tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post3680772977173152137..comments2024-03-29T01:47:12.394-04:00Comments on BB Creations: Thursday Movie Picks-Femme FatalesBirgithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-78868170932443678532021-09-24T09:46:09.491-04:002021-09-24T09:46:09.491-04:00I've not only not heard of any of these films,...I've not only not heard of any of these films, I've not heard of two of the actresses. I HAVE heard of Ava Gardner. Interesting factoid about Joan Bennett, her husband, and that director.<br /><br />Glad to read your husband has come through his first surgery in good shape. Now on to he second one and yours that is upcoming, too. I'm hoping for some good news soon, dear.Bleubeard and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149710375520733752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-68205228433307881002021-09-24T09:44:07.588-04:002021-09-24T09:44:07.588-04:00Birgit, my heart goes out to you! I was turfed fro...Birgit, my heart goes out to you! I was turfed from my corporate job back in 1992, but from those ashes rose my pet care business, which was successful until COVID hit. With all of your experience, any employer would be lucky to have you. Moving forward is the best you can do. ((HUGS)) As for the movies, I'm not familiar with Scarlet Street, but it sounds like a good one! The other two I've seen and like you, I love Ava Gardner. My pick is The Barefoot Contessa. Glad your hubby is resting and recovering. Here's hoping the next surgery goes well also. Debbie D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/13153118405565035071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-58933202762235804022021-09-24T08:14:48.923-04:002021-09-24T08:14:48.923-04:00I've not see the Killers but now I really want...I've not see the Killers but now I really want to. They don't make femme fatales the way they used to. Also, sending positive thoughts to your husband and to you. It sounds like its been a very rough go of things for you both <3Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04350671197602014321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-76361728332176597462021-09-24T04:23:19.726-04:002021-09-24T04:23:19.726-04:00Hi Birgit - it all sounds very challenging, but I&...Hi Birgit - it all sounds very challenging, but I'm glad you're here - blogging always has positivity around it. I sincerely hope things work out - they will ... it's just getting past this time; take care and I'll be thinking of you.<br /><br />Re your selections - as usual I don't know them ... but I think I'd go with Faye Dunaway in the Thomas Crown Affair - mainly as I enjoy gliding!; then of course Faye in Bonnie and Clyde ... I love her cheekbones! Cheers to you - take care, stay safe ... all the best HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-37517857850302831902021-09-23T21:56:04.066-04:002021-09-23T21:56:04.066-04:00Not great timing for things, but at least you'...Not great timing for things, but at least you'll get your surgery. Sending healing thoughts to both you and your hubby. <br /><br />The only movie that came to mind was "The Truth About Youth" which stars one of your favorites (<--sarcasm). But, I'm not sure if it totally applies. I have not seen any of your picks.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-57362820151947611842021-09-23T17:49:27.378-04:002021-09-23T17:49:27.378-04:00I'm glad the kidney stone surgery is in the re...I'm glad the kidney stone surgery is in the rear view mirror. Toes crossed the others go well.<br />Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-81113536484191470292021-09-23T17:39:23.960-04:002021-09-23T17:39:23.960-04:00You must be exhausted, Birgit. So much going on. T...You must be exhausted, Birgit. So much going on. This is a rare occasion because I haven't seen any of your film choices. I'll go with Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity and Gene Tierney in both Laura and Leave Her to Heaven. Hugs to you, sweetie.<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-71370371418872508512021-09-23T16:39:52.038-04:002021-09-23T16:39:52.038-04:00What can I say? Sending hugs.What can I say? Sending hugs.Anabel Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643196773717977697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-78450567094553050352021-09-23T14:51:55.357-04:002021-09-23T14:51:55.357-04:00I hope you see these 'cos I think you would li...I hope you see these 'cos I think you would like them.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-19950085510500978702021-09-23T14:51:28.095-04:002021-09-23T14:51:28.095-04:00We have free medical care here too so I don't ...We have free medical care here too so I don't have to worry about my operation or stay in the hospital. The Conservative party would love to privatise it here too which angers me to no end. Ava was a beauty.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-85234490195738421832021-09-23T14:21:27.336-04:002021-09-23T14:21:27.336-04:00Love the gals you speak of who were so good. Murde...Love the gals you speak of who were so good. Murder, My Sweet is an excellent pick and one that firmly established goody boy singer Dick Powell into a hard-edged PI. I have read about Hangover Square and it is on my radar to see. I knew about laird Cregar who died too young but may have been prevented if he sought out a doctor to lose the weight. Lizabeth Scott plays such nasty types eh? This was a good and under-rated film. Human Desire is another film I have yet to see but, I have Silver Screen Classics so, when i am convalescing, It might come on TV.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-82489973154780196412021-09-23T14:16:49.768-04:002021-09-23T14:16:49.768-04:00Thanks Joel...it is a lot but I am taking each day...Thanks Joel...it is a lot but I am taking each day and, for right now, just laying low. I'm glad you love my picks and I just don't get how Robinson and Bennett were not even nominated for their performances which were brilliant. I think Ava and Burt had great chemistry but never thought of Anne Bancroft...those 2 would have been brilliant together. You do have to wonder why some, who were great actors/actresses never hit it big. Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-71171250729562428512021-09-23T14:14:05.478-04:002021-09-23T14:14:05.478-04:00Thank you..he is getting better. Yes, this was big...Thank you..he is getting better. Yes, this was big news in the 50s and it is crazy what happened. Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-12708910795149624432021-09-23T14:13:16.012-04:002021-09-23T14:13:16.012-04:00"Im not bad...I was just drawn that way."..."Im not bad...I was just drawn that way." She is a perfect Femme Fatale. Faye in Chinatown was quite good and tragic. That is an interesting choice to pick "Salt." Jolie would be a great Femme Fatale. Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-49490066596872977542021-09-23T14:11:34.758-04:002021-09-23T14:11:34.758-04:00You chose great picks! Oh my, so you have your gra...You chose great picks! Oh my, so you have your granddaughter who has to take school remotely? It's been tough for the kids and parents during this time.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-17952772487664281662021-09-23T14:10:36.229-04:002021-09-23T14:10:36.229-04:00Yes, I will be looking for another job but I can&#...Yes, I will be looking for another job but I can't right now because who would hire me when I have to go off work for 6 to 8 weeks. Christmas time and onward is when I will be looking.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-79970734183421966562021-09-23T14:09:34.522-04:002021-09-23T14:09:34.522-04:00Anger never helps and I don't feel anger just...Anger never helps and I don't feel anger just more sadness. I love this theme and there are so many to choose from. I think you would like all 3 of these films. I never thought about Wanger's name but now...I am laughing. I do like the slang talk from the 40s and the hard hitting ways. Bless Marsha Hunt who seems to be in good shape for 104 but I do hope she is not like Olivia De Havilland from last year. She turned 104 and died a month later. Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-18615518888382535592021-09-23T12:38:36.933-04:002021-09-23T12:38:36.933-04:00I knew you'd have some picks I haven't see...I knew you'd have some picks I haven't seen this week. I'll have to look into these. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-80667982834109130162021-09-23T12:36:30.427-04:002021-09-23T12:36:30.427-04:00Oh Birgit, I feel for you and the situation you ar...Oh Birgit, I feel for you and the situation you are in. Life can be so hard. At least over here we have our NHS, which is free medical service at the point of need, after having paid in all of our working lives. However our Tory party want to privatise it.<br /> I hope things will sort themselves out for your. Good to hear that your hubby is getting better.<br />I've not seen any of your movies this week and only hear of Ava Gardner, she was one beautiful lady, you take care, Kate x cuilliesockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07368305987539574992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-43905152426106474632021-09-23T12:10:51.470-04:002021-09-23T12:10:51.470-04:00I had to split my comment, I guess I got carried a...I had to split my comment, I guess I got carried away. 😊<br /><br />I LOVE this theme!! I thought of all three of yours but knew I'd used them before and since my original list had dozens of choices, all from the classic noir period, I whittle until I had four that I was relatively sure I hadn't used before. But I hated to leave out some of the more venerated gals of noir-Audrey Totter, Marie Windsor, Yvonne de Carlo and Coleen Gray especially. Anyway I love all four of mine, how about you?<br /><br />Murder, My Sweet (1944)-Private dick Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) is hired by lumbering Moose Malloy (Mike Mazurki) fresh from the slammer to track down his former girlfriend Velma. Simultaneously he's commissioned to accompany flashy playboy Lindsay Marriott (Douglas Walton) to buy back a stolen necklace. When the exchange goes wrong and the playboy is murdered Marlowe can't leave the case alone, and soon discovers it's related to Malloy's. As he pursues answers he is drawn deeper into a complex web of intrigue by the sweet Ann Grayle (Anne Shirley in her final film) and her detested stepmother, the mysterious and potentially lethal Helen (Claire Trevor). Suddenly the detective finds his own life in increasing jeopardy. A seminal film in the noir canon which turned the already famous Claire Trevor into the acknowledged Queen of Noir. <br /><br />Hangover Square (1945)-In Victorian London composer George Bone (Laird Cregar) is struggling to complete his concerto, the stress of which is causing periods of blackouts where he fears he is committing unspeakable acts. Instructed by his doctor (George Sanders) to relax Bone begins to frequent a dance hall and becomes obsessed with the beautiful but duplicitous saloon singer Netta (Linda Darnell). Netta leeches onto the hapless musician manipulating him with false promises to extract songs to further her career. When George realizes he’s being played for a fool destruction is eminent for all. This was famed villain Cregar’s shot at leading man stardom which he desperately craved. A big man who tipped the scale at over 300 lbs. he went on a crash diet to lose 100 of those before production began leading to a heart attack and his death at 29 shortly after the film’s completion.<br /><br />Too Late for Tears (1949)-With the cops in hot pursuit fleeing robber Danny Fuller (Dan Duryea) frantically tosses a valise full of cash from his car with it fortuitously landing in the passing car of Jane and Alan Palmer (Lizabeth Scott & Arthur Kennedy). The Palmers at first plan to return the money but then Jane realizes she can escape her humdrum life and transforms into a rapacious and ruthless schemer who will do whatever is necessary to keep the loot no matter the cost or who will have to pay. <br /><br />Human Desire (1954)-After instigating a fight brutish Carl Buckley (Broderick Crawford) is canned from his railroad job. Bitter and frenzied he coerces his young wife Vicki (Gloria Grahame) to use her wiles on her former paramour Mr. Owens (Grandon Rhodes) now Carl’s boss to try to gain his job back. It works, but Carl in a jealous rage convinces himself that Vicki and Owens are involved romantically and murders the man, forcing Vicki to become his accomplice. Sick of her husband's violent ways, Vicki seduces Jeff (Glenn Ford), one of Carl’s coworkers, and ensnares him in a plot to murder her husband but that path may lead to doom for them all. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-9942788775101235362021-09-23T12:09:21.669-04:002021-09-23T12:09:21.669-04:00That's a whole lot on your shoulders Birgit! W...That's a whole lot on your shoulders Birgit! With so much on your plate don't let it overwhelm you difficult though that may be, handle each situation as it happens then move on to the next. Again it's great that you're tech savvy, that's a powerful tool to possess in a job search.<br /><br />Now on to your choices. Yes, yes and yes to your picks!!! Love them all!! <br /><br />Scarlet Street even though it's venerated is also underestimated I think. This is the place that both the great EGR and Joan should have picked up Oscars....but not even nominations!!! Mind boggling. <br /><br />The Killers is a film I had to watch a couple of times to appreciate. I found more in it each time, but it only took once to fully admire Ava Gardner. She was a wild woman and even by her own admission a handful but she blazes when she's on camera. I was just saying the other day that it was a pity that she and Anne Bancroft never had a chance to work together, preferably as sisters, there was a definite resemblance and both possessed a powerful energy. To see them spark off each other would have been fascinating. <br /><br />You watch Jane Greer in Out of the Past and have to wonder how she didn't have a bigger career. The vagaries of fame. It's a fantastic film with both Bob Mitchum and Kirk being bested by the succubus that Jane plays. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-16650696588465023562021-09-23T11:44:28.673-04:002021-09-23T11:44:28.673-04:00I'm glad to head your husband is getting bette...I'm glad to head your husband is getting better. <br /><br />I had no idea Wanger did that to Bennett's agent. That's insane! Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-37593909595854685782021-09-23T11:43:10.049-04:002021-09-23T11:43:10.049-04:00Sorry to hear about the job situation. I know wha...Sorry to hear about the job situation. I know what it's like. I've settled for my meager retirement pay. Thankfully my wife gets a better retirement check so that helps pull us through. I wish I could find a job suitable for me, but at age 70 I don't see that coming my way.<br /><br />I know I've seen a lot of films that fulfill this category but as usual I'm mostly drawing a blank.<br /><br />The first one that popped into my head is Jessica Rabbit from <i>Who Killed Roger Rabbit?</i>. She seems like the ultimate caricature of a femme fatale.<br /><br />Also the Faye Dunaway role in <i>Chinatown</i>.<br /><br />I'll also go with the title character of Angelina Jolie's film <i>Salt</i>. She was a pretty tough cookie in that film.<br /><br />I wish you well in the days and weeks to come.<br /><br />Arlee Bird<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a><br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-80462062349819100912021-09-23T08:17:27.068-04:002021-09-23T08:17:27.068-04:00First thought was Hedy Lamarr in Samson and Delila...First thought was Hedy Lamarr in Samson and Delilah. Then Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. And Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct. Tried not to tax my brain too hard this week as I am taking care of the 4-year-old granddaughter since her school does not have enough teachers. This COVID thing is going to make us all crazy.Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15045554938847356871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-91390206921913112422021-09-23T07:38:35.594-04:002021-09-23T07:38:35.594-04:00Glad your husband is getting better.
If you can...Glad your husband is getting better.<br />If you can't retire, then are you seeking another job in the thick of all this?Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com