#Sidney Hickox

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in love with the composition and lighting

To Have and Have Not (1944), Director: Howard Hawks, Cinematographer: Sidney Hickox

#to have and have not #Howard Hawks #film blog #cinematography #old hollywood #classic hollywood #humphrey bogart #lauren bacall #Sidney Hickox

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To Have and Have Not (1944)

#lauren bacall #to have and have not #1940s #howard hawks #sidney hickox

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It's us versus THEM! (1954, Douglas) Your deadicated hosts tackle the first big bug classic as part of their horror adjacent bonus episode series.

We cover nuclear testing on US soil through the '50s, how they created the ants' iconic sound, and why this movie isn't horror (according to us!)

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 45:34; Discussion 51:53

#podcast #them! #ants #atomic bombs #radioactive fallout #warner bros #monster movie #big bug movie #horror #thriller #action #gordon douglas #ted sherdeman #russell hughes #george worthing yates #david weisbert #sidney hickox #thomas reilly #bronislau kaper #james whitmore #edmund gwenn #joan weldon #james arness

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Dark Passage (1947)

“You know, it's wonderful when guys like you lose out. Makes guys like me think maybe we got a chance in this world.”

Director: Delmer Daves

Cinematographer: Sidney Hickox

#Dark Passage #Delmer Daves #Sidney Hickox #telelizion

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#howard hawks #1946 #1940s #usa #film noir #raymond chandler #warner bros #william faulkner #detective #cop movies #crime #mystery #los angeles #max steiner #sidney hickox #leigh brackett

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On May 27, 1993, Theatre of Blood, Twice-Told Tales, and The Creeping Flesh were screened on TNT's MonsterVision.

#tnt's monstervision #monstervision #theatre of blood #twice told tales #the creeping flesh #douglas hickox #sidney salkow #movie art #freddie francis #vincent price #horror art #horror movies #horror film #horror thriller #horror #cult film #cult movies #art #drawing #movie history #pop art #modern art #pop surrealism #portrait #possession

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Dorothy Mackaill in Safe in Hell (William A. Wellman, 1931)

Cast: Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, Morgan Wallace, John Wray, Ivan Simpson, Victor Varconi, Nina Mae McKinney, Charles Middleton, Clarence Muse, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Noble Johnson, Cecil Cunningham, George F. Marion. Screenplay: Joseph Jackson, Maude Fulton, based on a play by Houston Branch. Cinematography: Sidney Hickox. Art direction: Jack Okey. Film editing: Owen Marks. 

Seamy and salacious, Safe in Hell is sometimes cited as an example of what finally scared Hollywood into accepting the Production Code, except that you could hardly find a more conventionally moral fable than this tale of a call girl who gives up her sinful ways when her sailor comes back from sea and proposes marriage. Unfortunately, the man who done her wrong intervenes and Gilda (Dorothy Mackaill) is forced to flee to a Caribbean island populated mostly by men of the wrong sort. Still, she manages to hold on to her renewed virtue and rise to self-sacrificing heights at the end. Mackaill is terrific in the role, making me wonder why she's not well-known today. It's probably because most of her work was done in silent films and she was turning 30 when sound came in, putting her at a disadvantage against younger actresses like Bette Davis and Barbara Stanwyck when it came to landing lead roles. Director William A. Wellman had a steady hand with this kind of tough-edged melodrama, introducing touches of comedy like the crowd of lecherous barflies who live in the hotel Gilda moves into while waiting the return of Carl (Donald Cook), her sailor. When she moves into her room on the balcony at the top of the stairs, they turn around their chairs to face it, eager for whatever action may occur. They're not disappointed: Piet Van Saal (Ralf Harolde), the man she thought she killed, forcing her to flee to the island, turns up alive, and the island's lawman, its "jailer and executioner" in his words, the unsavory Mr. Bruno (Morgan Wallace), also takes an interest in her. It's a middling movie, mostly of historical interest, particularly in the appearance of two important Black actors, Clarence Muse and Nina Mae McKinney, in roles that don't call for them to kowtow too much to the whites or speak the standard dialect concocted for Black people in the movies. McKinney, best known today for her performance as Chick in King Vidor's Hallelujah (1929). gets to introduce the song "When It's Sleepy Time Down South," which became a jazz standard when Louis Armstrong popularized it. Muse, who plays a hotel porter, was one of its composers, along with Leon René and Otis René. 

#Safe in Hell #William A. Wellman #Dorothy Mackaill

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Them! 1954

Dir. Gordan Douglas DoP. Sidney Hickox

#bw studies #procreate #them! #50s sci fi

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Safe in Hell

The plot may be utter nonsense, but William A. Wellman’s SAFE IN HELL (1931, Criterion Channel, TCM) is so visually distinctive and features such good performances by Dorothy Mackaill, Nina Mae McKinney and Clarence Muse it’s almost irresistible. Mackaill is a prostitute because after her former boss (Ralf Harolde) raped her she couldn’t get another job. When a procurer (Cecil Cunningham in a brief, vivid bit) sends her off on a job, it turns out to be Harolde. She fights him off, accidentally starting a fire in which he’s reported dead, so her childhood sweetheart (Donald Wood) sneaks her to a Caribbean island with no extradition treaty where she’s surrounded by other criminals “safe in hell.” There she falls prey to a crooked local jailer (Morgan Wallace) who hides Wood’s letters and support payments from her, and her life just goes downhill from there. Wellman and cinematographer Sidney Hickox throw in some impressive camera angles to keep things humming and a lot of shots of mirrors to reflect Mackaill’s divided nature. And she pulls off an impressive job of playing the tough cookie when she has to and letting her vulnerable side come through in places. Most notable is the treatment of McKinney and Muse, the only decent people in the film. Although their roles were originally written in stereotyped black dialect, they speak perfectly on screen, and Muse even has an impeccable British accent. McKinney also gets one of the film’s best closeups, has some remarkably fresh line readings and introduces the jazz standard “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South.”

#pre code #william a. wellman #dorothy mackaill #nina mae mckinney #clarence muse #ralf harolde #cecil cunningham #donald wood #Youtube

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The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep (1946) was photographed by Sidney Hickox. Sid also photographed Bogart and Bacall in To Have and Have Not, and The Crowd Roars (1932), his first of three films with Howard Hawks.

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#big sleep #elisha cook jr #humphrey bogart

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Dread by the Decade: The Return of Doctor X

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Source Material: "The Doctor's Secret" by William J. Makin Year: 1939 Genre: Sci-Fi Horror Rating: UR (Recommended: PG) Country: USA Language: English Runtime: 1 hour 2 minutes

Director: Vincent Sherman Cinematographer: Sidney Hickox Editor: Thomas Pratt Composer: Bernhard Kaun Writer: Lee Katz Cast: Wayne Morris, Dennis Morgan, John Litel, Lya Lys, Joan Vance, Humphrey Bogart

Plot: A reporter and doctor team up to uncover who is draining people of blood.

Review: With no relation to Doctor X, a weak premise, and dull pacing, this film is little more than a thrill-free mystery with a silly twist.

Overall Rating: 2/5

Story: 1.5/5 - A mix of B-movie cliches, failed comedy, and pure nonsense. A random romantic plot line feels wildly superfluous. It would definitely be better if scenes didn't drag on and repeat.

Performances: 3/5 - Bogart feels pretty miscast, but everyone else is competent.

Cinematography: 3/5 - Professional but not particularly artistic or striking.

Editing: 3/5

Music: 2/5 - Generic and pretty overbearing at points.

Sets: 3/5 - A little cheap in some places, but mostly serviceable.

Costumes, Hair, & Make-Up: 1.5/5 - The waxy make-up and silly hair for Quesne (Bogart) are just bizarre and Merrova (Lys) doesn't look particularly sickly.

Trigger Warnings:

Minor violence (offscreen)

Child death (only mentioned)

Medical scenes (not graphic)

Animal death

#The Return of Doctor X (1939) #The Return of Doctor X #Vincent Sherman #American #Dread by the Decade #review #1930s

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White Heat

Directed by Raoul Walsh

Photographed by Sidney Hickox

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To Have and Have Not (1944)

#lauren bacall #1940s #to have and have not #sidney hickox #howard hawks

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Humphrey Bogart is ready to be handcuffed in a scene from All Through the Night (1942) photographed by Sidney Hickox. Sid was born in New York City and had 167 cinematography credits from 1916 to 249 episodes of The Andy Griffith Show and 78 episodes of its sequel Mayberry RFD.

Sid's entries among my best 1,001 movies are Female, Bright Lights, Underground, To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, and White Heat.  His other honorable mention is The Crowd Roars.

#humphrey bogart #kaaren verne #all through the night

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Films watched in 2021.

333: Dark Passage (Delmer Daves, 1947)

★★★★★★★☆☆☆

“You know, it’s wonderful when guys like you lose out. Makes guys like me think maybe we got a chance in this world.”

#Films watched in 2021. #Dark Passage #Delmer Daves #quote #1947 #film noir #noirvember #black and white #Lauren Bacall #Humphrey Bogart #title credits #thriller #police #crime #Sidney Hickox #Agnes Moorehead #Bruce Bennett #medicine #newspaper #coffee #tea #taxi #love

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them! (us, douglas 54)

#them! #gordon douglas #joan weldon #james whitmore #sidney hickox