Audrey Totter: “My life away from the camera was a very happy one, a life of complete normalcy”

Film and television actress Audrey Totter (1917-2013) had a relatively short-lived film career, but created several memorable movie moments, mostly at MGM, from 1944 until the early 1950s. The form…

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Bringing this thread (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/114368351119764802) of posters and such back for the Easter morning #NoirAlley crowd
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Every time I watch this I’m floored by how brutal it is
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And our #NoirAlley leading lady this week is Audrey Totter
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This week’s #NoirAlley leading man is Robert Ryan
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Posters for “The Set-Up” from The USA, Belgium, Italy and Argentina.
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Hey, #NoirAlley - I will not be joining for #TheSetUp tonight. But, if folks on #TCMParty haven't seen it yet, you're in for a treat. It's an amazing story and a reminder that I'm still waiting for Eddie's book on boxing films...
I'm not one for fiction podcasts, but I'm enjoying this one: #TheSetUp

The Set Up
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#RobertWise creates a smoke-filled, sleazy, unglamorous, two-bit boxing noir. Amazingly shot by Milton Krasner. Unstylized fight scenes are crazy intense, no wonder Scorsese is a big fan. There’s joy and misery of seeing fellow meatballs battling it out, where paying spectators chant "KILL HIM!" #RobertRyan slogs through a hellish fight, then being subject to the fury of the gang. Just how much of this can a man take? A great tight noir. #thesetup #filmnoir #georgebellows