S2E14 - Noirvember Rain feat. Eddie Muller w/ D.O.A. (1949) & Specter of the Rose (46)

The Czar of Noir Eddie Muller joins us for our epic SEASON 2 FINALE. Eddie takes time out of his busy #Noirvember to chat about his new book NOIR BAR: COCKTAILS INSPIRED BY THE WORLD OF FILM NOIR and his even newer hardboiled kid's book, KITTY FERAL AND THE CASE OF THE MARSHMALLOW MONKEY. He also tells an amazing story about ELLIOT GOULD from the just-concluded TCM Cruise that you won't want to miss + insights into Kim Novak and Ernest Dickerson (DP of DO THE RIGHT THING, MALCOLM X) from the Cruise. We also talk about the history of child endangerment in noir and how you can't do a lot of this stuff today.

If that wasn't enough, Eddie sticks around to pair cocktails while we pair cannabis with a pair of movies from his NOIR BAR book. First, Edmond O'Brien has been slipped a Mickey full of luminescent poison and only has a few days to find out who murdered him and why in D.O.A., a frantic, sometimes comical, and essential noir from 1949. And then, Golden Age of Hollywood screenwriting giant Ben Hecht writes, directs and produces SPECTER OF THE ROSE, a bizarre ballet noir with a wealth of dialog that will bring you to the brink of madness!

No need to write a lot about these movies here because we go long in this episode, but it's our last one for a while (kinda). Big thanks to Eddie and apologies to Kathleen for keeping him so long.

Eddie's NOIR BAR is available from Larry Edmund's Bookshop in Hollywood, CA: https://www.larryedmunds.com/product-page/eddie-muller-s-noir-bar-cocktails-inspired-by-the-world-of-film-noir

As are signed copies of KITTY FERAL: https://www.larryedmunds.com/product-page/kid-noir-kitty-feral-and-the-case-of-the-marshmallow-monkey

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MUSIC Theme song & Christmas Funk: Chaki the Funk Wizard "Rinse Repeat" by DivKid via YouTube Audio Library

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