#hangover square 1945

[sukiaoki]

𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘦 (1945) 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘺: 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮

#hangover square #laird cregar #linda darnell #hangover square 1945 #noir #thriller #screencaps #john brahm

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On March 13, 1946, Hangover Square debuted in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Here's some new Linda Darnell art to celebrate!

#hangover square #hangover square 1945 #john brahm #patrick hamilton #linda darnell #film noir #noir #filn noir #noir films #historical drama film #historical drama #1940s #40s noir #noir alley #black and white film #movie art #art #drawing #movie history #pop art #modern art #pop surrealism #cult movies #portrait #cult film

[historical-hollywood]

Linda Darnell as the beautiful but devious showgirl Netta Longdon in Hangover Square (1945)

#historical hollywood #old hollywood #classic hollywood #hangover square #1945 #1940s #promotional photo #film noir #she was a showgirl #gave good face

[crumbargento]

Cats in films:

Dishonored - Josef von Sternberg - 1931 - USA

L'Atalante - Jean Vigo - France - 1934

Non , tu exageres - Charley Bowers & H.L Muller - 1926 - USA (short film 21 min)

Hangover Square - John Brahm - 1945 - USA

Masters of Horror The Black Cat - Stuart Gordon - 2006 - USA

Djävulens öga (The Devil’s Eye) - Ingmar Bergman - 1960 - Sweden

The Third Man - Carol Reed - 1949 - UK

Danza Macabra - Antonio Margheriti - 1964 - Italy

Kutya éji dala - Bódy Gábo - 1983 - Hungary

To Catch a Thief - Alfred Hitchcock - 1955 - USA

#cat #cats

[normajeanebaker]

Hangover Square (1945) dir. John Brahm

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[boydswan]

HANGOVER SQUARE (1945) dir. John Brahm

#hangover square #linda darnell #laird cregar #classicfilmsource #mine #john brahm #here am I queue me

[peggy-elise]

Linda Darnell and Laird Cregar in Hangover Square 1945 🎹

#old hollywood #beauty #romantic drama #1940s cinema #historical drama #film noir #linda darnell #laird cregar #george sanders

[citizenscreen]

Laird Cregar and Linda Darnell in John Brahm’s HANGOVER SQUARE (1945)

#laird cregar #linda darnell

[forthegothicheroine]

(Horror) movies seen in 2023: Hangover Square (1945)

This September and October, I will attempt to see and review as many new-to-me horror movies as I can!

In his annotated lyrics, Stephen Sondheim cited Hangover Square as a primary influence on Sweeney Todd- specifically, the way the score enhanced the gothic melodrama. As soon as a whistle screeches when Laird Crager clutches his head in his hands, you’ll see why.

The ominously named composer George Bone (Crager) is haunted by lost time. Why does his memory seem to vanish when he becomes absorbed in his work, and what does he do during those missing hours? He isn’t at all comforted by his unfaithful lover or his dour doctor (the latter played by the always sinister George Sanders.) His only supportive friend, Barbara, tries to assure him that he needs to focus more on his music, not less, but he continues to be haunted by what we would today called fugue states. Fugue, you may recall, is also a musical term. Perhaps you’ll recognize it from Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, a classical piece so sinister it has become a horror film cliche.

In the Snarkout Boys children’s books by Daniel Pinkwater, Rat, a scary punk girl obsessed with Old Hollywood movie stars, is noted as a particular Laird Crager fan. I bet this was her favorite movie.

The black and white era often saw classical music being played in-universe to disturbing effect. Consider the pianist staring at his own hands in horror in The Hands of Orlock and its remake Mad Love, or the conductor at his stand fantasizing about murder and suicide in Unfaithfully Yours, or the church organist dissociating while playing in Carnival of Souls. Perhaps we see less of this now because classical concerts have become the domain of hardcore music fans rather than general gatherings of the upper class. Still, the close-up face of an artist sweating and closing their eyes as they physically hammer away at the notes remains haunting.

The line between thriller and horror is tenuous at best, and Hangover Square, I would argue, crosses it. (It’s certainly not much of a mystery- I would have liked one more twist, at least.) Poor George isn’t haunted by any physical ghost, but by himself. If he can’t remember what that bundle was that he tossed into the bonfire on Guy Fawkes Night, does it matter whether demonic possession, mental illness or a mundane crime of passion caused it? If he finds himself lost, with no understanding of how he came to wake up where he is, the streets of London might as well be those of hell. Did Dr. Jekyll need his famous potion, or can our minds play the very same tricks on us?

For all that 1940s psychiatry was still a developing science, they understood what it felt like when someone’s own brain tries to destroy them. Poor Laird Crager, one of many actors martyred by the cruelties of Old Hollywood, gives a performance that captures such a feeling perfectly. The details of the plot may at times be routine melodrama, but the screeching whistle of the score as he closes his eyes and tries to steady himself is a beautiful depiction of torment. Hangover Square’s very title recalls the famous state, usually played for comedy, in which a character’s head pounds as they try and fail to recall the events of a previous debauched night. How much more frightening is that state when no drink was needed to provoke it?

#fall 23 horror reviews #hangover square #2023 movies

[holymovies]

Linda Darnell in Hangover Square (1945)

#linda darnell #old hollywood glamour #vintage hollywood #vintage photography #classic cinema #1940s

[boxcarwild]

Hangover Square is a 1945 American film noir directed by John Brahm, based on the 1941 novel Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton.

The American composer Stephen Sondheim has cited Bernard Herrmann's score for Hangover Square as a major influence on his musical Sweeney Todd.

The movie was released on February 7th 1945, two months after its star, Laird Cregar, suffered a fatal heart attack.

#1940s #film noir #hangover square #john brahm #patrick hamilton #stephen sondheim #bernard herrmann #sweeney todd #laird cregar #linda darnell #victoriana #piano #creepy

[fshoulders]

Achievement Unlocked: The "Starring Linda Darnell" Criterion Channel Collection!

Recently my co-protagonist, who is so deeply into movies I call him a ‘film elemental’, decided to indulge in a Criterion Channel subscription. This has proven to be a lot of fun, and we’ve barely scratched the surface of their offerings yet.

The first curated ‘collection’ we took a look at was “Starring Linda Darnell,” because the blurbs and teaser promised us an actress we didn’t know* but whose repertoire included a lot of snark, tempestuous rages, and throwing things at male co-stars. We like all those things! (Men in old movies basically always deserve it.)

*I had seen Mark of Zorro as a kid and loved it, but hadn’t remembered the name of the lovely young actress.

We rampaged through this collection night by night. Linda Darnell was an AMAZING actress, with incredible range. She’s also so gorgeous she is, in herself, a lighting effect; but that’s not just her inborn beauty but how deftly she uses it. She started (astoundingly young for a leading lady) as an ingenue, but pivoted to rôles for 'bad girls' and more complex, world-weary women. Whatever part she played, she brought it interiority, charisma, and passion. Her delight is infectious; her rueful humor cuts like a knife.

The collection includes a few movies that are memorable chiefly for Linda Darnell’s part (Fallen Angel); a few that are great movies where her part is limited but stupendously executed (My Darling Clementine, Unfaithfully Yours, the totally underrated Hangover Square); and a few that are great partly because Joseph Mankiewicz deployed the hell out of Linda Darnell’s nuanced talents (No Way Out, A Letter to Three Wives.)

When we finished Hangover Square (after we’d recovered from how crazy-good it is) we realized we had successfully watched the whole collection. (We were worried it would go away with the new month! But it’s still there, if you’re also film-mad enough to get the Criterion Channel!) “They should give us an achievement for watching the whole collection,” said Ryan. The Criterion Channel does not give achievements.

So I fixed that for them! I thought I was just making this for me and Ryan, but I just discovered that the Criterion Collection/Channel logo is considered too simple to copyright, so I decided to post it here! For any other Criterion Channel watchers who have binged the whole thing (or enthusiasts of old movies who pulled this together on your own), *ding* YOU EARNED AN ACHIEVEMENT!

To earn this achievement, watch:

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

Star Dust (1940)

Blood and Sand (1941)

Fallen Angel (1945)

Hangover Square (1945)

My Darling Clementine (1946)

Forever Amber (1947)

Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

No Way Out (1950)

I would say "and stan Linda Darnell" but if you watch all these movies, you will not be able to refrain from stanning Linda Darnell.

#Linda Darnell #Old Hollywood #Criterion Channel #achievement unlocked #achievement #merit badge #what she got don't need beads #actress #movies #film #watching movies #movie recommendation #fanart #i learned new procreate skills for this #procreate

[historical-hollywood]

Linda Darnell in Hangover Square (1945)

#historical hollywood #old hollywood #classic hollywood #linda darnell #hangover square #1945 #1940s #promotional photos #film noir #gave good face #she was a showgirl #ravishing in ruffles

[mogwai-movie-house]

The 100 Best Films of the 1940s

Ranked and rated high-to-low:

1. The Third Man (1949) ★★★★★★★★★★ 2. His Girl Friday (1940) ★★★★★★★★★★ 3. Black Narcissus (1947) ★★★★★★★★★★ 4. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) ★★★★★★★★★★ 5. Dumbo (1941) ★★★★★★★★★★ 6. Casablanca (1942) ★★★★★★★★★★ 7. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) ★★★★★★★★★★ 8. The Maltese Falcon (1941) ★★★★★★★★★★ 9. Citizen Kane (1941) ★★★★★★★★★★ 10. Pinocchio (1940) ★★★★★★★★★★ 11. Les Enfants du Paradis (1945) ★★★★★★★★★★ 12. And Then There Were None (1945) ★★★★★★★★★★ 13. The Big Sleep (1946) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 14. Sullivan's Travels (1941) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 15. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 16. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 17. Road to Utopia (1945) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 18. Passport to Pimlico (1949) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 19. Gilda (1946) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 20. The Three Musketeers (1948) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 21. Great Expectations (1946) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 22. The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 23. The Shop Around the Corner (1940) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 24. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 25. The Ox-Bow Incident (1942) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 26. Saboteur (1942) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 27. Whisky Galore! (1949) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 28. The Thief of Bagdad (1940) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 29. Bambi (1942) ★★★★★★★★½☆ 30. I Married a Witch (1942) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 31. Road to Zanzibar (1941) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 32. Road to Morocco (1942) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 33. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 34. To Be or Not to Be (1942) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 35. On the Town (1949) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 36. The Big Steal (1949) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 37. The Philadelphia Story (1940) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 38. Double Indemnity (1944) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 39. Out of the Past (1947) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 40. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 41. Ball of Fire (1941) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 42. Laura (1944) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 43. Nightmare Alley (1947) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 44. Oliver Twist (1948) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 45. Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 46. Dead of Night (1945) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 47. Spellbound (1945) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 48. The Paleface (1948) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 49. Hellzapoppin' (1941) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 50. La Belle et la Bête (1946) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 51. Foreign Correspondent (1940) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 52. The Lady Eve (1941) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 53. My Favourite Wife (1940) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 54. Monsieur Verdoux (1947) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 55. Brief Encounter (1945) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 56. The Palm Beach Story (1942) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 57. Green For Danger (1946) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 58. The Black Book (1949) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 59. Brighton Rock (1948) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 60. Bicycle Thieves (1948) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 61. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 62. The Mark of Zorro (1940) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 63. Panique (1946) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 64. Blithe Spirit (1945) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 65. Hangover Square (1945) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 66. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 67. Five Graves to Cairo (1943) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 68. The Fallen Idol (1948) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 69. High Sierra (1941) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 70. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 71. The Queen of Spades (1949) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 72. The Razor's Edge (1946) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 73. Lifeboat (1944) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 74. The Eagle with Two Heads (1948) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 75. My Darling Clementine (1946) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 76. Meet John Doe (1941) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 77. The Sea Hawk (1940) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 78. Hamlet (1948) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 79. Odd Man Out (1947) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 80. Random Harvest (1942) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 81. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 82. Rebecca (1940) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 83. Le Corbeau (1943) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 84. Mr. Skeffington (1944) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 85. Fantasia (1940) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 86. The Great Dictator (1940) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 87. Rome, Open City (1945) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 88. Obsession (1949) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 89. To Have and Have Not (1944) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 90. Rope (1948) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 91. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 92. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 93. It Happened Tomorrow (1944) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 94. All Through the Night (1942) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 95. The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 96. The Big Store (1941) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 97. Ride the Pink Horse (1947) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 98. It Started with Eve (1941) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 99. Portrait of Jennie (1948) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 100. Notorious (1946) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆

#film recommendations #classic movies #1940s

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Hangover Square (1945) is a lot of fun but I can't shake the sense of what it might have been as a contemporary-set film. Like, I love 1940s-does-Victorian right now and that's why I'm watching, but it's a weird experience.

#ska watches a thing

[mymoviemania-coffee]

Hangover Square (1945)

#hangover square #coffee #coffee scene #laird cregar #linda darnell #black & white