"IT'S FATAL: WHAT IS FILM NOIR?" (PART III) (080) 3/24/2025

Welcome to the third and final installment of our series on Film Noir. As we have previously discussed the technical elements of noir and met the typical character’s of noir, we will now take a look at the creative aspects of the genre that help create that special brand of dark, sexy, deadly movies. We’ll discuss dialogue, and clever devices like voice overs, flashbacks, and dream sequences that enhance these dark, moody films. We’ll also look at the fatalistic themes that reigned supreme throughout the genre. 

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

Film Noir (2017), by Alian Silver & James Ursini;

Into the Darkness: The Hidden World of Film Noir 1941-1959 (2016), by Mark A. Viera;

More than Night: film Noir in Its Contexts (2008), by James Naremore;

Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir (1998), by Eddie Muller;

Voices in the Dark: The Narrative Patterns of Film Noir (1989), by J.P. Telotte;

Film Noir: An Encyclopedia Reference to the American Style (1979), edited by Alain Silver & Elizabeth Ward;

Wikipedia.com;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Movies Mentioned: 

Impact (1949), starring Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker, & Anna May Wong;

Gilda (1946), starring Rita Hayworth & Glenn Ford;

Gun Crazy (1950), starring John Dall & Peggy Cummins;

The Brother's Rico (1957), starring Richard Conte, Diane Foster, & James Darren;

D.O.A. (1950), starring Edmond O’Brien;

Cape Fear (1962), starring Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, and Polly Bergen;

Double Indemnity (1944), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, & Edward G. Robinson;

Clash By Night (1952), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, & Paul Douglas;

The Man I Love (1947), starring Ida Lupino & Robert Alda;

The Maltese Falcon (1941), starring Humphrey Bogart & Mary Astor;

Dead Reckoning (1947), starring Humphrey Bogart & Lizabeth Scott;

Detour (1945), starring Tom Neal & Ann Savage;

Laura (1944), starring Gene Tierney & Dana Andrews;

City That Never Sleeps (1953), starring Gig Young & Mala Powers;

Sunset Boulevard (1950), starring Gloria Swanson & William Holden;

The Killers (1946), starring Burt Lancaster & Ava Gardner;

The Great Flamarion (1945), starring Erich von Stroheim & Mary Beth Hughes;

The Locket (1946), starring Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum, & Brian Aherne;

The Invisible Wall (1946), starring Don Castle & Virginia Christine;

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott & Kirk Douglas;

The Dark Past (1948), starring William Holden, Nina Foch, & Lee J. Cobb;

Murder My Sweet (1945), starring Dick Powell & Claire Trevor;

The Woman On The Beach (1947), starring Robert Ryan & Joan Bennett;

Spellbound (1945), starring Ingrid Bergman & Gregory Peck;

Manhandled (1949), starring Dorothy Lamour, Sterling Hayden, & Dan Duryea;

Scarlet Street (1945), starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, & Dan Duryea;

Moonrise (1948), starring Dane Clark & Gail Russell;

Out of the Past (1947), starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, & Kirk Douglas;

In a Lonely Place (1950), starring Humphrey Bogart & Gloria Grahame;

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