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218 Points / Joined 20 Nov 2016 / USA / London, Kimble County, Texas

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Richard Vollin
13th Oct 2023		Vinyl Album
Roy Wood's Wizzard - Introducing Eddy And The Falcons		Review
Excellent album. Several years before Robert Gordon and The Stray Cats.

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Richard Vollin
13th Oct 2023		Blu-ray
The Blue Dahlia - Shout! Factory		Review
From my Amazon.com review on April 9, 2019

Spoiler Alert -
Forget all the blather about Veronica Lake, I'll tell you who steals this film - hands down...supporting actress Doris Dowling as Alan Ladd's two-timing, slutty wife Helen Morrison.
Her scenes are all too brief, but she is unforgettable.
Quite drunk, dressed in a slinky, shimmering cocktail dress along with a smug attitude, she spills her guts out to her husband concerning the death of their son -
Helen: "I could tell you something about Dickie that would hurt you plenty".
Johnny: "What about Dickie"?
Helen: "It could happen to anybody. I'd been to a party. I had to take Dickie with me, I had a few drinks".
Johnny: "Ah - stop the tears".
Helen: "Alright hero, I was drunk. I was in a car smash, Dickie was killed. I wrote you he had died of diphtheria because I was afraid to tell you the truth. Well - how do you like it?" Helen starts to drunkenly laugh.
Johnny enters the bedroom and removes his automatic from his suitcase, then a physical confrontation ensues...while astride a stool with her legs in a provocative pose, Johnny pull his gun and aims it at her (see attached images);
Johnny: "That's what I ought to do, but you're not worth it".
Now, I ask you, what scene in the film did Veronica Lake have that tops this?

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Richard Vollin
13th Oct 2023		Blu-ray
This Gun For Hire - Shout! Factory		Essential noir.

Richard Vollin
13th Oct 2023		Blu-ray
My Gun Is Quick - KL Studio Classics		From a 2K transfer. Lots of location shooting in and around L.A. Not on the par with "Kiss Me Deadly" (1955), but very engaging and worthy of your time.

Richard Vollin
13th Oct 2023		DVD
Crime Wave [1954] - Warner Home Video		Essential film noir viewing. Jean Gillie in "Decoy" is as ruthless and greedy as Leslie Brooks is in "Blonde Ice" (1948) two years later. "Crime Wave" benefits from excellent location shooting in stark, seedy L.A. environs and the point-blank acting of Sterling Hayden. Inspiration and precursor to John Ellroy's "L.A. Confidential" (1997) with Ellroy and film noir expert, Eddie Muller providing over-the-top commentary together.



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Magazine added by Richard Vollin  24th Jan 2023:

Kicks - Issue 1 - 2013 - USA
Book added by Richard Vollin  14th Aug 2017:

Arthur Lyons - Death On The Cheap - Da Capo Press - Paperback - USA - 0306809966 (2000)
Blu-ray added by Richard Vollin  9th Aug 2017:

Godzilla - The Criterion Collection - USA (2012)
DVD added by Richard Vollin  8th Aug 2017:

Classic Albums: Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Eagle Vision - USA (2001)
CD Album added by Richard Vollin  4th Aug 2017:

Wayne Hancock - Slingin' Rhythm - Bloodshot - USA (2016)
CD Album added by Richard Vollin  3rd Aug 2017:

Elton John - Live From Rose Hall, New York September 6, 2006 - Interscope - USA (2007)
CD Album added by Richard Vollin  2nd Aug 2017:

Pentagram - First Daze Here Too: The Vintage Collection - Relapse - USA (2006)
Cassette Album added by Richard Vollin  31st Jul 2017:

Rag Doll - Rag Doll - No Name - USA (1995)

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