#james m cain

[adaptationsdaily]

Double Indemnity (1944) Directed by Billy Wilder

[mrmousetolliver]

“With this money I can get away from you. From you and your chickens and your pies and your kitchens and everything that smells of grease. I can get away from this shack with its cheap furniture, and this town and its dollar days, and its women that wear uniforms and its men that wear overalls. You think just because you've made a little money you can get a new hairdo and some expensive clothes and turn yourself into a lady. But you can't, because you'll never be anything but a common frump, whose father lived over a grocery store and whose mother took in washing. With this money, I can get away from every rotten, stinking thing that makes me think of this place or you!” ― James M. Cain, Mildred Pierce

[ghaas]

The Postman Always Rings Twice ad, 1946

[midnights-wish]

"Then I saw her."

James M. Cain, 'The Postman Always Rings Twice'.

[joemayo65]

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Patrick Leger’s illustrations for James M. Cains The Postman Always Rings Twice.

[randomrichards]

OSSESSIONE:

Drifter stops by inn

Helps woman kill her husband

His guilt consumes him

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Hot Summer Nights (2017, Elijah Bynum)

09/12/2023

Hot Summer Nights is a 2017 film written and directed by Elijah Bynum, in his film debut, starring Timothée Chalamet.

On March 26, 2015, the debut of Elijah Bynum was announced with his screenplay Hot Summer Nights, set in 1991 on Cape Cod, which ended up in the 2013 Black List of the best screenplays ever produced.

The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 13, 2017 and was released in US theaters starting on July 27, 2018.

[nicoooooooon]

Mildred Pierce (1945) directed by Michael Curtiz featuring Joan Crawford and Ann Blyth

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[pacingmusings]

Seen (again) in 2022:

Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder), 1944

[izzythehutt]

The plot of Double Indemnity, lol

El Paso Herald, Texas, January 6, 1928

[midnights-wish]

I've gotten eight more books (I already had three) for my vacation in italy. :) I've been behind on my reading goal for this year, so I figured that since I'll have much much less to do the next two weeks, I should put an effort into getting back on track - and to maybe surpass it.

I'm currently reading 'The Mysterious Affair At Styles' by Agatha Christie, which I will be completing on my way there. The other eleven books on my list are:

'The Bullet That Missed', Richard Osman ( ♡ )

'A User's Guide To The Brain', John J. Ratey ( ♡ )

'The Devil And The Dark Water', Stuart Turton

'The Sundial', Shirley Jackson

'The Postman Always Rings Twice', James M. Cain ( ♡ )

'The Decagon House Murders', Yukito Ayatsuji ( ♡ )

'Flower Fairies Of The Summer', Cicely Mary Barker

'The Murder On The Links', Agatha Christie ( ♡ )

'Axiomatic', Greg Egan

'Lord Of The Flies', William Golding

'The Time Machine', H.G. Wells ( ♡ )

I'm not sure yet in which order I'll be reading these, but the ones with the heart behind are the ones I'm looking forward to the most. 🌙

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Which version of this do you prefer?

[swampflix]

Double Indemnity (1944)

When Fred MacMurray’s horndog insurance salesman meets Barbara Stanwyck’s femme fatale at the start of Double Indemnity, she’s dressed only in a beach towel, fresh from sunbathing.  After changing into a knee-length dress, she entertains him in the parlor, pretending to be interested in purchasing car insurance from his company but really feeling out his potential to help with the murder of her…

[riggio037]

IMHO one of the best most perfect flicks I think I've seen.

Double Indemnity (1944)