#the glass key

[zegalba]

Rene Magritte: The Glass Key (1959)

[dirtyriver]

Veronica Lake ( November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973)

[wearenaturelovers]

[lifes-commotion]

Alan Ladd

[vessels-for-good-intent]

first off, thanks @more-than-tender-curiosity for getting this clip!

second off. second off… hoo boy. TWO INSTANCES OF JAY.

alan also sounds like he’s bouta cry which. yea. hugging him. he deserves hugs.

the natsby vibes in this? god. what did we do to deserve this—“why don’t you forget about her?”

the flinch. i am going to talk about the flinch. alan Hated gunshots. you can see this in the start of 1949, and also in a few other movies—Shane being a great example, when Shane shows off his gun to Joey. but why would he flinch here? there’s no gun—it’s just macdonald carey’s hand. is it a character thing or his acting? i don’t know, to be honest, and i desperately want to. he’d been punched in several other films by this point—The Blue Dahlia and The Glass Key, certainly, come to mind. but it’s just carey’s hand. i would say that the flinch—and the reasoning behind it—is probably up for personal interpretation.

and then. “LET/LEAVE ME ALONE.” i can’t very well tell if it’s let or leave me alone, and both would fit just fine. but his voice—his voice. i can’t remember exactly which other movies alan raised his voice in, perhaps The Carpetbaggers? but anyhow, it’s the same in 1949 as it is in whatever other movie he raised his voice for. it’s not bad, honestly.

and also the music at the end. movie composers in the 40s and 50s… i desperately think there should be more recognition of 40s & 50s movie composers.

[frommybookbook]

have you done the glass key novel/movie/miller's crossing journey? that's such an interesting walk if you're into hammet stuff

I've read The Glass Key and really enjoyed it. I do think it's some of Hammett's best writing (I don't know that it's hardboiled for me, but that's an issue of my own interpretation of the genre). I haven't seen any adaptation yet but I've been keeping an eye out for them.

[lyssahumana]

[eclecticpjf]

Now watching:

[kwebtv]

The Glass Key - CBS - May 11, 1949

A presentation of Westinghouse Studio One Season 1 Episode 13

The Premier Episode under Westinghouse Sponsorship

Drama

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Don Briggs as Ed Beaumont

Jean Carson as Janet Henry

Lawrence Fletcher as Paul Madvic

Les Damon as Shad

Edwin Jerome as Senator Henry

Sara Taft as the Nurse

Bern Hoffman as Jeff

Joe Silver as Whiskey

Maurice Gosfield as Harry

Joseph Latham as Mike

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[nextstopwonderland]

Films seen in 2024 (round-up post since March, part 2)

The Red House (Daves, 1947)

The Glass Key (Heisler, 1942)

The Body Snatcher (Wise, 1945)

The Seventh Victim (Robson, 1943)

I Walked with a Zombie (Tourneur, 1943)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Aldrich, 1962)

Who’s Minding the Mint? (Morris, 1967)

Gothic (Russell, 1986)

Valley of the Dolls (Robson, 1967)

The Fuller Brush Girl (Bacon, 1950)

[georgeraftfan]

George Raft in the Glass Key (Back in Business)

Tribute I made 8 years ago! One of my fave Rafty flicks, he’s great in this, hoping yay someday it gets a proper Blu-ray release.

[mofufufu]

앞이 잘보이지 않는-안경

[tricodekus]

Tsukki meets one of his fans (bokuaka child)

[austim]

Cars, Explosions, & Hammers Stimboard for @photomatt (unrequested)

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