Written and Directed by Matthew Chapman.  Cinematography by Keith Goddard, Music by George Fenton.  The film stars Helen Mirren as Beaty Simons, John Shea as Emory Cole, Paul Angelis as Alex Denham, Murray Salem as Max, Jenny Runacre as Vere, Daniel Chasin as Billy, Imogen Claire as Imogen, Patti Boulaye as Cabaret Singer, and Marika Rivera as French Singer.  "Soho has been at the center of London's 'sex industry' for well over 200 years. Between 1778 and 1801 the notorious 'White House', a “magical” brothel fitted out with various mechanical contraptions designed to terr ..read more

Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn (Glastonbury 2011)  Peter Gunn ..read more

Fabian Perez Thomas Hart Benton Thomas Hart Benton Natasia Nair Morning Train - Thomas Hart Benton \ On The Block - Thomas Hart Benton Warren Criswell Girls of burlesque  Bebe Landers Louis Fratino   ​Erika Muse - Delia Brown Thomas Hart Benton The American Girl and Why - James Montgomery Flagg Squidoo Michael Patterson Detail - Thomas Hart Benton   ..read more

 Chasing Shadows Armin Siljkovic  Chasing Shadows stars Jose Rosete, cinematography was by Alan Dean, music was by Joseph 'Sloe" Slawinski. Grips: Jose Chairez & Alex Odesmith - AC: Ally Rybicki - Gaffer: Graham Wade ..read more

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"Under U.S. copyright law, your self-published work (and any writing of yours, for that matter) is protected as soon as you put pen to paper. Copyright is based on your creative authorship and is not dependent on any formal agreement with a book publisher or self-publishing company." I'm copywriting this Idea - "A Noir Channel that not only shows Classic Noir films but also shows desaturated color films and TV." The problem with a "Noir Channel" has always been that you'd run out of real Noir content fast, but if you desaturated the last 70 years of content you'd make it work easily. lol John ..read more

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"A Surveillance Of Assailants" (Noirsville) Directed with a lot of style by Sergio Martino.  I've seen just two other films directed by Martino Slave of the Cannibal God, and A Man Called Blade aka Mannaja. They are both watchable the latter is one of the last of the Spaghetti Westerns BTW. Seems that Martino was more popular after 1986 for his work on series TV. Written by Sergio Martino and Ernesto Gastaldi and based on a story by Sergio Martino. The really excellent Cinematography was by Giancarlo Ferrando and the Music was by Guido and Maurizio De Angelis (Keoma anoth ..read more

 Some "Aural" Noir from John Prine. Mexican Home It got so hot, last night, I swear You couldn't hardly breathe Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol I sat on the porch without my shoes And I watched the cars roll by As the headlights raced To the corner of the kitchen wall Mama dear Your boy is here Far across the sea Waiting for That sacred core That burns inside of me And I feel a storm All wet and warm Not ten miles away Approaching My Mexican home My God! I cried, it's so hot inside You could die in the living room Take the fan from the window Prop the door back with a bro ..read more