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Recommended reading - L.A. Noir: Nine Dark Visions of the City of Angels

L.A. Noir: Nine Dark Visions of the City of Angels

L.A. Noir: Nine Dark Visions of the City of Angels
by William Hare.
 
Published by McFarland & Company.
Published in 2008.
Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 0786437405
ISBN-13: 978-0786437405
 
Description:
 

Los Angeles is an ideal city for film noir for both economic and aesthetic reasons. The largest metropolitan area in the country, home to an ever-changing population of the disillusioned and in close proximity to city, mountains, ocean, and desert, the City of Angels became a center of American film noir.

 

This detailed discussion of nine films explores such topics as why certain settings are appropriate for film noir, why L.A. has been a favorite of authors such as Raymond Chandler, and relevant political developments in the area. The films are also examined in terms of story content as well as how they developed in the project stage. Utilizing a number of quotes from interviews, the work examines actors, directors, and others involved with the films, touching on their careers and details of their time in L.A. The major films covered are The Big Sleep, Criss Cross, D.O.A., In A Lonely Place, The Blue Gardenia, Kiss Me Deadly, The Killing, Chinatown, and L.A. Confidential.

Born on this day – J. B. Priestley:

J. B. Priestley

Writer

September 13, 1894 – August 14, 1984

Credits:

Books:

A Visit to New Zealand (1974); Adam in Moonshine (1927); An Inspector Calls (1948); Angel Pavement (1930); Benighted (1927); Beyond Time (2019); Black Water (1983); Black-Out in Gretley (1942); Bodley Head Leacock (1957); Bright Day (1946); Britain Under Fire (1942); Charles Dickens and His World (1961); Classics of the Supernatural (1998); Daylight On Saturday (1944); Delight (1949); Dragon's Mouth (1952); English Humour (1929); English Journey (1934); Essays of Today and Yesterday (1935); Faraway (1932); Farthing Hall (1929); Festival at Farbridge (1951); Figures in Modern Literature (1924); Found, Lost, Found (1976); George Meredith (1926); Ghosts for Christmas (1988); Hauntings (1968); I for One (1923); I Have Been Here Before (1938); I'll Tell You Everything (1932); Instead of the Trees (1977); It's An Old Country (1967); Jenny Villiers (1947); Johnson over Jordan (1939); Journey Down a Rainbow (1955); Let the People Sing (1939); Letter To A Returning Serviceman (1945); Literature and Western Man (1960); London End (1968); London Stories (2013); Lost Empires (1965); Low Notes on a High Level (1954); Man and Time (1964); Margin Released (1962); Medley Macabre (1966); Midnight On the Desert (1937); My Six Favorite Plays (1978); Open House (1927); Our Nation's Heritage (1939); Out of the People (1941); Out of Town (1968); Outcries and Asides (1974); Over The Long High Wall (1972); Papers from Lilliput (1922); Particular Pleasures (1975); Postscripts aka Britain Speaks (1940); Rain Upon Godshill (1938); Realms of Darkness (1985); Salt is Leaving (1966); Saturn Over the Water (1961); Self-Selected Essays (1937); Sir Michael and Sir George (1966); Snoggle (1971); Spirits of the Season (2018); Stories of the Occult (1978); Tales of the Dark 3 (1988); Talking (1926); The 31st of June (1961); The 6th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1970); The Art of the Dramatist (1957); The Balconinny (1930); The Book of Bodley Head Verse (1926); The Carfitt Crisis (1975); The Doomsday Men (1938); The Edwardians (1970); The English (1971); The English Comic Characters (1925); The Good Companions (1929); The Great Book of Humour (1935); The Happy Dream (1976); The High Toby (1948); The Magicians (1954); The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936); The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998); The Masque of the Red Death (1964); The Other Place (1953); The Plays of J.B. Priestley - Volume I (1949); The Plays of J.B. Priestley - Volume II (1949); The Plays of J.B. Priestley - Volume III (1950); The Prince of Pleasure (1969); The Second Omnibus Book (1930); The Shapes of Sleep (1962); The Silver Ship (1932); The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume Three (2018); The Wonderful World of the Theatre (1959); Theatre Outlook (1947); They Walk in the City (1936); Thomas Love Peacock (1966); Thoughts in the Wilderness (1957); Three Men in New Suits (1945); Time and the Conways (1937); Time Travelers (1997); Trumpets Over the Sea (1968); Victoria's Heyday (1972); When We Were Married (1938); Wonder Hero (1933).

Movies and television:

1940: A Reminiscence by J.B. Priestley (1965); A Severed Head (1971); Actor's Studio (1950); Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z (1957); Alta comedia (1971–1974); An Evening with J.B. Priestley (1973); An Inspector Calls (1948 / 1954 / 1982 / 2015 / 2018 / 2020); Angel Pavement (1957–1967); Anoihtoi logariasmoi (2000); Armchair Theatre (1957); Au théâtre ce soir (1971–1979); Battle for Music (1943); BBC Play of the Month (1974–1983); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959); BBC: The Voice of Britain (1935); Bees on the Boat-Deck (1939); Beshenoe zoloto (1977); Bright Shadow (1950); Britain at Bay (1940); Celebrity Playhouse (1981); Ci sono già stato (1954); Conflict (1967); Conversations for Tomorrow (1964); Cornelius (1938); Dangerous Corner (1934 / 1946 / 1949 / 1965); De roos en de kroon (1963); Det er fra politiet (1960); Die Conways und die Zeit (1958); Die glücklichen Jahre der Thorwalds (1962); Die Zeit und die Conways (1960); Doctor Who: The Cravat Doctor Adventures (2018); Doomsday for Dyson (1958); Eden End (1977); El teatro (1974); El temps i els Conway (1993); En inspektør ringer på (1961); Enas epitheoritis erhetai (1999); Encounter (1954); Ergens ligt een stad... (1964); Essi arrivarono a una città (1961); Estudio 1 (1967–2000); Gefährliche Kurve (1957); Gendel i gangstery (1967); Grande Teatro Tupi (1963); Great British Railway Journeys (2023); H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956); Het begon in het paradijs (1960); Hidden History: The Lost Portraits of Bradford (2019); How the BBC Began (2022); I Have Been Here Before (1949 / 1964); Il tempo e la famiglia Conway (1954); In Front of the Children (1982); Inspektor Gull (1979); Inspektor sa vracia (1972); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1963); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1958); Jamaica Inn (1939); Jenny Villiers (1948); Kraft Theatre (1947–1951); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1948); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955); Laburnum Grove (1936 / 1938 / 1947); Last Holiday (1950 / 2006); Let the People Sing (1942); Little Ships (2010); Look Up and Laugh (1935); Lost City (1958); Lost Empires (1986); Matinee Theatre (1958); Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon (1955); Music at Night (1952); Omnibus (1968–1969); On the Road (1980); On Trial (1960); One Man's Week (1971); One Pair of Eyes (1973); Onkel Phils Nachlaß (1965); Out of the Unknown (1966); Paradies auf erden (1967); Performance (1994); Playdate (1964); Primera fila (1963–1965); Prizraki zelyonoy komnaty (1992); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951); Salute to America (1939); Sau Jhooth Ek Sach (2004); Seit Adam und Eva (1955 / 1962); Shadows (1975); Silberhochzeit!?! (2015); Sing As We Go! (1934); Skandalnoye proishestviye v Brikmille (1981); Snoggl (1993); Snuki (1978); Somewhere in France (1942); Studio One (1952–1958); Summer Day's Dream (1949); Suspeita (1958); Tarkastaja tulee (1964); Teatro estudio (1977); Television Theater (1997); Teper pust ukhodit (1963); Thana Theke Aschi (1965 / 2010); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); The Germans Are Coming (2005); The Good Companions (1933 / 1949 / 1957 / 1980 / 1981); The Linden Tree (1949); The Long Mirror (1948); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1961); The Old Dark House (1932 / 1963); The Princess Comes Across (1936); The Rose and Crown (1946 / 1956 / 1963); The Time and the Conways (1966); The Venetian Door (1966); The Wednesday Play (1968); The Winslow Boy / A Touch of Venus (1969); The World at War (1973–1974); They Came to a City (1944); Thursday Theatre (1964–1965); Time and the Conways (1985); Timeshift (2015); To theatro tis Defteras (1976); To theatro ton neon (1973); Today (1968); Treasure on Pelican (1951); TV de Vanguarda (1954–1957); Un inspecteur vous demande (1965); Und das am Montagmorgen (1957 / 1959); Virage dangereux (1956); Vorhang auf! (1954); Vremya i semya Konvey (1984); We Live in Two Worlds (1937); Wenn wir verheiratet sind (1982); What Did You Do in the War, Auntie? 1939-45 (1995); When We Are Married (1938 / 1943 / 1949 / 1951 / 1957 / 1987); Whitehall Wonders (1949); You Know What People Are (1955); Zur Rose und Krone (1964).

Born on this day – Claudette Colbert:

Claudette Colbert

Actress

September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); Access Hollywood / Segment: In Memory (1996); AFI Life Achievement Award (1980 / 1982); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); America at the Movies (1976); American Horror Story (2012); Arise, My Love (1940); Azzedine Alaïa: Un couturier français (2022); Back to the Present (2015); Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001); Biography (2005); Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938); Boom Town (1940); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Bride for Sale (1949); Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); Cinema 3 (1988); City Confidential (2007); Cleopatra (1934); Climax! (1955); Colgate Theatre (1958); Complicated Women (2003); Compression (2016); Conquer by the Clock / The Autobiography of a 'Jeep' (1943); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai e l'Istituto Luce raccontano la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1932-1953 (2012); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 (2013); Daughters of Destiny / Segment: Elisabeth (1954); Discovering Film (2015); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Extraordinary Women (2011); Family Honeymoon (1948); Film Time (1955); For the Love of Mike (1927); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); Four Frightened People (1934); Frontier Justice (1959); Garabatos Claudette Colbert (1944); General Electric Theater (1958); General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (1957); Guest Wife (1945); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942); His Woman (1931); History Brought to Life (1950); Hitchcock (2012); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood contra Franco (2008); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. B-8 (1934); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Honor Among Lovers (1931); I Cover the Waterfront (1933); I Met Him in Paris (1937); I'll Tell the World (1939); Imitation of Life (1934); It Happened One Night (1934); It's a Wonderful World (1939); La grande mare (1930); Land of Liberty (1939); L'énigmatique Monsieur Parkes (1930); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Maid of Salem (1937); Make Me a Star (1932); Manslaughter (1930); Midnight (1939); Mythos Amalfiküste - Liebe, Laster, Dolce Vita (2023); No Time for Love (1943); Outpost in Malaya (1952); Parrish (1961); Playhouse 90 (1957); Pontiac Star Parade (1959); Practically Yours (1944); Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon (2006); Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow (2006); Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe (2005); Private Worlds (1935); Remember the Day (1941); Robert Montgomery Presents (1956); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Screen Snapshots: Photoplay Gold Medal Awards (1948); Secrets of a Secretary (1931); She Married Her Boss (1935); Since You Went Away (1944); Siskel & Ebert (1996); Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020); Skylark (1941); Sleep, My Love (1948); So Proudly We Hail! (1943); Stars of the Silver Screen (2015); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1984); Suspicion (1958); Telephone Time (1957); Texas Lady (1955); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The 13th Annual Tony Awards (1959); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The Bells of St. Mary's (1959); The Best of Broadway (1954–1955); The Big Pond (1930); The Bride Comes Home (1935); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The Egg and I (1947); The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Claudette Colbert (1984); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Gilded Lily (1935); The Hole in the Wall (1929); The Hollywood You Never See (1934); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Jack Benny Program (1951); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Lady Lies (1929); The Lady with the Torch (1999); The Loretta Young Show (1955); The Love Goddesses (1965); The Magic Makers (2023); The Man from Yesterday (1932); The Many Faces of Cleopatra (2009); The Misleading Lady (1932); The Moviemakers (1984); The Naked Archaeologist (2005–2006); The Palm Beach Story (1942); The Phantom President (1932); The Secret Fury (1950); The Secret Heart (1946); The Sign of the Cross (1932); The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997); The Smiling Lieutenant (1931); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1958); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987); The Wiser Sex (1932); Third Adam 2: The Great Seduction (2020); Three Came Home (1950); Three Cornered Moon (1933); Thunder on the Hill (1951); Tomorrow Is Forever (1946); Tonight Is Ours (1933); Torch Singer (1933); Under Two Flags (1936); Welcome to the Basement (2015); What's My Line? (1956–1959); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); Without Reservations (1946); Yesterday's Witness (1972); Young Man of Manhattan (1930); Zane Grey Theatre (1957–1960); Zaza (1938).

Born on this day – Gladys George:

 

Gladys George

Actress

September 13, 1904 – December 8, 1954

Born on this day – Mae Questel:

Mae Questel

Actress

Voice of Betty Boop

September 13, 1908 – January 4, 1998