Category: Republic Pictures.
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In the trenches: deep in the heart of Hollywood the rough and tumble world of bargain basement noir thrived for a while
Joan Blair, John Hubbard, “Whispering Footsteps” (1943). Script’s running too long? Grab a handful of pages, rip them out, shoot the sucker! I’m on a Poverty Row tear these days. As you probably know, many of the films made there aren’t quite as polished as the gems turned out by Paramount, Warner Brothers or 20th Century…
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Poverty Row Noir II: Scheming Communists Walk Among Us … and So Does a Future Sitcom Dad
Hugh Beaumont, Frances Rafferty, “Money Madness” (1948). Ward Cleaver as a psychotic killer? Say it ain’t so! Like many up and coming Hollywood actors, Hugh Beaumont appeared in noir B-pictures before he became better known as an all-American TV dad, and he played some pretty despicable characters, too. But more about that later. From the…