For those who voted for Double Indemnity -- it didn't win, but let's read!

[Tom]

Nancy wrote: "Another person accidentally picked up the book Mildred Pierced. "

Sounds like the name of a porno movie.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Tom wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Another person accidentally picked up the book Mildred Pierced. "

Sounds like the name of a porno movie."

I thought so too.

[Skye]

They were all great movies, too.

[Tom]

Skye wrote: "They were all great movies, too."

What I liked was that, while each was great, they all looked at the story from a different point of view. It's interesting to sit and watch both versions of Postman together.

[Sawyer]

Please no spoilers on Mildred Pierced! I haven't seen it.

I have never seen the real movies either. I have been wanting to see the mini series Mildred Pierce, but I usually favor reading to watching TV. I'll make exceptions for Sherlock and others, but I need to make space for the MP series one of these days.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Sawyer wrote: "Please no spoilers on Mildred Pierced! I haven't seen it.

I have never seen the real movies either. I have been wanting to see the mini series Mildred Pierce, but I usually favor reading to wa..."

Definitely no spoilers! I'm not much of a tv watcher either, but I do love to see books I've read and enjoyed come to life on the screen.

[Marian]

I have the book on Mildred Pierce and the movie as well:)No spoilers from me thou.The movie I have has Joan Crawford Im going to say?I have to check that thou.

[Tom]

If you watch the movie version and the mini-series, as I did, you will have no idea as to how the book ends.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Well, maybe we ought to have a little noir reading group and focus on a different title each month!

[Tom]

Can we call ourselves the Hard-Boiled Eggs?

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Tom wrote: "If you watch the movie version and the mini-series, as I did, you will have no idea as to how the book ends."

Shhhhh!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Tom wrote: "Can we call ourselves the Hard-Boiled Eggs?"

Highly unlikely, Tom. But funny.

[Tom]

Nancy wrote: "Tom wrote: "Can we call ourselves the Hard-Boiled Eggs?"

Highly unlikely, Tom. But funny."

You're right. Hard-Boiled Eggheads is better.

[Tom]

Nancy wrote: "Tom wrote: "If you watch the movie version and the mini-series, as I did, you will have no idea as to how the book ends."

Shhhhh!"

I haven't read it. I couldn't possibly reveal anything.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Tom wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Tom wrote: "Can we call ourselves the Hard-Boiled Eggs?"

Highly unlikely, Tom. But funny."

You're right. Hard-Boiled Eggheads is better."

Egghead brings to mind a bald scientist wearing glasses and a lab coat. None of those fits my description.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Tom wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Tom wrote: "If you watch the movie version and the mini-series, as I did, you will have no idea as to how the book ends."

Shhhhh!"

I haven't read it. I couldn't possibly reveal anyt..."


never mind then

[Tom]

Nancy wrote: "Tom wrote: "Egghead brings to mind a bald scientist wearing glasses and a lab coat. None of those fits my description. "

My picture is big brains picking apart a subject. That's definitely us.

[Skye]

I am waiting for my copy; so excited!

[Skye]

Sawyer wrote: "Please no spoilers on Mildred Pierced! I haven't seen it.

I have never seen the real movies either. I have been wanting to see the mini series Mildred Pierce, but I usually favor reading to wa..."

It's great.

[Stephen]

I was thinking that in next Month's nomination process of picking The Postman Always Rings Twice so my goal of getting James M Cain on the group shelf need to be successful. I now am kicking myself for not working harder for Double Indemnity, namely the book only being 100 pages and a good way to pad the reading goal for 2014.

[Skye]

Skye wrote: "Sawyer wrote: "Please no spoilers on Mildred Pierced! I haven't seen it.

I have never seen the real movies either. I have been wanting to see the mini series Mildred Pierce, but I usually favo..."

The actual movie with Joan Crawford.

[Sawyer]

Oh, you people! We are talking about Mildred Pierced, not Mildred Pierce.... There probably AREN'T any spoilers in Mildred Pierced. Such movies have no plot at all, and so there is nothing to spoil.

The discussion about the "real movies" actually raises an interesting point though. It never occurred to me that the movie corruption of the proper endings as depicted in the books is actually an opportunity. I have loved the main four Cain books so much that I have mourned the fact that there aren't any more. Same is true with Hammett and Chandler. Particularly in the old days, authors often had some involvement in the movie renditions of their works. I would be curious to look up which of the Cain, Hammett and Chandler movies the authors themselves worked on (or even wrote the screenplay). Those author reworked movies are an opportunity to see the author presenting a different ending to their story. In a way, it allows the enthusiast (like me) to experience a "new" work from one of the big three.

[Tom]

Chandler actually wrote the screenplay for Double Indemnity and appears in a cameo 16 minutes into the movie.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I recently finished another good noir novel Build My Gallows High - then watched the movie based on the book (Out of the past) and screenwritten by the author. Talk about different!

[Tom]

Nancy wrote: "I recently finished another good noir novel Build My Gallows High - then watched the movie based on the book (Out of the past) and screenwritten by the author. Talk about different!"

It's a great book but I had a very hard time tracking down a copy.

[Marian]

I hear ya Nancy:)I read "Strangers on a Train" and I loved the book!But the movie was different before half way from the book.I didn't care for the movie.This story is also from 1950.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Tom wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I recently finished another good noir novel Build My Gallows High - then watched the movie based on the book (Out of the past) and screenwritten by the author. Talk abo..."

I just checked Amazon and I'm glad I bought mine when I did!

[Tom]

Marian wrote: "I hear ya Nancy:)I read "Strangers on a Train" and I loved the book!But the movie was different before half way from the book.I didn't care for the movie.This story is also from 1950."

I'd like to read that one.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Marian wrote: "I hear ya Nancy:)I read "Strangers on a Train" and I loved the book!But the movie was different before half way from the book.I didn't care for the movie.This story is also from 1950."

Another good book, certainly! I want to see the movie again now.

[Marian]

Tom wrote: "Marian wrote: "I hear ya Nancy:)I read "Strangers on a Train" and I loved the book!But the movie was different before half way from the book.I didn't care for the movie.This story is also from 1950..."

The book is a lot better than the movie Tom..I had somebody tell me before I started reading it..that its more dark and sinister..and they were right.Its a good psychological thriller:)I like that!

[Marian]

Tom wrote: "Marian wrote: "I hear ya Nancy:)I read "Strangers on a Train" and I loved the book!But the movie was different before half way from the book.I didn't care for the movie.This story is also from 1950..."

also Tom,the lady who wrote Strangers on a Train..also wrote "The Talented Mr.Ripley" and then went on to write the rest of the Ripley books.

[Tom]

Marian wrote: "also Tom,the lady who wrote Strangers on a Train..also wrote "The Talented Mr.Ripley" and then went on to write the rest of the Ripley books."

I have both. I just haven't read them.

[Skye]

How about Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer in Gaslight?
And the Thin Man series??

[Stephen]

I will bring the discussion back to Double Indemnity by adding some interesting facts about the classic. The story first appeared in " Liberty " magazine, in its Feb 1936 Valentine edition.
Not your average love story! http://www.magazineart.org/main.php/v...

The story is based on a New York crime, whose claim to fame is the infamous picture of the Ruth Synder in the electric chair taken by a camera taped to an ankle of a reporter.
.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Snyder.
I love the way James M, Cain packs so much information in a single sentence or a tightly packed paragraph.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

So cool -- thanks!

All right, fellow readers, I have now posted an official Double Indemnity thread for us to use so feel free to post away! Just please keep in mind two very important things:

1) be considerate of the other readers in the discussions, meaning politeness should prevail and

2) please, no spoilers until after December 10, in case people wish to join this little group later in the game.

[Skye]

So thoughtful, Nancy; thanks!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Skye wrote: "So thoughtful, Nancy; thanks!"

moi? Thoughtful? Nah.

[Skye]

Yeah----

[Jan C]

Stephen wrote: "I will bring the discussion back to Double Indemnity by adding some interesting facts about the classic. The story first appeared in " Liberty " magazine, in its Feb 1936 Valentine edi..."

I am readingRon Hansen's A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion: A Novel which presents another view of the Ruth Snyder-Judd Nelson story.

[Tom]

FYI, the movie version of Mildred Pierce will be on TCM on December 1 and Out of the Past will be on on the 2nd.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

DVR set!

[Marian]

Tom wrote: "FYI, the movie version of Mildred Pierce will be on TCM on December 1 and Out of the Past will be on on the 2nd."

Thanks for sharing with us Tom:)I have the movie of Mildred Pierce but not Out of The Past..at least I don't think so.I will have to check.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Jan C wrote: "Stephen wrote: "I will bring the discussion back to Double Indemnity by adding some interesting facts about the classic. The story first appeared in " Liberty " magazine, in its Feb 19..."

I have that book! I'm going to unearth it tonight. A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion.

[Tom]

Nancy wrote: "I have that book! I'm going to unearth it tonight. A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion. "

The first book club I ever participated in was for Atticus and Ron Hansen showed up for the discussion.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Tom wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I have that book! I'm going to unearth it tonight. A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion. "

I enjoyed Atticus and Ron Hansen, and not crime, but his Mariette in Ecstasy.