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I Knew You Before I Ever Saw You: In A Lonely Place (1950), Elaine P. Lennon Dr
I Knew You Before I Ever Saw You: In A Lonely Place (1950), Elaine P. Lennon Dr
Dr Elaine Lennon
1950’s In a Lonely Place is a dark exercise in film noir paranoid drama about a washed up screenwriter accused of murder whose violent rages threaten his relationship with the woman he loves, and whose alibi protects him as he attempts to prove his innocence. It is a high watermark in the career of both star Humphrey Bogart, who produced it, and director Nicholas Ray. The representation of screenwriting as a career is a canny gloss on the effect not only of World War Two but of the HUAC witch hunt, which had its own impact on the significance of …
A Double Life: Bette Davis' Twin Roles, Elaine P. Lennon Dr
A Double Life: Bette Davis' Twin Roles, Elaine P. Lennon Dr
Dr Elaine Lennon
An examination of the dualistic career of Bette Davis through the prism of Davis’ roles as identical twins in the fraternal films A Stolen Life (1946) and Dead Ringer (1964).