Murder, My Sweet (Dec. 9, 1944)
Dick Powell was known as a song-and-dance man when he was cast as hard-boiled dick Philip Marlowe in this adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s novel Farewell, My Lovely. He nailed the role by not...
View ArticleDuel in the Sun (Dec. 31, 1946)
Producer David O. Selznick was never able to equal the success of Gone With the Wind (which received the Oscar for best picture in 1939), but it wasn’t for lack of trying. His next film, Rebecca...
View ArticleSmart Woman (April 30, 1948)
Edward A. Blatt’s Smart Woman is a film of “lasts.” It was the last screenplay for which Alvah Bessie received a credit. (Louis Morheim and Herbert Margolies are also credited for the screenplay, from...
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