October’s got the signs. Hard Times. #blacktuesday

TODAY IN HISTORY: October 29, 1929 – “Black Tuesday” Hits in the Wall Street Crash

💸 Panic. Collapse. Millions thrown into despair.

“Black Tuesday” didn’t just end prosperity — it exposed how easily the system turns against its own people. 💥

#Brewminate #History #GreatDepression #BlackTuesday

This anniversary comes one day before I'm lecturing on it, but... on #ThisDayInHistory in 1929, #BlackTuesday signalled the #GreatDepression had begun. With insufficient pay in hands of working people to sustain a consumer economy, there was no cushion against market collapse.

Killing a wounded man. So that's his line.

And then he walks into gunfire rather than go back to prison. Oh, that last shot, too. Amazing!

#NoirAlley #TCMParty #BlackTuesday

Oh, that shot of all the empty cartridges on the floor. Perfection. #NoirAlley #TCMParty #BlackTuesday
"Catch'em Halley!" Yeah, no one is leaving this building alive. #NoirAlley #TCMparty #BlackTuesday

Wow. Canelli really loved her. For all his crazy, he really loved her. Well done, Mr. Robinson.

#NoirAlley #TCMparty #BlackTuesday

"We'll show them how far men will go to try and stay alive." And I love how he relished throwing back all the times Martens abused him.

Oh, no. The sanity has taken a ricochet. #NoirAlley #TCMParty #BlackTuesday

And our #NoirAlley leading ladies this week are Jean Parker and Sylvia Findley (also pictured: Edward G. Robinson and Peter Graves)
#TCMParty #BlackTuesday #JeanParker #SylviaFindley #DarknessAtNoon #FilmNoir