hot off the presses is the very latest issue of the original bi-monthly publication for noir movie fans; here’s what you’ll find in it…
The cover story is a feature on one of noir’s greatest dames, Gloria Grahame. There’s part 2 of the Jean Heather profile, nuggets on Marilyn Monroe in noir, steep ponderings on the question of “what is noir?” and on the question of why a bunch of the best noir actresses didn’t get Oscars they so richly deserved, another installment in the ongoing history of noir music, plus the usual quizzes and quotes and letters.
As for me, I contributed a movie review plus my regular Noir on TCM viewing calendar full of details on a theme; this issue it’s all about movie-making bumpy rides, problems legal, contractual, personal, trivial and/or financial, and let you know about all the noir dvd and blu-ray releases confirmed through the next couple months.
As usual, Dark Pages is bursting with grade A noirhead knowledge and opinion, guaranteed to entertain and enlighten. Subscribing is easy, with paper and e-versions available so just check out this page to learn more and subscribe and hit that dark pages tag in the fine print of this post to see what past issues were all about.
Dark Pages’ year end extravaganzas have been big deals in the past, but I dare say this time DP founder/editor Karen has really outdone herself! She kindly let me choose the featured movie for this year’s theme issue and I went with one starring one of my favorites, NIGHTMARE ALLEY. We were so lucky to have tons of interest which resulted in fantastic contributions, more than enough to make this issue a big 40-page collector’s item full of history, background, analysis,opinion, trivia, biography and great photos. Here are just some of the articles you’ll find in this issue (with links to those that have blogs):
