Here's volume 4...
I had to dispense with the Film Noir blurb on the back, because I needed more room for descriptions of the films, but hey, I guess everyone would know what it is by the 4th volume!
To download Volumes 1-4 for the skinny 14mm wide cases
click here.
For fatter cases with a 1 inch spine
click here.
More covers will be available from my place in the following days and weeks, but I wanted to make these initial ones available.
Here’s a list of the films planned for each volume. The first four volumes contain the first 24 Fox Film Noir releases. Staring with volume five, I move onto the Warner Bros. Noir collections, the first three of which (my vols 5-7) contain the first 3 WB Noir collections, plus one double feature disc from their 4th noir boxset. Still with me? After that it’s a mish-mash including the last 2 WB double features discs.
I realize that some films in these later volumes may not be considered true noir (heck, I have trouble with House of Bamboo), but, I have found them on several “Noir lists”
Volume 1:
Laura
Call Northside 777
Panic in the Streets
House of Bamboo
The Street with No Name
Nightmare Alley
(6 films on 6 discs)
Volume 2:
The House on 92nd Street
Somewhere in the Night
Whirlpool
The Dark Corner
Kiss of Death
Where the Sidewalk Ends
(6 films on 6 discs)
Volume 3:
No Way Out
Fallen Angel
House on Telegraph Hill
Boomerang
House of Strangers
I Wake up Screaming
(6 films on 6 discs)
Volume 4:
Vicky
Shock
14 Hours
Black Widow
Daisy Kenyon
Dangerous Crossing
(6 films on 6 discs)
Volume 5:
The Asphalt Jungle
Gun Crazy
Murder My Sweet
Out of the Past
The Set-Up
Act of Violence / Mystery Street (double feature disc)
(7 films on 6 discs)
Volume 6:
Born to Kill
Clash by Night
Crossfire
Dillinger
The Narrow Margin
Crime Wave / Decoy (double feature disc)
(7 films on 6 discs)
Volume 7:
Border Incident
His Kind of Woman
Lady in the Lake
On Dangerous Ground
The Racket
Illegal / The Big Steal (double feature disc)
(7 films on 6 discs)
Volume 8:
They Live By Night / Side Street (double feature disc)
Double Indemnity (2 discs)
The Big Sleep
Touch of Evil
High Sierra
(6 films on 6 discs)
Volume 9:
Where Danger Lives / Tension (double feature disc)
They Drive By Night
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Lady from Shanghai
The Night of the Hunter
Dark Passage
(7 films on 6 discs)
Grand total: 58 films in 9 cases (if I did my math right).
These later volumes may be subject to change a wee bit, but right now, that's the plan.
Other films that I own which may be included in future volumes…
I’ve got a 3 disc Special Edition of
The Maltese Falcon. Since this mother takes up 3 spaces, it may be paired with more Warner Bros. double feature discs, if they continue to release them that way.
The Third Man (Criterion).
I also have a 4 pack bought at BJ’s Wholesale Club with:
D.O.A., Detour, Impact and
Kansas City Confidential. I think these were public domain jobbies and I’m not sure if they have (or will be) released again in better editions.
There are also several Hitchcock movies that could be considered Noir, but I’m inclined to keep all my Hitch’s separate.
Hopefully, some of you folks will at least be able to use the first 7 volumes, if you have collected all of the official Fox and WB titles. As for other titles you may want to see included in future volumes, I’m only adding the films I own, but if it’s a good one, I may go grab it, so, suggest away.
I previously mentioned that I wanted to do something Noir-like for the Warner Bros Gangsters/Tough Guys collections. I started playing around with a design for that and here's a preview...
I was originally thinking of calling it something like "The Road to Noir" but since there is no "road" in the design, I scrapped that particular title. I'm also not sure if it's clear what the preview depicts... It's movie posters on a dark brick wall with the shadow of a man with a gun casting over it. Too dark? Stupid as shit? Lemme know what you think!
