The Nitrate Diva
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Old movies, fresh takes. Tweeting film history with a twist. Writer, ranter, maker of GIFs. nitratediva @gmail .com
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TFW you're 3000% done with glam photo shoots and are inwardly planning a new radio frequency system for torpedoes:
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Janis Carter appreciation tweet. Her venomous allure makes me think of a Disney fairy tale princess who converted to the dark side.
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On this day in 1947, Columbia noir FRAMED opened in theaters. A real joy to watch glamorous viper Janis Carter get her fangs into hapless Glenn Ford!
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When I was a little girl, I went through an "I'm going to be a fashion designer" phase. I'd sit listening to the UltraLounge Mondo Exotica album and draw weird outfits. Everything I designed was kind of like what Hedy's wearing there!
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Tempted to wear whatever the hell this is at TCMFF next year. 😂
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The UCLA/Film Noir Foundation restoration of THE ARGYLE SECRETS looks fantastic, and it's currently streaming on the WatchTCM app. A must-see if you dig wild B crime movies!
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"Sane and respectable people stayed away from places like this. What was I doing here?"
THE ARGYLE SECRETS (Cy Endfield, 1948)
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Happy Monday. I thought we could all could use a Cecil B. DeMille revenge fantasy set to the Talking Heads. 🔥
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I can't help but feel like this could be the background for a hilarious rom-com. New Hollywood star is forced to go back to his hometown where he cannot get a moment to spend with the people he cares about because he's being aggressively feted by the locals.
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There was even a Miss Repeat Performance contest! Here's the winner, Miss Alice Burgess, with Richard Basehart.
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75 years ago today, the unforgettable fantasy noir REPEAT PERFORMANCE had its much-ballyhooed world premiere in Richard Basehart's hometown of Zanesville, Ohio.
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Bolton also wrote GRISSLY'S MILLIONS, an enjoyable slice of Gothic mayhem from Republic, all about a squabbling family of small-town eccentrics, a pair of corpses, and an imperiled heiress. Hard to find, but good fun.
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BTW if you dig the woman-in-peril-in-a-spooky-manor-by-the-sea vibes of MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS, you should check out THE AMAZING MR. X, also scripted by Muriel Roy Bolton.
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A recent picture of the aforementioned furry noir fiend, Boris.
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