Yellow Sky—Classic Western with Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, and Richard Widmark

Yellow Sky (1948) is a western directed by William A. Wellman that stars Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, and Richard Widmark. Anne Baxter confro...

A Revisionist View of “The Reivers”: Novel into Film

Carl Rollyson The Life of William Faulkner , volume 1 was published in March 2020 by the University of Virginia Press.  Volume 2 will appea...

“Christmas Holiday”’s unlikely stars and Hollywood’s fascination with Sigmund Freud

During the 1940s, Hollywood discovered that psychological thrillers could mean big box office. Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt (1942) ...

“Christmas Holiday”—an unlikely film noir

Christmas Holiday (1944) is a film noir directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly. Audiences in 1944 might have ...

“The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry”—Film Noir Set in New England

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945) is a film noir directed by Robert Siodmak. The plot revolves around Harry Quincy (George Sanders) ...

“The Suspect”—Film Noir Set in Merry Old London

The Suspect (1944) directed by Robert Siodmak ( Criss Cross ) is a film noir set in London at the turn of the twentieth century. It stars ...

“The Reckless Moment”—an overlooked film noir gem

Max Ophuls, a renowned German director who only made four films in the United States, directed The Reckless Moment (1949). It starred Joan ...