Gloria Grahame's Impact on Film Noir | 10 Essential Noir Classics

Hello everyone and welcome back to my channel! Today, honoring her upcoming 100th anniversary this 2023, we're entering again noir territory and exploring the remarkable role and significance of Gloria Grahame in #FilmNoir. You won't want to miss this exploration tribute in which I will go over her iconic and essential contributions to film noir and some of my favorite films of hers. Her personal life is not the focus of this video, except for a brief mention, but her work in films. I apologize for my somewhat blurry image in certain parts of the video but the camera decided to focus on Gene Tierney (in the cover of the magazine I placed behind me). Who can blame it, right? It's a devoted film noir camera! I hope you enjoy and share some of your favorite Gloria Grahame noir performances.

* Correction | 12:07 Shelley Winters (not Shelly)

#GloriaGrahame #EssentialFilms #FilmNoir

👇🏻Videos mentioned:
· Review of Crossfire (1947)
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· Review of The Big Heat (1953)
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📚Research sources:
· Suicide Blonde: The Life of Gloria Grahame by Vincent Curcio
https://archive.org/details/suicidebl...
· Photoplay, Modern Screen and Screenland magazines of the 1950s
https://archive.org/

🎬 Titles featured in the video and some links to watch:
· Crossfire (1947)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039286/
📺 https://archive.org/details/crossfire...
· Song of the Thin Man (1947)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039853/
· A Woman's Secret (1949)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042053/
· In a Lonely Place (1950)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042593/
📺 https://archive.org/details/1950-in-a...
· The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044672/
· Macao (1952)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044863/
📺 https://archive.org/details/macao-1952
· Sudden Fear (1952)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045205/
https://archive.org/details/suddenfea...
· The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044391/
· The Glass Wall (1953)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045824/
· The Big Heat (1953)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045555/
📺 https://archive.org/details/1953thebi...
· The Good Die Young (1954)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047040/
📺 https://archive.org/details/thegooddi...
· Human Desire (1954)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047101/
· Naked Alibi (1954)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047263/
📺 https://archive.org/details/naked-ali...
https://archive.org/details/humandesi...
· Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053133/

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