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TreasonousBastard

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2. Sorry, I didn't mean she started noir. I was just a little surprised....

Reply to NBachers (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 21, 2023, 05:06 AM

Mar 2023

to see her in a noir mystery so early in her career. Thought she always did light comedy, even in the early days.

Truth is, I'm getting noir'd out a little. Stumbled on a mystery utube channel.

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Lucy started in noir? "The Dark Corner" starring Lucille Ball as... [View all] TreasonousBastard Mar 2023 OP

I don't thinks she started it, but I saw The Dark Corner a few nights ago, and it is stellar. 40's NBachers Mar 2023 #1

Sorry, I didn't mean she started noir. I was just a little surprised.... TreasonousBastard Mar 2023 #2

She appeared in a Three Stooges short in the 30s Zorro Mar 2023 #5

Lucy had been around ... Auggie Mar 2023 #6

Stage Door (a drama) with Katherine Hepburn was an early movie. tblue37 Mar 2023 #7

My favorite Lucy picture, excellent movie. She's a much better actress than she's given credit for Walleye Mar 2023 #3

I loved "Dark Corner". area51 Mar 2023 #4

Lucy was in all different types of films, another dark one is Raine Mar 2023 #8

Lucy was proud to be "Queen of the Bs" with the gobs of B movies... TreasonousBastard Mar 2023 #10

Believe it or not, Lucy was considered something of a sex symbol in the '40s. malthaussen Mar 2023 #9

"Lucy, you seduced and killed an innocent man for his money?" LudwigPastorius Mar 2023 #11