Bare Bones #5
Couldn't have been happier how John Scoleri and Peter Enfantino presented my, ahem, little article on the eight Whistler movies from the 1940s as their feature title of the brand-new edition of bare*bones magazine, all 20 pages of it... but don't worry there are some pictures too.
The article focuses on a series of black and white B-movies that were inspired by THE WHISTLER, a popular radio crime drama at the time. These are considered early Noirs. Seven out of eight of those films feature erstwhile matinee idol Richard Dix in his last roles, two were adapted from Cornell Woolrich stories (and one was at least inspired by him) and half of them were some of William Castle's earliest directorial assignments, years before he became known as "The King of Gimmicks" with films such as THE TINGLER or HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL.
Had a blast writing this. And if any of that tickles your fancy then I hope you have just as much fun reading about those little known movies.
The article focuses on a series of black and white B-movies that were inspired by THE WHISTLER, a popular radio crime drama at the time. These are considered early Noirs. Seven out of eight of those films feature erstwhile matinee idol Richard Dix in his last roles, two were adapted from Cornell Woolrich stories (and one was at least inspired by him) and half of them were some of William Castle's earliest directorial assignments, years before he became known as "The King of Gimmicks" with films such as THE TINGLER or HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL.
Had a blast writing this. And if any of that tickles your fancy then I hope you have just as much fun reading about those little known movies.
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