SUSPENSE (1946)
This is surely the crown jewel of Monogram studios. Not a B-picture by any means and a damned good thriller. Stars Barry Sullivan, Belita and Albert Dekker. Also Bonita Granville in a very grown-up...
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Haven't seen it since WCBS-TV (NY) Channel 2 Late Late Late Show days, but I liked it then. That's all I remember about it, that I liked it. Dripping with dark mood.
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We screened Suspense at the Noir City Film Festival at the Balboa Theatre in San Francisco in 2006. IMHO, the film is, to use a shop-worn phrase, very interesting. The fact that it is a Monogram...
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We screened this at CINEVENT a couple of years back - pretty unexpected! Especially sweet Bonita's role. Good little film. Weren't the King Bros. kind of crooked? And responsible for backing GORGO? I...
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I read somewhere (can't remember exactly where...) that Pallette was a virulent racist and refused to do a scene at a table with an African-American actor. The director, Otto Preminger, I believe,...
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>>Anybody else recollect this story?>> First I ever heard of the Otto incident (wonder if Foster Hirsch makes mention of it in his upcoming Preminger bio), although I've long been aware of...
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I spent most of Saturday with Foster in a round table meeting... not surprisingly Eugene Pallette was not a discussion topic. I'll ask him. BTW: His Otto Preminger bio is going to be terrific! AKR
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Between Hirsch's Otto focus, your Charles McGraw tome, and a nightstand stacked with such yet-to-reads as Gabler's Walt Disney, Doug Century's Barney Ross and Alex Haberstadt's bio of Doc Pomus, I'm...
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What a great line-up and thanks for including Charlie in the mix. I just read one of Rudy Behlmer's books, INSIDE WARNER BROTHERS. Great memos from Jack L., Wallis, Flynn, Davis, et al.
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