Barbara Stanwyck was one of the most versatile and charismatic stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. Best known for her unforgettable performance as a femme fatale in the classic 1944 film noir Double ...
In a lost final scene dropped from 1944’s Double Indemnity, Edward G. Robinson’s insurance investigator stands by as his friend, played by Fred MacMurray, is put to death at San Quentin prison. “It ...
She was one of the hardest working, most versatile actresses of the Golden Era of Hollywood, lauded by directors, costars and crew members for her professionalism and pleasant demeanor. During a time ...
Her shoes should have warned him. The shoes that Barbara Stanwyck’s Phyllis Dietrichson wears in the 1944 Double Indemnity—pumps with Her shoes should have warned him. The shoes that Barbara ...
Double Indemnity is classic film noir: Men in fedoras walk mean streets shrouded in shadow and women are sometimes the sirens to beckon them to... 'Double Indemnity' Is 75, But Anklets (And Film Noir) ...
When becoming a proper movie star, it's important to know how you want to craft your persona. Do you channel something that's inherent to who you are? Do you make your public self completely different ...
“Yes, I killed him. I killed him for money – and a woman – and I didn’t get the money and I didn’t get the woman. Pretty, isn’t it?” DOUBLE INDEMNITY screens Wednesday April 12th at The Tivoli Theater ...
Based more on James M. Cain’s original crime novel of the 1930s than the famous 1944 Billy Wilder movie starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, this entertaining new Double Indemnity boils down ...
As femme fatales go, Stanwyck’s Phyllis isn’t a ravishment, like Ava Gardner in The Killers, and she doesn’t have the immaculate, serene composure that Jane Greer possesses in Out of the Past, the ...
Critics debate whether "Double Indemnity" was the first true film noir, but the real question may be what took so long for Billy Wilder's 1944 pic to finally get the deluxe DVD treatment. Wilder’s ...