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1 day ago · TCM Schedule for Thursday, May 16, 2014: 1940s Film Noir / Director Frank Borzage (Part 3) ... Pitfall (1948) A married insurance man falls for a criminal's ...
1 day ago · Up first is Pitfall (1948), based on Jay Dratler’s 1947 novel The Pitfall, and starring Dick Powell and Lizabeth Scott. ... Svengoolie Classic Horror & Sci-Fi Movie: “Scream, Blacula, Scream
5 days ago · Pitfall (1948) is an American film noir drama directed by Andre de Toth and starring Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, and Jane Wyatt. The supporting cast includes Ann Doran, John Litel, and Raymond Burr. Johnny Forbes (Powell) works for an insurance company in downtown Los Angeles Johnny is introduced to the case of Mona Stevens and Bill Smiley by ...
4 days ago · All motion pictures made and exhibited before 1929 are indisputably in the public domain in the United States. This date will move forward one year, every year, meaning that films released in 1929 will enter the public domain in 2025, films from 1930 in 2026, and so on, concluding with films from 1977 entering the public domain in 2073.
5 days ago · This film was remade by Don Siegel in 1964, starring John Cassevetes, Angie Dickinson, Lee Marvin and in his last film role, Ronald Reagan. The script by Anthony Veiler is from a short story by Ernest Hemingway. 4. Frankie Madison and Noll Turner are partners in a nightclub. During a bootlegging night run they are chased.
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4 days ago · The film’s structure and plot of the death of a rising young actress, would later be used by Joseph Mankiewicz in the high profile The Barefoot Contessa, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner. Of course, faith is not a factor in that one, and it appears Mankiewicz, who also wrote the script, did not know about The Miracle of the Bells ...
2 days ago · For a fairer comparison, you’d have to pick a random book from the past instead, probably one that no one ever reads anymore. Or you could compare an old classic to a book that is widely praised today, but there’s a pitfall here: it’s not easy to predict which books will stand the test of time. Some popular books are quickly forgotten.
