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Friday, September 6, 2024

National Read a Book Day - September 6:

Just one more chapter ...

I'm not addicted to reading.
I can quit as soon as I finish one more chapter.

Zelda Popkin, on writing:

Inspiration is just one requirement for being a writer.

Another is keeping regular working hours.
- Zelda Popkin.

Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959

by Michael F. Keaney.

Published by McFarland & Company.
Paperback.

Published in 2010.

ISBN-10: 078646366X
ISBN-13: 978-0786463664

Description:

More than 700 films from the classic period of film noir (1940 to 1959) are presented in this exhaustive reference book – such films as The Accused, Among the Living, The Asphalt Jungle, Baby Face Nelson, Bait, The Beat Generation, Crossfire, Dark Passage, I Walk Alone, The Las Vegas Story, The Naked City, Strangers on a Train, White Heat, and The Window. For each film, the following information is provided: the title, release date, main performers, screenwriter(s), director(s), type of noir, thematic content, a rating based on the five-star system, and a plot synopsis that does not reveal the ending.