CT Million
@ctmillion.bsky.social
Emmy-winning Cameraman, Filmmaker, Musician, Writer, Dog Valet. Student of history, language, film, trivia, and film trivia. Curator of #NoirChecklist for #NoirAlley, #TCMParty. Your dog will probably like me.
#NoirChecklist for #TheBigHeat: -Title is “The Big_____” -Death in first 5 minutes -Vengeful cop… -who has to go rogue! -Smart mouth blonde moll -Skeevy bartender -Gabby secretary -Gloria Graham sashaying -Lee Marvin psycho-ing -More boozy floozies than a Vegas bachelorette party #TCMParty #SUTS
Debby just kicking booty all over town! #TheBigHeat #TCMParty #SUTS
Three slugs, right in the ol' mink! #TheBigHeat #TCMParty #SUTS
"Do we look like the cast from a maypole dance?" #TheBigHeat #TCMParty #SUTS
Is that old Mrs Parker the junkyard secretary working undercover for Bannion, like she's Pam Grier? #TheBigHeat #TCMParty #SUTS
Cinematographer Charles Langford won one Oscar out of a record 18 nominations, shooting Sabrina, Some Like It Hot, and Sudden Fear, among many others. A few years after working with Jocelyn Brando on #TheBigHeat, he shot One-Eyed Jacks for brother Marlon. #TCMParty #SUTS
"Get out of here while you can still walk." Now that's what a *good* bartender will tell you! #TheBigHeat #TCMParty #SUTS
Bitter obsessed vengeful Glenn Ford is the best Glenn Ford, IMO. #TheBigHeat #TCMParty #SUTS
Oh Dave, you should've bought that extended car warranty from Ice-T... #TheBigHeat #TCMParty #SUTS
$100 gets 10 cops for all day? That wouldn't even pay for our local cops Starbucks bill... #TheBigHeat #TCMParty #SUTS
Usually you can trust your bartender... #TheBigHeat #TCMParty #SUTS
Bannion just pulling a Lt. Columbo on ol' Bertha Duncan... #TheBigHeat #TCMParty #SUTS
Columbo Detective
Alt: Columbo saying "Just one more thing"
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If you’re among the legions of film folk who had unpleasant run-ins at The Other Place with this venal character, you’ll REALLY enjoy this great investigative journalism from Farran- who, besides being a very talented film writer, critic, and historian, is one of the nicer people on these internets.
Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧@selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 2d agoAt my substack, no paywall for now: The Man Who Would Be Dorléac. open.substack.com/pub/selfstyl...
#NoirChecklist for #DeadReckoning: -Damaged vet(s) -Lengthy flashback -Hard-boiled narration -Bonkers plot -Beach house -Guy named Rip, girl named Mike -Mid-film nightclub number -Smarmy nightclub owner -Duplicitous nightclub singer -Unconscious montage -Bogie’s hairpiece vs Liz’s brows #TCMParty
How many extremely smart and fashionably accessorized outfits does Coral/Mike/Dusty have in her wardrobe? #DeadReckoning #TCMParty
How many nicknames does "Coral" have? 🤔 #DeadReckoning #TCMParty
That quite a... harem lounging outfit that Lizabeth is sporting there at home. #DeadReckoning #TCMParty
I keep hearing the name Martinelli in #DeadReckoning, but this is what we think of here in California... #TCMParty
Bonkers unconscious montage- Drink! #DeadReckoning #TCMParty
"You're like the Temu version of my wife. C'mere, baby!" #DeadReckoning #TCMParty
Man, the Columbia Studios rear projection unit is getting a workout in #DeadReckoning #TCMParty
I used to rent a cool 1920s-era house that had one of those little window-doors built into the front door. It always made it feel like a speakeasy. #DeadReckoning #TCMParty
Not to be found among Lizabeth Scott's talents is convincing lip-syncing. She seems to be gasping for air. #DeadReckoning #TCMParty
"Coral Chandler, former night club singer?" #DeadReckoning #TCMParty
Ralph Kramden's 'Homina' Reaction
Alt: Ralph Kramden's 'Homina' Reaction
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"This the City of Brotherly Love?" "That's what New Yorkers call it. They don't live here." 👏👏👏 #DeadReckoning #TCMParty
Yo, Noiristas! It’s not Saturday night, and it’s #SUTS, and Eddie is nowhere to be seen. But we’ve got Bogie and Lizbeth Scott in John Cromwell’s #DeadReckoning, at the 9/12 o’clock hour. Sounds a lot like #NoirAlley, so I am cranking up the #NoirChecklist machine! #TCMParty #TheNoirCollective
The good doctor and Mrs. McKenna yukking it up while gloating over how much they fleeced his ill patients so they could go on lavish vacations is just a tad off-putting... 😐 #TCMParty #TheManWhoKnewTooMuch
I've read that the fabulous Myrna Loy was coaxed out of retirement to appear in #MidnightLace, but I think she could have done better than a film that made her wear that hat. #TCMParty #SUTS
