The Right Woman for the Wrong Man

Peggy Webber’s part in The Wrong Man (1956) was a brief, but important scene as an insurance company clerk who wrongly identifies Henry Fonda as an armed robber. Her erroneous conclusion provided the impetus that propels an innocent Fonda into the bowels of...

The Coleen Gray Doubleheader

One of filmdom’s most lovely and gracious stars, Coleen Gray, was on hand at the Egyptian Theatre Wednesday night for a double bill screening of The Killing (1956) and The Sleeping City (1950). Since being featured in Eddie Muller’s book, Dark City Dames...

The Glass Wall & Ann Robinson

The Saturday night double feature at the Noir City Festival in Hollywood led off with a screening of The Glass Wall (1953). This seldom seen film, with a near-faultless print courtesy of Sony-Columbia, provided a unique view of Times Square at night, as a hurt World...

Gloria Pall

John Ford once remarked that the best moments in films are invariably serendipitious. So too are the appearances of film noir festival guests, especially last night at the Egyptian Theatre. Gloria Pall made a last minute show-up at last night’s viewing of The...