ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Nicholas Ray makes his film debut directing “They Live By Night,” a noir love story. Not your usual, noir dude obsessed by a bad woman, but an actual relationship, conducted under trying circumstances. Kathy O’Donnell and Farley Granger made a couple of films together, but this is the best. Enjoy Howard de Silva as a mean gangster. He has no dance numbers. The film is based on the novel, “hieves Like Us”. It’s genuinely one of my favorites, and so it becomes my birthday pick.
They Live By Night
Host Shelly Brisbin with Nathan Alderman, Micheline Maynard, and Philip Michaels.
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The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film
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- Available to stream, rent or buy digitally
- On disc: Blu-ray
The Self-Referential LTS
- 60 CELEBRATE THE TERESA WRIGHT-AISSANCE
- 93 SITUATIONAL GALES
- 71 SHE KILLED A MAN IN RENO
- 7 ENJOY YOUR CUCUMBER, AMERICA!
- 48 HE SOUNDS LIKE AN ANGRY GARBAGE TRUCK
- 84 THE HEALTHY HABITS OF HAT CHECK GIRLS
We’ll be back in October with more classic movie takes.
