LADIES IN RETIREMENT (’41): This is my kind of #filmnoir, heck, just my kind of film in general. Ida Lupino is a housekeeper willing to go to any lengths to help her slightly “off” sisters (played wonderfully by Edith Barrett and Elsa Lanchester). The photography and claustrophobic Gothic setting mark a rare occasion where fully soundstaged product successfully heightens the end result. Loved the slow build. Loved Ida, a talent so immense that she’s somehow the hero at the end? #40sfilms