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.

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.😊

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

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

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. 😊

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?