Special note regarding Elizabeth's Altered Book Lover blog:I'm sure you already know, but Elizabeth has been locked out of her usual blogand can currently be seen on
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Too Late for Tears is a 1949 film noir. I have a soft spot for this genre film but hadn't heard of this movie until I happened across it online. It's said to have quite the cult following.
Noir of the Week says,
The character of Jane Palmer, played here with such delectable and duplicitous precision by Lizabeth Scott stands in the Dark Dame Film Noir Hall of Fame along with the infamous Cora Smith (luscious Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice) and deadly Phyllis Dietrichson (steely Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity).The Chicago Tribune says, "The movie failed to find much of an audience in its own time. It looks a little better every year." DVD Talk says, "The direction is tight, the pacing is quick and the story is tense. This works and it works well." TCM has an overview.
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I haven't heard of this one.
ReplyDeleteThere are so _many_ of them!
DeleteI am not familiar with this one
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter!
Me either. Honestly, every time I think I've watched most of them I find a new list lol
DeleteYou even found an appropriate film to support Elizabeth! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteHAPPY EASTER!!!
Hugs, Susi
Tears, indeed :( It'd be hard to get locked out of the blog, especially since I moderate comments and wouldn't be able to publish them. :(
DeleteSounds good, I have bookmarked it for later - I need a few days heavy rain to keep me inside long enough to catch up! By the way, I got Dune on my Kindle for 99 cents. Valerie
ReplyDeleteRainy days are good for watching noir :) I do hope you like Dune!
DeleteThe thing that bothered me the whole time was her taking the chain off and opening the door when she knew there could be someone she didn't want to see on the other side. Why have a chain at all I kept wondering--LOL!
ReplyDeleteAnyways, was pretty good. Hard to believe the sister married that guy with just finding out he wasn't who he said he was and hardly knowing him, but true love, I guess.
That was one wicked, cold-blooded, greedy woman!! ;)
Chains on doors are notoriously useless anyway, aren't they! Like that would stop somebody lol But yes, why have it and then cavalierly take it off. The heartless, hard women in noir really had a chance to try to work their will on the male saps.
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