didn’t disappoint. Tense & surprising.
2. Sophisticated romance. Edward Ellis (the original Thin Man) is a standout.
3. Via #filmnoirclub. A classic.
4. Gives noirs a bad name. I was three step ahead throughout.
#FilmSky 🎥
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
1. Been looking for this for years. Didn’t disappoint. Tense & surprising.
2. Sophisticated romance. Edward Ellis (the original Thin Man) is a standout.
3. Via #filmnoirclub. A classic.
4. Gives noirs a bad name. I was three step ahead throughout.
#FilmSky 🎥
1. Been looking for this for years. Didn’t disappoint. Tense & surprising.
2. Sophisticated romance. Edward Ellis (the original Thin Man) is a standout.
3. Via #filmnoirclub. A classic.
4. Gives noirs a bad name. I was three step ahead throughout.
#FilmSky 🎥
They say it never rains in Southern California, but looks like we’re in for some stormy weather. So in that spirit, here’s a clip from #KnotsLanding Season 3, in which Lilimae cautions Val about Gary’s affair with Abby. The relevance will become clear by the end. 😊 @cbsknotslanding.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
They say it never rains in Southern California, but looks like we’re in for some stormy weather. So in that spirit, here’s a clip from #KnotsLanding Season 3, in which Lilimae cautions Val about Gary’s affair with Abby. The relevance will become clear by the end. 😊 @cbsknotslanding.bsky.social
Day 14 #NoirvemberChallenge
Who's on the #FilmNoir Mount Rushmore?
I’m going with the four stars of THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS. How many great noirs among them? 15? 20?
Who's on the #FilmNoir Mount Rushmore?
I’m going with the four stars of THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS. How many great noirs among them? 15? 20?
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Day 14 #NoirvemberChallenge
Who's on the #FilmNoir Mount Rushmore?
I’m going with the four stars of THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS. How many great noirs among them? 15? 20?
Who's on the #FilmNoir Mount Rushmore?
I’m going with the four stars of THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS. How many great noirs among them? 15? 20?
Day 13 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Low-Budget B #FilmNoir
Joseph Lerner’s GUILTY BYSTANDER (1950), starring Zachary Scott: one of the seediest, sleaziest visions of New York City committed to film, with Scott, Mary Boland and Kay Medford cleverly cast against type. Currently on Criterion.
Favorite Low-Budget B #FilmNoir
Joseph Lerner’s GUILTY BYSTANDER (1950), starring Zachary Scott: one of the seediest, sleaziest visions of New York City committed to film, with Scott, Mary Boland and Kay Medford cleverly cast against type. Currently on Criterion.
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Day 13 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Low-Budget B #FilmNoir
Joseph Lerner’s GUILTY BYSTANDER (1950), starring Zachary Scott: one of the seediest, sleaziest visions of New York City committed to film, with Scott, Mary Boland and Kay Medford cleverly cast against type. Currently on Criterion.
Favorite Low-Budget B #FilmNoir
Joseph Lerner’s GUILTY BYSTANDER (1950), starring Zachary Scott: one of the seediest, sleaziest visions of New York City committed to film, with Scott, Mary Boland and Kay Medford cleverly cast against type. Currently on Criterion.
Here’s my favorite #MildredPierce reference in pop culture, from the Designing Women episode in which Mary Jo realizes she’s in sexual competition with her own daughter – and Charlene goes off on a tangent. #FilmNoirClub #Noirvember
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Here’s my favorite #MildredPierce reference in pop culture, from the Designing Women episode in which Mary Jo realizes she’s in sexual competition with her own daughter – and Charlene goes off on a tangent. #FilmNoirClub #Noirvember
Crawford is so good here. Amazing to think she had to do a screen test to get this role, because she was coming off so many flops at Metro. #FilmNoirClub #MildredPierce #Noirvember
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Crawford is so good here. Amazing to think she had to do a screen test to get this role, because she was coming off so many flops at Metro. #FilmNoirClub #MildredPierce #Noirvember
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
“Look at the camera,” I said to Gregory, snapping my fingers beside the phone so he’d know where to look. 17 attempts later, this is the closest we got. 🤷♂️ Oh well, happy Wednesday. 😊❤️🐶
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“Look at the camera,” I said to Gregory, snapping my fingers beside the phone so he’d know where to look. 17 attempts later, this is the closest we got. 🤷♂️ Oh well, happy Wednesday. 😊❤️🐶
Day 12 #NoirvemberChallenge
Sexiest #FilmNoir
PRIVATE HELL 36. Cop Steve Cochran dips into stolen loot, then convinces his partner (Howard Duff) and his lady (Ida Lupino) to keep quiet – in essence, seducing them both. (This promo shot never appears in the film, but makes the subtext pretty clear.)
Sexiest #FilmNoir
PRIVATE HELL 36. Cop Steve Cochran dips into stolen loot, then convinces his partner (Howard Duff) and his lady (Ida Lupino) to keep quiet – in essence, seducing them both. (This promo shot never appears in the film, but makes the subtext pretty clear.)
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Day 12 #NoirvemberChallenge
Sexiest #FilmNoir
PRIVATE HELL 36. Cop Steve Cochran dips into stolen loot, then convinces his partner (Howard Duff) and his lady (Ida Lupino) to keep quiet – in essence, seducing them both. (This promo shot never appears in the film, but makes the subtext pretty clear.)
Sexiest #FilmNoir
PRIVATE HELL 36. Cop Steve Cochran dips into stolen loot, then convinces his partner (Howard Duff) and his lady (Ida Lupino) to keep quiet – in essence, seducing them both. (This promo shot never appears in the film, but makes the subtext pretty clear.)
Day 11 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Bar Scene in a #FilmNoir
How about a hostage situation that plays out in a bar – in real time – in DIAL 1119? The man with the gun is former soldier Gunther Wyckoff (Marshall Thompson). He’s the classic noir character who didn’t weather the war well. Or is he? 🤷♂️
Favorite Bar Scene in a #FilmNoir
How about a hostage situation that plays out in a bar – in real time – in DIAL 1119? The man with the gun is former soldier Gunther Wyckoff (Marshall Thompson). He’s the classic noir character who didn’t weather the war well. Or is he? 🤷♂️
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Day 11 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Bar Scene in a #FilmNoir
How about a hostage situation that plays out in a bar – in real time – in DIAL 1119? The man with the gun is former soldier Gunther Wyckoff (Marshall Thompson). He’s the classic noir character who didn’t weather the war well. Or is he? 🤷♂️
Favorite Bar Scene in a #FilmNoir
How about a hostage situation that plays out in a bar – in real time – in DIAL 1119? The man with the gun is former soldier Gunther Wyckoff (Marshall Thompson). He’s the classic noir character who didn’t weather the war well. Or is he? 🤷♂️
This is the first time four of my rose bushes have blossomed at the same time, so in honor of that – and the unexpectedly rosy Supreme Court decision this morning – let’s do some #BloomScrolling. 😊🌹
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is the first time four of my rose bushes have blossomed at the same time, so in honor of that – and the unexpectedly rosy Supreme Court decision this morning – let’s do some #BloomScrolling. 😊🌹
Gregory ready for Palm Springs Pride.
November 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Gregory ready for Palm Springs Pride.
Day 8 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Line in a #FilmNoir
I instantly thought of Shelley Winters’ “If that’s your kid sister, I’m a boa constrictor with high heels” from LARCENY, and my rewatch with the #FilmNoirClub this past week confirmed it. Makes me laugh every time. Laughter is good. 😊
Favorite Line in a #FilmNoir
I instantly thought of Shelley Winters’ “If that’s your kid sister, I’m a boa constrictor with high heels” from LARCENY, and my rewatch with the #FilmNoirClub this past week confirmed it. Makes me laugh every time. Laughter is good. 😊
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Day 8 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Line in a #FilmNoir
I instantly thought of Shelley Winters’ “If that’s your kid sister, I’m a boa constrictor with high heels” from LARCENY, and my rewatch with the #FilmNoirClub this past week confirmed it. Makes me laugh every time. Laughter is good. 😊
Favorite Line in a #FilmNoir
I instantly thought of Shelley Winters’ “If that’s your kid sister, I’m a boa constrictor with high heels” from LARCENY, and my rewatch with the #FilmNoirClub this past week confirmed it. Makes me laugh every time. Laughter is good. 😊
Oldest selfie on your phone.
Me and Philip dressed to go to the Met, November 2014.
Me and Philip dressed to go to the Met, November 2014.
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Oldest selfie on your phone.
Me and Philip dressed to go to the Met, November 2014.
Me and Philip dressed to go to the Met, November 2014.
Day 7 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite #FilmNoir Dream Sequence
Well, it’s more a hallucination than a dream, but how can I not acknowledge Don Birnam (Ray Milland) undergoing the DTs in THE LOST WEEKEND (1945), to me the greatest of the “crime-less” noirs?
Favorite #FilmNoir Dream Sequence
Well, it’s more a hallucination than a dream, but how can I not acknowledge Don Birnam (Ray Milland) undergoing the DTs in THE LOST WEEKEND (1945), to me the greatest of the “crime-less” noirs?
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Day 7 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite #FilmNoir Dream Sequence
Well, it’s more a hallucination than a dream, but how can I not acknowledge Don Birnam (Ray Milland) undergoing the DTs in THE LOST WEEKEND (1945), to me the greatest of the “crime-less” noirs?
Favorite #FilmNoir Dream Sequence
Well, it’s more a hallucination than a dream, but how can I not acknowledge Don Birnam (Ray Milland) undergoing the DTs in THE LOST WEEKEND (1945), to me the greatest of the “crime-less” noirs?
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
1. Edward Arnold is a blind PI whose dog can scale walls & open doors. You gotta see this.
2. Ann Harding & Laurence Olivier romanticize abuse. Awful.
3. 91 min of bliss. A favorite.
4. Via the #filmnoirclub. Thanks, @jauntworksstudio.bsky.social.
#FilmSky 🎥
1. Edward Arnold is a blind PI whose dog can scale walls & open doors. You gotta see this.
2. Ann Harding & Laurence Olivier romanticize abuse. Awful.
3. 91 min of bliss. A favorite.
4. Via the #filmnoirclub. Thanks, @jauntworksstudio.bsky.social.
#FilmSky 🎥
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
1. Edward Arnold is a blind PI whose dog can scale walls & open doors. You gotta see this.
2. Ann Harding & Laurence Olivier romanticize abuse. Awful.
3. 91 min of bliss. A favorite.
4. Via the #filmnoirclub. Thanks, @jauntworksstudio.bsky.social.
#FilmSky 🎥
1. Edward Arnold is a blind PI whose dog can scale walls & open doors. You gotta see this.
2. Ann Harding & Laurence Olivier romanticize abuse. Awful.
3. 91 min of bliss. A favorite.
4. Via the #filmnoirclub. Thanks, @jauntworksstudio.bsky.social.
#FilmSky 🎥
Day 6 #NoirvemberChallenge
Coolest #FilmNoir Character
Well, I’m defining “cool“ as “slick,” so the award goes to JERRY SLOCUM (Lloyd Bridges) in The Sound of Fury, as the criminal dandy who persuades Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) to drive a getaway car. Every line feels like a slippery seduction.
Coolest #FilmNoir Character
Well, I’m defining “cool“ as “slick,” so the award goes to JERRY SLOCUM (Lloyd Bridges) in The Sound of Fury, as the criminal dandy who persuades Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) to drive a getaway car. Every line feels like a slippery seduction.
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Day 6 #NoirvemberChallenge
Coolest #FilmNoir Character
Well, I’m defining “cool“ as “slick,” so the award goes to JERRY SLOCUM (Lloyd Bridges) in The Sound of Fury, as the criminal dandy who persuades Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) to drive a getaway car. Every line feels like a slippery seduction.
Coolest #FilmNoir Character
Well, I’m defining “cool“ as “slick,” so the award goes to JERRY SLOCUM (Lloyd Bridges) in The Sound of Fury, as the criminal dandy who persuades Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) to drive a getaway car. Every line feels like a slippery seduction.