tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post2295041999824588929..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: Joseph LewisEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-3771995832652283532013-03-11T19:02:02.382-07:002013-03-11T19:02:02.382-07:00No argument with "Gun Crazy." It's a...No argument with "Gun Crazy." It's a great film. Just saw one of my favorite movies again, "'They Live By Night," with Farley Granger & Cathy O'Donnell. Nicholas Ray's 1st directing job from Edward Anderson's, "Thieves Like Us."<br />Not on the same level, but lots of fun--just zipped through the 15 movie set "Boston Blackie," with Chester Morris. Quality only fair to good+ but like I said, a lot of fun. Jed Powernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-10409738706440971352013-03-11T13:24:11.101-07:002013-03-11T13:24:11.101-07:00I've been hooked on the Falcon pictures for tw...I've been hooked on the Falcon pictures for twenty years. They are great fun and you're right the San Francisco picture is by far the best.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-50533080167708802872013-03-11T10:27:11.819-07:002013-03-11T10:27:11.819-07:00Very nice piece, Ed.
Lewis is my favorite of the ...Very nice piece, Ed.<br /><br />Lewis is my favorite of the B directors, above even Boetticher, Siegel, Ulmer and the rest. He did graduate briefly to A pictures, after the success of MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS and his contribution to THE JOLSON STORY...but none of those pictures are among his most interesting.<br /><br />I just watched the second set of Falcon movies with Tom Conway from Warner Archives -- I have a soft spot for these films, which by any logical yardstick aren't worth a damn. Toward the end of the run, Lewis did THE FALCON IN SAN FRANCISCO, and it's so startling different than the other entries in look and tone that you immediately know you're in the presence of a master filmmaker.Max Allan Collinshttp://www.maxallancollins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-47750906502485807002013-03-10T19:51:10.317-07:002013-03-10T19:51:10.317-07:00Gorman & Thomson have me convinced to watch it...Gorman & Thomson have me convinced to watch it.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.com