Woman on the Run (Norman Foster, 1950)

Screenland Vol. 54, No. 10. August, 1950. Original Caption: Dennis O'Keefe gets nowhere with Floradora Girl Burt Lancaster at Friars' Frolic for Motion Picture Relief Fund at Shrine Auditorium.

The Leopard Man (1943) R-1952

Topper Returns (1941) Roy Del Ruth

December 18th 2023

Abandoned (1949)

"Now, look, pal. If it were me, I'd tell you I couldn't fix it, not for love nor money."

"Who said anything about love?"

"Like all the rest. You think you can buy me for money."

"Here, Delaney."

"Well, you're right. But it takes more."

"Who said anything about no more?"

Born on this day in 1908, Dennis O'Keefe. What's your favorite film of his, noir or not?

Chicago Syndicate | Fred F. Sears | 1955

Dennis O'Keefe, Allison Hayes, Paul Stewart, Abbe Lane

You think people can turn back and you're gonna try. I know better. You're too cynical. It's your profession. It's too late now to change my profession.

Woman on the Run (1950) dir. Norman Foster

Bad movie I have Topper Returns 1941

Original 1951 black and white print ad for the RKO Pictures film The Company She Keeps, starring Lizabeth Scott, Jane Greer and Dennis O'Keefe.

Woman on the Run (Norman Foster, 1950)  

Mischa Auer & Dennis O'Keefe in Up In Mabel's Room (1944)

T-Men (Anthony Mann, 1947) Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Alfred Ryder, Wallace Ford, Charles McGraw, Mary Meade, Jane Randolph, June Lockhart, Art Smith, Herbert Heyes, Jack Overman, John Wengraf, Jim Bannon, William Malten. Screenplay: John C. Higgins. Cinematography: John Alton. Art direction: Edward C. Jewell. Film editing: Fred Allen. Music: Paul Sawtell. With its tough-guy cast, suspenseful screenplay, and superb noir-and-white cinematography by John Alton, T-Men is only slightly hindered by efforts to sell itself as a ripped-from-the-headlines True Story. It has a heavy-handed opener featuring the real head of the Treasury Department's investigative division, Elmer Lincoln Irey, selling us on the idea that the IRS is really our friend, and an ongoing voiceover narrative by the actor Reed Hadley that provides exposition we mostly don't need -- it could easily have been integrated into the dialogue. These flaws aside, the film has real grit as it follows T-man Dennis O'Brien (Dennis O'Keefe) and his partner Tony Genaro (Alfred Ryder) in their investigation of a counterfeiting scheme, encountering the usual menacing thugs and hard-bitten dames. Neither of the good guys has it easy, getting beat up and shot as they sleuth through the seamy side of '40s Los Angeles. Alton's camera gives us expressionistic angles and sinister shadows as it explores some well-chosen locations from Chinatown to a Turkish bath to the waterfront.

Abandoned (1949) Joseph M. Newman

May 27th 2023

Woman on the run (1950) dir. Norman Foster.

NOIR CITY Xmas Tickets Now on Sale!

Join host Eddie Muller on Wednesday, December 20, 7:30 pm, at Oakland's historic Grand Lake Theatre for NOIR CITY XMAS! To darken your yuletide spirit, the Film Noir Foundation is presenting – in 35mm – "Cover Up", a 1949 noir film recently restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive, starring William Bendix, Dennis O'Keefe, and Barbara Britton.

The evening will also feature the unveiling of the program (and poster!) for NOIR CITY 21, the 21st year of the world's most popular film noir festival, coming to the Grand Lake Theatre January 19-28, 2024.

Additionally, between 6:30–7:15 there will be a book signing by Eddie Muller of his three latest – "Kid Noir: Kitty Feral and the Case of the Marshmallow Monkey", Eddie Muller's "NOIR BAR: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir", and "Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir". These titles will be available for sale at NOIR CITY Xmas through Walden Pond Books – which will be located next to the FNF merchandise table on the Grand Lake Theatre mezzanine.

NOTE: Eddie will also be available for 30 minutes after the show to sign books for those who missed him during the 6:30 signing.

Tickets are now available online for $15 from Eventbrite, and can also be purchased at the theatre box office on the day of the show. Doors will open at 6:30 pm on the day of the event.

Tickets: https://bit.ly/47n1zOR