Hilary Booth... of course!

Another quiz gacked from jordannamorgan:

Guess I knew more noir than I realized. Speaking of the subject, I've started yet another of my compartmentalizing blogs this one for Hard Boiled/Noir. The name comes from a line from Guys & Dolls. I've put up my "Maltese Falcon at 75" report and I'll be adding other things as we go along. *shrugs* I don't know how much it'll get used.

( Noir Knowledge Quiz Result )

It was a rainy dreary Monday. Down those streets walked a down on her luck library technician...

I've been in something of a noir mood lately as reflected by my reading and watching materials. I've been mixing in my television shows with my film noir/classic movies on Netflix. And some are just movies I've been curious about. So far it's succeeding. One night I was in the CBS newsroom in "Good Night and Good Luck" and last night I visited with "Laura". I want the soundtrack for both. I hadn't seen either of them, especially the latter, so I was curious if they lived up to the hype. I almost didn't recognize Vincent Price's role in "Laura". I think I'd forgotten how tall he was. Therein lies the problem with only knowing actors from later roles. You forget they were young once and they didn't always play the heavy.

In between rain showers, I wandered over to the local library. They're rearranging again, adding new shelves in the genre section. I also discovered where they'd moved the new graphic novel section. It's still a little too arty-independent for my tastes. I'm just a mainstream superhero geek. I'm a little worried about the state of the science fiction/fantasy section. Clearly Arlington reads more detective fiction. So what did I do? I checked out Vera Caspary's Laura and two Cornell Woolrich anthologies, thus proving my hypothesis.

My noir icon comes from a still I bought at MediaWest from "North by Northwest".

GIP! jordannamorgan has posted a second set of "His Girl Friday" icons, including this appropriate one.

It must be pilot season, because we're starting to hear rumblings about potential shows. One caught my attention when I searching for info on a Heroes actress. Jason O'Mara is in final negotiations to play Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe in a new ABC series. The catch is it's set in modern day Los Angeles, not the gritty mean streets of the Chandler era. Even the HBO series with Powers Boothe was a period piece. I'm wary of updates. Sometimes they work and sometimes not. Can you stay true to Marlowe in this time period? If it's makes it past the drawing board stage, I'll be curious to hear my father's reaction. I acquired my love of Chandler and Hammett honestly from him.