Not That Grand

 

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THE GRAND INQUSITOR-2008-A young woman named Lulu (Leah Dashe) with a Louise Brooks hairstyle visits Helen Reedy (Marsha Hunt), an old widow who Lulu believes was married to the Zodiac Killer. The 90 year old Hunt (who died in 2022 at age 104) gives a strong performance but the story itself kind of sucks. 

Written and directed by Eddie Muller, the host of TCM's Noir Alley. Hunt, a busy actress in the '30's and '40's, saw her career came to halt in the early '50's when she was blacklisted.

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In Like Flynn

 

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CRY WOLF-1947-After the death of Jim Demarest, his widow Sandra (Barbara Stanwyck) shows up to claim his estate. His brother Mark (Errol Flynn) doesn't seem to know anything about the marriage or so he says. He keeps a tight rein on his niece Julie (Geraldine Brooks) who hears strange noises and screaming that seem to come from Mark's mysterious and forbidden lab.

Interesting film noir with a twist ending directed by Peter Godfrey who made THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS with Humprey Bogart the same year. Also with Richard Basehart & Jerome Cowan. It's based on a novel by mystery writer Marjorie Carleton.

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