Films show it's murder being a man

Another noir double bill

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I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN a sucker for narration in noir, especially if it is done in a deep bass voice like Reed Hadley’s in T-Men (1947). A Hollywood actor since 1938, Hadley had an uncredited role as narrator of Buffalo Bill (1944) followed with a credit for narration of the financially rewarding House on 92nd Street (1945), a documentary-style fictionalisation of the FBI cracking a major spy ring. A wit once said the only “ism” Hollywood believed in was plagiarism and, in 1947, we had Hadley narrating, T-Men about Treasury agents cracking a major counterfeiting ring.

Deadly honor in free noirs

TONIGHT’S FREE NOIR DOUBLE BILL

shows

Dishonored Lady (1947) 
starring Hedy Lamarr 

and 

The Great Flamarion (1945)

starring Erich von Stroheim

Both lead actors had touches of tragedy, partly self-inflicted, to their Hollywood careers. 

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