Tag Archives: Dark Passage

Frisco Beat: The Bacall Hideout

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Don

Remember that time Bogie escaped from San Quentin and was on the lam? Made his way into San Francisco and had his face touched-up by a back-alley plastic surgeon? Holed up for awhile with Lauren Bacall in a swank apartment … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Beat: An Icon Among Icons

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Don

Image above — of course — Lauren Bacall being lit up by Bogie in that classic of San Francisco film noir, Dark Passage. As everyone from The Hollywood Reporter on down has been saying, when Bacall died on Tuesday August 12, … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Fort Point

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Don

As I just mentioned, when Evan/Dave Lewis came to town I showed him and his wife around for a few hours, witnessed by the shot above. Fort Point, under the south end of the Golden Gate Bridge. Classic noir locale. … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: The Pickwick

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Don

I hope everyone is surfing frequently over to ReelSF off my Fellow Ops links — the mysterious CitySleuth is knocking out new descriptions of sites from movies, especially noir movies, all the time, featuring great then and now shots. Of special interest … Continue reading →

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