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Post by mikef6 on Jan 31, 2020 2:18:33 GMT
There is a Talk Like A Pirate Day (September 19) and Star Wars Day (May 4) when you talk in Star Wars dialog.
So, why isn’t there a Talk Like You Are In A Film Noir Day. There is plenty of ‘40s and ‘50s style tough guy/femme fatale expressions to us.
What are some others?
Do it PDQ.
Now don’t get sore.
If there’s one thing I hate it’s a double crossing dame.
You’ll never take me alive, copper!
Yes, I killed him. I killed him for money - and a woman - and I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman. Pretty, isn't it?
He got pinched by the cops.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 31, 2020 2:50:04 GMT
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Post by london777 on Jan 31, 2020 3:26:10 GMT
I abhor violence, Mr (insert hero's name), it is so primitive, but ....
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 31, 2020 3:41:26 GMT
Get a load of those gams.
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 31, 2020 3:49:48 GMT
On the old board a few of us were reworking Joan of Arc into a noir. I suggested:
"If the bishops knew what I was thinking when she walked into my office that day, they'd've burned us both at the stake. But then I wouldn't have this little story, would I."
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 31, 2020 4:24:05 GMT
From The Asphalt Jungle (1950), directed by John Huston, written by Huston, Ben Maddow, and W.R. Burnett. Dialog between Dix (Sterling Hayden) and Cobby (Marc Lawrence):
Dix: Don’t bone me.
Cobby: I’m not boning you.
Dix: Did I ever welch?
Cobby: Nobody said you did.
Dix:: You just boned me!
Also from The Asphalt Jungle, because under the Code you couldn’t call some one a dick-head, Marilyn Monroe is given this clever ‘50s euphemism:
“Haven't you bothered me enough, you big banana-head?”
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 31, 2020 4:37:29 GMT
From The Asphalt Jungle (1950), directed by John Huston, written by Huston, Ben Maddow, and W.R. Burnett. Dialog between Dix (Sterling Hayden) and Cobby (Marc Lawrence): Dix: Don’t bone me. Cobby: I’m not boning you. Dix: Did I ever welch? Cobby: Nobody said you did. Dix:: You just boned me! Also from The Asphalt Jungle, because under the Code you couldn’t call some one a dick-head, Marilyn Monroe is given this clever ‘50s euphemism: “Haven't you bothered me enough, you big banana-head?” I suspect youse guys know the original meaning of "gunsel". Huston got that one past the censors.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 31, 2020 4:54:58 GMT
Some fav's that sadly prolly won't fit easily into everyday conversation …
Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready.
Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?
Wilmer Cook: Keep on riding me and they're gonna be picking iron out of your liver.
Sam Spade: The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.
Kasper Gutman: The best goodbyes are short. Adieu.
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 31, 2020 5:10:35 GMT
“Haven't you bothered me enough, you big banana-head?” I suspect youse guys know the original meaning of "gunsel". Huston got that one past the censors. Huston used the word as if it meant "gunman," which, of course, it didn't. Today's dictionaries, however, now carry the definition of "gangster gunman" because of its widespread use. Two other movies or the era that use the word are: "Exposed" (1947).Programmer with female protagonist P.I. Belinda Prentice (Adele Mara). Bob Steele is in the cast playing a Canino clone (see “The Big Sleep”). He gets the word flung at him by the main character. “Appointment With Danger” (1950). Jack Webb and Henry Morgan, years before teaming up in the ‘60s reboot of “Dragnet,” played a couple of hit man partners in this Alan Ladd starer. “Gunsel” is used to describe them and they fit the old stereotype of gay killers back when homosexuality was considered a mental illness that lead to violence (see also “Diamonds Are Forever,” not only Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wint but Bambi and Thumper).
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 31, 2020 5:12:14 GMT
More Great Falcon Gab:
Sam Spade: If you kill me, how are you going get the bird? And if I know you can't afford to kill me, how are you going to scare me into giving it to you?
Kasper Gutman: Well, sir, there are other means of persuasion besides killing and threatening to kill.
Sam Spade: Yes, that's... That's true. But, there're none of them any good unless the threat of death is behind them. You see what I mean? If you start something, I'll make it a matter of your having to kill me or call it off.
Kasper Gutman: That's an attitude, sir, that calls for the most delicate judgment on both sides. Because, as you know, sir, in the heat of action men are likely to forget where their best interests lie and let their emotions carry them away.
Sam Spade: Then the trick from my angle is to make my play strong enough to tie you up, but not make you mad enough to bump me off against your better judgment.
Kasper Gutman: By gad, sir, you are a character. There's never any telling what you'll say or do next, except that it's bound to be something astonishing.
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 31, 2020 5:17:10 GMT
I suspect youse guys know the original meaning of "gunsel". Huston got that one past the censors. Huston used the word as if it meant "gunman," which, of course, it didn't. Today's dictionaries, however, now carry the definition of "gangster gunman" because of its widespread use. Two other movies or the era that use the word are: "Exposed" (1947).Programmer with female protagonist P.I. Belinda Prentice (Adele Mara). Bob Steele is in the cast playing a Canino clone (see “The Big Sleep”). He gets the word flung at him by the main character. “Appointment With Danger” (1950). Jack Webb and Henry Morgan, years before teaming up in the ‘60s reboot of “Dragnet,” played a couple of hit man partners in this Alan Ladd starer. “Gunsel” is used to describe them and they fit the old stereotype of gay killers back when homosexuality was considered a mental illness that lead to violence (see also “Diamonds Are Forever,” not only Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wint but Bambi and Thumper). I looked up "gunsel" in the OED a while back. It gave the primary and original meaning as coming from Yiddish for "little goose" ( gansl). It gave the second meaning of "hoodlum" and set the first known usage in that way as 1941 - the year the Maltese Falcon was released.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 31, 2020 5:29:34 GMT
Tommy Udo: I wouldn't give you the skin off a grape. |
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Post by mattgarth on Jan 31, 2020 7:18:52 GMT
I need two yards, powder money.
I can be framed easier than 'Whistler's Mother.'
I'm backed up in a dark corner - and I don't know who's hitting me.
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Post by teleadm on Jan 31, 2020 9:01:20 GMT
Captain James E. Hamilton, Intelligence: Shotgun, extreme close range, double-O. Starkey was hit four times, first two cut him in half. Sgt. Joe Friday: The second two turned him into a crowd. Sgt. Joe Friday: Unless you're growin', Sit down! From Dragnet 1954, the movie version |
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Post by mattgarth on Jan 31, 2020 13:18:17 GMT
Look who's talking:
"When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it!*
"Your head says one thing, your whole life says another -- your head always loses."
"My, my -- such a lot of guns around town and so few brains."
"Maybe she was all right -- and maybe Christmas comes in July."
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Post by london777 on Jan 31, 2020 13:40:02 GMT
“Gunsel” is used to describe them and they fit the old stereotype of gay killers back when homosexuality was considered a mental illness that lead to violence A great example of that is in The Big Combo (1955) dir Joseph H Lewis. Its gay hitman team (Lee van Cleef and Earl Holliman) slipped past the censors (and past me on first viewing). I actually find them almost sympathetic in their affection for each other. 
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Post by london777 on Jan 31, 2020 15:27:04 GMT
Just noticed I have somehow "liked" my own post. I did not think that was possible. And I cannot unlike it by clicking on it again as is usually possible. Must be a bug?
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Post by mattgarth on Jan 31, 2020 15:28:55 GMT
Then just continue to 'like' your post, London -- no harm, no foul.  Here -- I'll join you. |
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Post by teleadm on Jan 31, 2020 16:18:19 GMT
Just noticed I have somehow "liked" my own post. I did not think that was possible. And I cannot unlike it by clicking on it again as is usually possible. Must be a bug? Well, I managed to "unlike" a post I "liked" that I had written myself. Maybe it's posts that also includes someone else's posts or quates.
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 31, 2020 16:28:59 GMT
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