#who killed teddy bear

[anthonysperkins]

Sal Mineo as Lawrence Sherman Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965) dir. Joseph Cates

[itsmyfriendisaac]

Who Killed Teddy Bear: while waiting tables at a popular 42nd Street nightclub, Lawrence Sherman becomes completely obsessed with his coworker Norah Dain, an attractive disc jockey living alone in the adjacent apartment building!

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FNF prez Eddie Muller responds to film noir fan questions fielded by the Foundation's Director of Communications Anne Hockens. In this episode, we discuss Lightning Strikes Twice, Woman on the Run, Darwyn Cooke’s comic book adaptations of Richard Stark’s Parker novels, which classic film noirs should be remade, Eddie’s novel The Distance and more. We wind up the show with a discussion of the notorious psychological thriller Who Killed Teddy Bear. On the cat front, we get a rare visit from Tizzy the traveling cat.

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Can’t join us on Thursday? No problem! A recording will be up on our YouTube channel, @NoirCity, on Friday, October 6.

Note: Eddie will not be able to answer questions posted during the livestream nor ones left on our social media accounts

The dialogue of LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE was nuanced, subtle, wicked, I wonder what male author has also sustained that continuous level of repartee? At the amusement park towards the finale of WOMAN ON THE RUN, the life-size Laughing Sally made me think it was San Francisco - am I mistaken?

Sara

Any news of a restoration/screening/Noir Alley showing/home release for CANON CITY (1948)? Morse

Eddie has expressed his affinity for comic books in the past, have either of you read the Darwyn Cooke adaptations of Richard Stark’s Parker books?

Nathanael from New Braunfels, Texas

Would Film Noir have existed if World War II had not?

John

Are there any classical Film Noir movies that might be worth a redo along the lines of NIGHTMARE ALLEY, with the chance of going back to original source material without the production code limitations?

Carlton, Atlanta, Georgia

In WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS Scalise keeps administrating what appears to be a nasal spray, but from my memory of Le Chiffre in James Bond isn’t it likelier that it is Benzedrine he’s inhaling?

Eric

One of my more favorite movies of recent vintage is EMILY THE CRIMINAL.  What do both of you think about the film?  

John - Brooklyn, N.Y.

I recently watched David Lynch's brilliant LOST HIGHWAY for the first time in several years and for the first time the very noir elements really stuck out for me. Is there another neo-noir with such strong sci-fi elements?

Joe on Long Island

My first question is for Eddie.  Do you consider Alfred Hitchcock’s SPELLBOUND and THE PARADINE CASE – both starring your favorite actor, Gregory Peck – to be good representatives of noir films?  

Anne, since you are a big fan of the Golden Era of Radio, were you a fan of the Alan Ladd radio series, BOX 13, and do you think it qualifies as a noir?  

Loren, Chicago

Re THE DISTANCE. Couldn't find any definition for "Swansy hollow punch". Could you elaborate? Did you make up the fighters' names or are they real names pulled from the past Was this your first book-length effort? If not, what was?

Jay and Connie, Ann Arbor, MI

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[bitter69uk]

“Sal Mineo was one of the last boy starlets to receive the full glamour treatment from Hollywood, complete with parties, premieres, concocted love affairs and fanzine adoration. However, as one studio exec prophetically observed, “either it works or goodbye Sal.”” / From Flesh and Fantasy (1978) by Penny Stallings / Born on this day 85 years ago: the most haunting, dreamy and doomed of 1950s and 60s heartthrobs, doe-eyed leading man and occasional pop singer Sal Mineo (né Salvatore Mineo Jr on 10 January 1939, murdered under murky circumstances aged just 37 on 12 February 1976). I treasure the adorable olive-skinned bisexual Mineo’s performances in Rebel without a Cause (1955), Giant (1956) – and especially the ultra-sordid 1965 exploitation film Who Killed Teddy Bear?

Sal Mineo (January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976)

[swampflix]

Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965)

Who Killed Teddy Bear? is a 1965 neo-noir about a woman named Norah Dain who receives threatening phone calls from an unknown stalker, whose attentions escalate. You might not know that the identity of the stalker is meant to be unknown if you read virtually any synopsis, including the one that appears when you select the film on just about any streaming service where it is housed, or on the…

[ladiesonphone]

Who killed Teddy Bear (1965) Juliet Prowse

[twinstxrs]

the bad kids taking those arcade prizes is objectively so funny bc why did fig gorgug adaine fabian & kristen all get a fun thing that helps them and riz gets The Foreshadowing Blade

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one of the cringiest things kon does after he and tim start dating, btw, is that when he wants snuggle time he will just hold out his arms and demand "WHERE is my CUDDLY, SQUISHABLE TIMMY-BEAR???"

one of the cringiest things tim does after they start dating is that he answers to this every single time, without fail.

[bitter69uk]

Born on this day 84 years ago: the most haunting, dreamy and doomed of 1950s male starlets, doe-eyed Sal Mineo (born Salvatore Mineo Jr on 10 January 1939, murdered under murky circumstances aged just 37 on 12 February 1976).  I treasure the adorable olive-skinned bisexual Mineo’s performances in Rebel without a Cause (1955), Giant (1956) – and especially the ultra-sordid exploitation film Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965). Seen here in the Bronx in 1955.

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ASK EDDIE returns Thursday, October 5, 7:00 PM PT to our Facebook page, @filmnoirfoundation.

FNF prez Eddie Muller responds to film noir fan questions fielded by the Foundation's Director of Communications Anne Hockens. In this episode, we discuss Lightning Strikes Twice, Woman on the Run, Darwyn Cooke’s comic book adaptations of Richard Stark’s Parker novels, which classic film noirs should be remade, Eddie’s novel The Distance and more. We wind up the show with a discussion of the notorious psychological thriller Who Killed Teddy Bear. On the cat front, we get a rare visit from Tizzy the traveling cat.

Want your question answered in a future episode? We solicit questions from our email subscribers in our monthly newsletters. Sign up for free at filmnoirfoundation.org

Everyone who signs up on our email list and contributes $20 or more to the Film Noir Foundation receives the digital version of NOIR CITY Magazine for a year.

Can’t join us on Thursday? No problem! A recording will be up on our YouTube channel, @NoirCity, on Friday, October 6.

Note: Eddie will not be able to answer questions posted during the livestream nor ones left on our social media accounts

The dialogue of LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE was nuanced, subtle, wicked, I wonder what male author has also sustained that continuous level of repartee? At the amusement park towards the finale of WOMAN ON THE RUN, the life-size Laughing Sally made me think it was San Francisco - am I mistaken?

Sara

Any news of a restoration/screening/Noir Alley showing/home release for CANON CITY (1948)? Morse

Eddie has expressed his affinity for comic books in the past, have either of you read the Darwyn Cooke adaptations of Richard Stark’s Parker books?

Nathanael from New Braunfels, Texas

Would Film Noir have existed if World War II had not? 

John

Are there any classical Film Noir movies that might be worth a redo along the lines of NIGHTMARE ALLEY, with the chance of going back to original source material without the production code limitations? 

Carlton, Atlanta, Georgia

In WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS Scalise keeps administrating what appears to be a nasal spray, but from my memory of Le Chiffre in James Bond isn’t it likelier that it is Benzedrine he’s inhaling?

Eric

One of my more favorite movies of recent vintage is EMILY THE CRIMINAL.  What do both of you think about the film?   

John - Brooklyn, N.Y.

I recently watched David Lynch's brilliant LOST HIGHWAY for the first time in several years and for the first time the very noir elements really stuck out for me. Is there another neo-noir with such strong sci-fi elements?

Joe on Long Island 

My first question is for Eddie.  Do you consider Alfred Hitchcock’s SPELLBOUND and THE PARADINE CASE – both starring your favorite actor, Gregory Peck – to be good representatives of noir films?  

Anne, since you are a big fan of the Golden Era of Radio, were you a fan of the Alan Ladd radio series, BOX 13, and do you think it qualifies as a noir?  

Loren, Chicago

Re THE DISTANCE. Couldn't find any definition for "Swansy hollow punch". Could you elaborate? Did you make up the fighters' names or are they real names pulled from the past Was this your first book-length effort? If not, what was?

Jay and Connie, Ann Arbor, MI

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Rewatching a playthrough of Danganronpa and it actually shocks me how chill Monokuma is. Even when Kyoko goes around stealing his shit and he finds Makoto with it later he's like. Yeah okay. I don't hold it against you or anything it's cool. LMAO

He has every available opportunity to just kill everyone whenever, especially when they break the rules, but he never does. I really love villains who stick to their own rules so it's fair for everyone else :")

[schazk]

I have many issues with Beastars

It's got some funky issues

But

That being said

Riz is my baby and holy shit he was done so dirty

Teddy bear didn't deserve everything that happened

[kumomist]

intense insane staring into the distance and still crying over north no2

[yourwizardofaus]

Sal Mineo and Juliet Prowse in her shortlived 1966 sitcom, Mona McCluskey. Sal guest starred in the episode ‘The General Swings At Dawn.’  This was around the same time they worked together on the cult movie Who Killed Teddy Bear?