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James Dean as Caleb Trask in East of Eden (1955) dir. Elia Kazan

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James Dean and Albert Dekker in East of Eden (1955) dir. Elia Kazan

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Albert Dekker, Lloyd Nolan, and Sheldon Leonard in BUY ME THAT TOWN (1941), directed by Eugene Forde

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Silver Screen magazine

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She Devil (1957)

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Robert Aldrich, August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983.

With Albert Dekker and Gaby Rodgers on the set of Kiss Me Deadly (1955).

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The Killers (1946) Robert Siodmak

December 7th 2023

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Albert Dekker-Jean Phillips "Among the living" 1941, de Stuart Heisler.

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Suspense

Monogram Pictures swung for the fences with Frank Tuttle’s SUSPENSE (1946, TCM, YouTube), their first million-dollar picture, Spurred by the success of DILLLINGER (1945), they gave the King Brothers a larger than usual budget, which allowed them to bring in top-tier talent like cinematographer Karl Struss, composer Daniele Amfitheatrof and choreographer Nick Castle. The Kings also found a place for two up-and-comers, actor Barry Sullivan and writer Philip Yordan, along with former Warner Bros. starlet Bonita Granville and fading character actor Eugene Pallette (in his last film). Throw in Belita, Monogram’s answer to Republic’s Vera Hruba Ralston (though a much better actress), and you get one of the world’s few ice-skating films noirs, a picture with some striking images but a plot that seems to go on forever.

Sullivan is an ambitious drifter who left New York under a cloud. He gets hired to sell peanuts at Albert Dekker’s L.A. ice show, where his suggestions get him quickly promoted to a management position under Pallette. There’s only one catch. Sullivan wants to seduce the show’s star, Belita, who happens to be the boss’ wife, and before long she starts falling for him, which is understandable as Dekker is consistently coded as a gay man. Still, Dekker doesn’t want to lose his wife and star, so the rink is set for deadly conflict, though it sometimes seems to take a long time getting there.

The Kings spent a lot of money on sets, including a large ice-skating rink and an impressive two-story mountain getaway. Struss fills the film with shadowy images that often promise more suspense than the story generates. In a subplot, Sullivan is pursued by Granville as a former love from his time in Chicago (the man got around). She goes to some trouble to dig up damaging information about his past only to never use it. You could grow a beard waiting for her to do something that contributes to the plot.

At least the ice-skating numbers move and generate some real interest. Castle stages a nice jitterbug number at the start with Belita as a skating streetwalker so hot you half expect the ice to melt and leave her doing the breaststroke. There’s a daredevil routine with a hoop surrounded by threatening swords. But there’s also a Cuban number featuring “Mr. Babalu,” Miguelito Valdez, singing as the blonde leading lady does an icy version of Cuban dancing. It’s so deliriously edited it borders on high camp, something of which the rest of the film could use a lot more.

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BEAU GESTE (1939) Grade: B

For the #year1939 this was an big time adventure film. Mystery, brothers, war, it all made for a good plot. Great frame work as well. Just look at the YouTube thumbnail image!

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The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)

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THE WILD BUNCH 1969

We all dream of being a child again, even the worst of us. Perhaps the worst most of all.

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Albert Dekker (December 20, 1905 – May 5, 1968)

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Bad movie I have In Old California 1942

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Dr. Cyclops (1940) - Italian Poster

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Clássico inovador: "O delírio de um sábio" (Dr. Cyclops, 1940)