Amazing that Ann was left broke, and further still that she flew planes!

This extract is very interesting:

“When Ann Savage’s husband, Burt D’Armand, died in 1969, he left her broke. She took odd jobs to finance flying lessons, and in 1979 became a licensed pilot and part-owner of a small tool company. Later she took a secretarial course, became a docket clerk receptionist and then a secretary at a law firm in Los Angeles.

In 1983 Ann Savage turned up unexpectedly at a screening of Detour as part of a film tribute to its director, Edgar Ulmer. At the end of the screening there was the usual audience discussion and Shirley Ulmer, his widow, announced: ‘We have no idea where Ann Savage is, or if indeed she is alive.’ Standing up, Ann Savage quickly responded: ‘I’m right here.’ “

January will be one incredibly dark month at the Dame’s pad, as well as Coleman’s Corner.

Wow!…both clips and the mentioning of The Czar of Film Noir, author Eddie Muller’s book “Dark City Dames: The Wicked Women of Film Noir” “tie(s)” in perfectly!…Speaking of, “tie(s)” in,” I do own a copy of this book,(but of course!) and maybe giving away a copy next month on my blog as, I countdown in the month of January along with Alexander Coleman, (From over there at Coleman Corner in Cinema) 31 days of Films that are considered Noir, in honor of author Eddie Muller’s NoirCity 7 knock! knock! …

…Btw, Happy New Year! Tony, to you and your Family!here’s wishes you the best in 09′

Tks,
darkcitydame aka dcd ;)