Kelly Gray

@elizabethkellygray

Historian. Author of Habit Forming: Drug Addiction in America, 1776–1914 (OUP, 2023) 📚. Optimism ☀️. Baltimore ֱ🦀. Film Noir 🎥🕵️‍♂️. Old-time radio 📻. History 🗝️. Theater 🎭. The U.S. Constitution 📜🪶. There is always hope! 🕊️🇺🇸 Slava Ukraine! 🇺🇦

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Kelly Gray@elizabethkellygray· 9d

#SamSpade on the big screen! #TheMalteseFalcon turns 85 this year, and Cinemark theaters are celebrating by showing it on Sunday, Dec. 6, and Wednesday, Dec. 9. #TheNoirCollective #NoirAlley #HumphreyBogart www.cinemark.com/movies/the-m... (Image from Britannica.com)

Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, and Sydney Greenstreet in a scene from 1941's "The Maltese Falcon"

Kelly Gray@elizabethkellygray· 12d

I see what you did, #TCM! You'll show #DeadlineAtDawn (with #SusanHayward) on Friday, Aug. 14, at 4:30 a.m. so the movie will have a deadline ... at dawn! #SummerUnderTheStars static.tcm.com/2026-07/NPN_...

The schedule of movies on "Susan Hayward Day" on TCM -- Thursday, Aug. 13. The last movie, at 4:30 a.m. the next day, is 1946's Deadline at Dawn.

Kelly Gray@elizabethkellygray· 14d

So impressed with the story. At every turn, the audience can understand her decisions. When she changes her mind, someone’s actions dissuade her. And Stanwyck great as always. #NoManOfHerOwn #TheNoirCollective

An anguished Barbara Stanwyck in “No Man of Her Own.”

Kelly Gray@elizabethkellygray· 21d

I know it’s different from #OnTheWaterfront (released the next year), but #99RiverStreet reminds me of it—a washed-up boxer who’s badly wounded but will not quit. #TheNoirCollective

Kelly Gray@elizabethkellygray· 21d

Trying to picture #LindaDarnell in this and thinking that #EvelynKeyes was the better choice? #99RiverStreet #TheNoirCollective

John Payne and Evelyn Keyes in “99 River Street”

Kelly Gray@elizabethkellygray· 21d

#JamesCoburn looked like #LeeMarvin. And they both look like #JackLambert (Mickey)! #99RiverStreet #TheNoirCollective

Mickey (Jack Lambert) gives Ernie (John Payne) a hard time in “99 River Street.”

Jack Lambert as Mickey in “99 River Street.”

Kelly Gray@elizabethkellygray· 21d

Good job by #EvelynKeyes. One long, continuous (and emotional) scene! #TheNoirCollective #99RiverStreet

Linda James (played by Evelyn Keyes) explaining why she committed a murder in “99 River Street.”

Kelly Gray@elizabethkellygray· 21d

I’m seeing double! John Payne is the cabbie in #99RiverStreet, and Frank Faylen was Ernie the cab driver in #It’sAWonderfulLife! #TheNoirCollective

Actors John Payne and Frank Faylen in “99 River Street”

Kelly Gray@elizabethkellygray· Jul 4

Glad that works of History and Drama have primo aisles in Madison Library! (And, yes, Science, too!) #TheMusicMan #TCMParty

The library scene from “The Music Man” with Harold Hill and Marian Paroo. In the background are aisles for History, Drama, and Science.

Kelly Gray@elizabethkellygray· Jun 25

Music by David Raksin, who wrote the theme song of “Laura”! #TheNoirCollective #TheBigCombo

Opening credits of “The Big Combo.” It says, “Music by David Raksin.”

Kelly Gray@elizabethkellygray· Jun 11

I love this movie. Thank you all for a fun evening! And thank you @vanstanwyck.bsky.social for hosting! #IWakeUpScreaming #TheNoirCollective

Victor Mature at the top of a staircase, with eerie shadows.

Kelly Gray@elizabethkellygray· May 10

The Oriole bird brought his mother to #CamdenYards for #Mother'sDay! #Orioles #GoOrioles #OPACY

The Oriole bird mascot with his mother, who he brought to Camden Yards for Mother's Day.

Kelly Gray@elizabethkellygray· May 10

Points for having a bookshelf ladder! #TheStrangeLoveOfMarthaIvers #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Walter is standing on a ladder next to the bookcase.

Kelly Gray@elizabethkellygray· May 10

Would not have guessed they were saying “I’ll blow” as a synonym for “I’ll leave” as early as 1946? #TheStrangeLoveOfMarthaIvers #TCMParty #NoirAlley

Sam says “You’re a busy man, so I’ll blow” to Walter.

Kelly Gray@elizabethkellygray· Apr 10

#PrincePhilip in 1957 (when he was about 36) really does look like #PrinceHarry today!: www.parismatch.com/Royal-Blog/l...