#DonLevy
William Demarest reminds you to vote early and often.

From Preston Sturges's THE GREAT McGINTY (1940).

#ElectionDay #FilmSky #TCMParty
November 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Just rewatched Preston Sturges’ pitch-black political satire THE GREAT McGINTY (1940) and noticed it has elements of Noir.

If you’re in the mood to watch crooked politicians brought to personal ruin—and who isn’t right now—it's on Internet Archive!

archive.org/details/the-... #FilmSky #Noirvember
November 4, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Quatermass and the Pit. Andrew Keir takes over for Brian Donlevy and where we find out the devil is really a martian grasshopper
November 6, 2026 at 7:44 AM
QTP with a GIF or pic of the last show/movie you watched*.
#FilmSky

*Yesterday was a "double-feature" for me.
November 5, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Day 4 #NoirChallenge
Favorite Newspaper #FilmNoir

Shakedown 1950
Howard Duff is an ambitious newspaper photographer out to make a name for himself, think “Weegee” only sociopathic.
The cast is a Noir Who’s Who:Laurence Tierney, Bruce Bennett, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow.
Rock Hudson has a bit part.
November 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
A film noir I have recently re-discovered having seen it as a kid and forgotten about The Glass Key. Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and Brian Donlevy. There was an earlier version with George Raft I need to see!
November 3, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Donlevy is not a good Quatermass, but the rest of this movie rules.

Quatermass and the Pit is the gold standard of the movies, though.
October 29, 2026 at 4:08 PM
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched I’m not beholden to watching horror movies just cuz it’s Halloween. That’s why CD is here. BS has a ghost, but she’s fun. Ringu still freaks me out when the girl comes through the TV. House may very well be the worst movie I have ever seen. Happy Halloween!!
October 30, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Benton Donlevy wants to buy a house, but “there’s a lot of factors making that pretty difficult right now,” the 25-year-old from Jeffersonville said.
Voter voices: At the Cambridge dump, unease about Vermont’s future - VTDigger
Benton Donlevy wants to buy a house, but “there’s a lot of factors making that pretty difficult right now,” the 25-year-old from Jeffersonville said.
vtdigger.org
October 28, 2026 at 11:08 PM
The Quatermass Experiment
What could be considered a dry, slow piece of 1950s sci-fi 'horror' is instantly elevated by the presence of the character Bernard Quatermass and the incredible performance of Brian Donlevy as him. Quatermass is this incredible ball of anticharisma, and I love him
October 23, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Jorn 23 : La Marque (Val Guest – 1957)

Après 'Le Monstre', Brian Donlevy reprend le rôle du physicien Quatermass luttant contre des extraterrestres. Le début est verbeux, mais par la suite, la tension dans une ambiance guerre froide face à des entités pouvant contrôler les humains est redoutable.
October 23, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Jukebox Jamboree seems to have been an alternate title for Juke Box Rhythm, a *different* rock exploitation film from 1959, featuring Jack Jones, Brian Donlevy (acting, not singing), Johnny Otis, The Treniers (see what I mean?) and a group called the Nitwits
October 21, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Today On (Amazon)(CA) (Wake Island Blu-ray) C$22.77 (Save 24%) iMDB (7.2) (War) (View Item buff.ly/T4axdOR #ad ) Cast: Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix, Albert Dekker, Walter Abel
Wake Island
One of the first Hollywood films to honestly deal with American front line forces in WWII, this blistering saga recounts the true story of a handful of Marines who fought off an overwhelming Japanese...
www.amazon.ca
October 19, 2026 at 2:26 AM
An American Romance - one of the deeeeeeep cuts, a rags to riches epic of a European (Swedish?) immigrant (Donlevy) who ultimately makes it possible for the US to make infinite # of aircraft for WW2. Final montage features a spellbinding "sky full of 'death from above'". Bizarre movie, occasionally
October 13, 2026 at 7:52 PM
The suspense thriller ‘A Cry In The Night’ starring Edmond O’Brien, Natalie Wood, Brian Donlevy, and Raymond Burr was released to theaters in Los Angeles seventy years ago this week (October 1956) 💍 🫥 🚔 #OTD
October 12, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Donlevy cast to appeal to an American audience, you're welcome. but yes, the Morell Quatermass is the serial that became the Pit film, initially broadcast 1958/1959 if that helps.
October 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
just to make sure I'm tapping the right one, it has André Morell as Quatermass?

the Val Guest movie has Brian Donlevy as Quatermass? I mean I Donlevy, yeah I'm a Brian Donlover, but that is a Choice
October 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I want to see if I get this right
The Quatermass Experiment (1953), a 6-episode serial for TV, only 2 survive

Quatermass II (1955), 6-ep serial for TV

The Quatermass Xperiment and Quatermass 2 are the Hammer films starring Donlevy, Val Guest directing
October 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
#RecentWatch
#FirstTimeWatch
#FilmSky

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

Dir. Val Guest

Starring: Brian Donlevy, Richard Wordsworth, Margia Dean, Lionel Jeffries

letterboxd.com/jseltzer/fil... ❤️
A review of The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
I know I’m getting old when I prefer the version of a story that’s in black-and-white and doesn’t have “bewbs” (sorry Lifeforce).
letterboxd.com
October 11, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I just watched the truly excellent black & white movie, Impact (1949) (from the hip Talking Pictures TV) starring Brian Donlevy & Ella Raines amongst others.

Ella Raines was a real beauty 😍, & a superbly talented actress. Brian Donlevy was an exceptional actor too.

Highly recommended!

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October 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Brian Donlevy plays a great incarnation of Quatermass, actually - fuck the lot of you.
October 7, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Halloweenathon Day 6!

With the mystery films now over, having a little run of Quatermass movies.

The first one has a terrible performance from a clearly barely able to stand up Brian Donlevy (I don't get the reassessment of his sozzled prof in more recent years), but an amazing turn from Caroon.
October 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM