New on DVD: Bad Girls of Film Noir
Sony has released a new twin DVD-set of 8 b-girl movies from the Columbia vaults titled Bad Girls of Film Noir. Mostly pot-boilers, but Night Editor is a must-have cult noir.
Volume 1
Evelyne Keys
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) directed by Earl McEnvoy
Lizabeth Scott
Two of A Kind (1951) directed by Henry Levin
Bad for Each Other (1953) directed by Irvin Rapper
Gloria Grahame
The Glass Wall (1953) directed by Maxwell Shane
Volume 2
Cleo Moore
Night Editor (1946) directed by Henry Levin
One Girl’s Confession (1953) directed by Hugo Haas
Over-Exposed (1956) directed by Lewis Seiler
Ida Lupino/Cleo Moore/JanSterling/Audrey Totter
Women’s Prison (1956) directed by Lewis Seiler
“The Glass Wall” is highly recommended. Vittorio Gassman is at his best here and Gloria Grahame gives one of her best performances. Don’t miss this one!
Comment by Andy Seven — February 9, 2010 @ 1:19 am
Thanks Andy!
Comment by Tony D'Ambra — February 9, 2010 @ 8:04 am
Tony, I’ve seen the build-up for this dual release over the past months, and i must say I’m intrigued, even if most of these are potboilers. When i acquire these I’ll certainly be sure to look at NIGHT EDITOR first.
Comment by Sam Juliano — February 9, 2010 @ 1:11 pm
Hi! Tony and Sam Juliano,
Evelyn Keys in…
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)is the only film that I have watched in Volume I…
…As far, as Volume II goes I have only watched Night Editor (I must admit a pretty bad copy…Therefore, I welcome a restored copy of this film too…)Thanks, for sharing!
DeeDee ;-D
Comment by DeeDee — February 9, 2010 @ 5:14 pm
Looking forward to seeing NIGHT EDITOR. The only ones I have seen are THE KILLER THAT STALKED NEW YORK and WOMEN’S PRISON, which I recently wrote about at 24 frames calling it overly dramatic and at times laugh out loud funny, unintentionally.
Comment by John Greco — February 10, 2010 @ 12:48 am
Thanks for your comments DeeDee, John and Sam. I also would really like to see the new print of Night Editor.
Comment by Tony D'Ambra — February 10, 2010 @ 11:03 am