#Cry Danger

[incredibletales]

"The script was tailored precisely to budget, confined to barrooms, bookie joints, and a wonderfully seedy trailer park. Much of the picture was shot in and around downtown Los Angeles, including at Union Station, on Bunker Hill, and on Fort Moore Hill."

Cry Danger (1951) dir. Robert Parrish, Dick Powell

[lifes-commotion]

Rhonda Fleming

[kathleenkatmary]

Noirvember Review: Cry Danger (Robert Parrish, 1951)

As someone who is very much an enthusiast of 1930s films, it's always a little jarring to watch one of these noirs and see Dick Powell in such dark roles. But the reality is that he was one of the very, very best noir actors of the era. His face, which in the '30s was so perfect for boyish romantic roles in comedies and musicals, took on a much more grizzled and tired quality as he aged, and when taken with his real talent for bringing out both the hardened edge and the painful disillusionment in these characters really did make him perfect for playing cynical detectives and down on his luck criminals.

I think Cry Danger features one of his best performances. He's just so perfect as the guy trying to do the right thing who that maybe doesn't come entirely natural to and who just keep coming up against brick walls at every turn. His unraveling is a great slowburn until it all explodes in a great scene where he forces a game of Russian Roulette onto one of the men who presumably set him up. But this isn't really the conclusion of his quest. No, that comes at the end of the movie, and by that point he's no longer exploding with righteous anger. No, instead, the conclusion to his quest has left him broken and entirely disillusioned with even those things he thought he could be certain of.

It's a tremendous performance in one of the most aesthetically distinct noirs. Now, when I say that, I mean to say that it's aesthetically distinct in a very unique way for noir. There are plenty of noirs that get more surreal or abstract with their imagery, that go the really strange places. Cry Danger is distinct and unique thanks to the world it's set in. It does take place in a big city like the majority of noirs do, in this case Los Angeles. But instead of taking place within the more familiar landscape of the blatantly urban parts of the big city, most of Cry Danger unfolds in places that are far less likely to be identified as LA. Much of the action takes place in the trailer park where most of the primary characters live. The places Powell's character goes in trying to track down the truth aren't in parts of the city that would be widely recognized, nor does he regularly pass by recognizable LA landmarks. This isn't the world of the Los Angeles that we usually see in movies, and it's all the better for it.

As a result, while it might not have some of the most recognizable tropes and archetypes, at least not in the most recognizable ways, Cry Danger really does feel like it carries the soul of noir in it.

[movieposters1]

[leatherpearlslace]

Cry Danger - Stray Cats

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 112

Once again, you know who is underutilized in DCxDP crossovers? Battinson. Skrunkly shivering boi. Who we should definitely give children to care for. 

 Did you know that Jason canonically had a brother named Danny? Well you do now, and it should also be used more. 

 We all want to give Battinson a robin, so why not give him four for the price of two. He of course gets Dick from the circus- he’s never going to go into public again, this was the first time he’d gone to do something out of his comfort zone for a while and look how that turned out. 

 And on one of the nights that Dick has to stay home (Alfred insists he must finish his homework if he wants to go out on patrol) Bruce returns to the batmobile to find not one child, but two. Is Danny reincarnated? Just appeared one day? Who knows, but he’s here now and going to protect his little brother. 

 Bruce might have tears in his eyes when they both hit him in the kneecaps and bolt because even with the armor it still hurts. How he manages to grab both kids he’s not too sure, but he ends up getting them food after they put the tires back. He also doesn’t understand how he’s convinced them into the car but they’ve both conked out and maybe he’s panicking and needs Alfred- 

 D-Dick why is there another child here? He’s the neighbor, cool cool. W-what do you mean he’s home alone, he’s like, 4?? What do you mean he’s been alone for a week now???

…

Alfreeeeed-

[emacrow]

Cass secretly brought home a cardboard box during Mr. Freeze attempt to freeze gotham again after patrols.

Problem being is nobody knows that she brought home a creature until things started going missing.

First it was Damian's favorite katana, then dick's nightwing mask, Tim's personal coffee mug that he still accusing of Dick taking it, Duke's special sunglasses, one of the Barb's purples USBs, one of alfred's cookie mixing batter spoons, Jason's old Robin cape during a few months or so..

It came to Bruce attention the moment his batman belt went missing when he went down the batcave...

Someone brought something home that taking their stuff and mostly all point to Damian who swears on the lararus pits themselves that he didn't do it.

Cass is quiet the whole time.. until Tim noticed and pointed out that in the board of missing stuff and clues that She didn't get any of her stuff stolen..

Her face went still before a tiny adorable dust of pink went across her face as she handed signed that she may have.... found a abandoned creature during patrols... a couple of months ago.

Cass leading them to her room to her closet that look iced cold yet able to function still where a makeshift nest of sort of soft blue space related blankets, and all the stuff that were stolen along with other items they didn't even noticed were taken.

And the culprit behind it all was a tiny little looking 8 year old boy with pale skin, glowing defying gravity like black mixed white hair, with pale mixed greenish blue eyes. The kid wearing one dove hoodie Jammies, staring wide eyed at them.

Before the batfam can speak, Cass made a shushing motion with her mouth as she signed that he can't really control his voice that sound much like a banshee.

Part 2

[ercsir]

The "yo I'm in the nether" joke has to be the funniest one on the server so far, sorry Aimsey but that chat right before dying from a piglin was actual gold it's so funny I laugh out loud every time

[samskiwi]

happy birthday to the album that changed my brain so bad that I still have not and will not ever recover from-

DANGER DAYS NATION RISE ‼️🗣️

[lazycranberrydoodles]

i think the barbie movie would have a profound psychological impact on hua cheng

prev comic / next comic / follow for still more hualian barbie movie content because i am not done

bonus angsty version 🎉 i hate love expressions just a couple tiny lines on the mouth and eyebrows and it goes from silly to sad

:(

[incredibletales]

Cry Danger (1951) dir. Robert Parrish, Dick Powell

[moonlightcycle571]

More on Lanterns and Marvel

See original post here: https://www.tumblr.com/moonlightcycle571/765612915343704064/lantern-corps-and-a-10-year-old-child-in-a-last

I talked about the Lantern list (a ranking of people who to this day refuse lantern offers) and having Billy Batson be number 1, and have Captain Marvel be number 2.

This would naturally attract the attention of Lantern Cores everywhere (like what do you mean they received offers from multiple lanterns multiple times), the space community (why does the Terra City of Fawcette have dominating spots) as well as the JL (Cap, why are you outclassed by a civilian from your own city).

I also fully believe Lois Lane is on the same boat as Billy Batson when it comes to Lantern offers. One does not jump off buildings or sneak into war zones without a great deal of will power and induce a great deal of fear. Lois Lane is definitely in the top 10.

Coincidentally, in the top 50, you will find Cat Grant, Vic Sage and surprisingly Vicki Vale (if she can make BATMAN shudder and be wary of her, she can make anyone fear her).

So it’s been accepted that journalists have a lot of will power, a lot of rage and can put the fear of god into you. Clark is not bitter that he’s not on the list, no sire. Never mind that Jimmy Olsen is in the Top 100.

Batman might want to study this phenomenon.

But anyways. One does not stay at the top without ridiculous numbers. As the only top 10 ers on earth, they have grown used to random rings trying to get them on space politics quests or whatnot.

So now imagine this: Lois Lane and Billy collab on a project. While they are speaking, random rings start to show up. Instinctively, both swat them away like flies while maintaining eye contact. They don’t realise what they are doing. Clark is having an aneurism.

At some point, they both realise that the other is swatting the rings away with the same nonchalance as the other. They immediately understand what’s up. The shit eating grin they both had made a bunch of yellow rings swarm around them.

Billy gets asked on why he doesn’t want to join the Green lanterns? Billy says it’s because he hates cops. Lois nods.

Hal cries himself to sleep that night.

Bonus:

Batman stalking a civilian named Batson who for some reason is number one in the Lanterns List, with an alarming amount of yellows.

Batman finds a black hair, blue eyes, orphan child.

Batman: Alfred call the guy

Bonus 2:

Nightwing, trying to meet his future maybe brother: Hi 👋

Billy, sees an authority figure in Blue that wields batons and electricity: …

Billy immediately kicks Nightwing while yelling ACAB

Billy runs away

Nightwing cries himself to sleep that night.

[saltsig]

Thinking back on it, it was a pretty dark time in my life. But Iris... Happy, smiling Iris, she was my light.

[thefruitybrain]

Ray walks in shirtless bc he's Ray: hey guys sorry for being late

Henry thinking: whore…

Charlotte yelling: WHORE!

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 169

Danny is from a world where everyone has wings, even if most have long since lost the ability to fly. Something about loading and aspect ratio, wings being too small, body too heavy, now mostly used as display, whatever. 

It doesn’t matter even if he had blueprints from when he was like six of a jetpack to help fly. It won’t work anyway and hey, he has his ghost form! Which uh, might be perhaps, affecting his wings which were maybe sort of scorched black and practically down to the bone thanks to the accident. 

It doesn’t matter, he swears. Though he’s admittedly relieved to see the new feathers growing in are different from Dan’s angry sunset. Even if they’re not even supposed to be able to grow back. Alright, this is fine, no one is going to notice! It’s not like everyone knows about the poor Fenton kid whose wings were absolutely destroyed thanks to an accident! It’s fine. 

He’s not flying in a half-panic towards the Far Frozen while crying because his wings are coming back and he’s so scared. He didn’t panic and instantly fled the moment Jazz pointed them out while changing the bandages. 

He definitely didn’t trip over something while wiping away said tears and blacking out from all the stress and all of his problems that he definitely mentioned to someone and isn’t keeping a secret. Definitely. 

Hawkwoman and Hawkman would like everyone to know that neither of them were expecting a very small child to be spat out of the villain of that week’s machine that should definitely not be a portal. A very small child, maybe nine or ten, with a multitude of concerning wounds both old and fresh. Which isn’t even beginning to touch on the wings. 

Feathered, like baby down despite the gnarled scars, unlike their own metallic, with the beginning of tiny specklings like stars amidst the darker fuzz peeking from the wounded flesh. 

Who?! Who dared?! It’s (at least to the forever reincarnating duo) a literal baby! They still have down! Tiny baby fuzz! Was it the portal?! Oh this villain is going to taste their maces for causing this if that’s the case! 

The rest of the Justice League would honestly like to know what just happened and are honestly unsure on if they should stop the two…

[tea-cat-arts]

I simply think this fandom doesn't give Wei Wuxian enough credit for the various ways in which he saved Lan Wangji