Angel Eyes

[orejaebria]

Thank you very much for this correction!!

[orejaebria]

2:10 minute!!!!!! wonderfull. Angel eyes everymore! Laureen Bacall?

[pagano60]

@orejaebria ~ No, it's Lizabeth Scott from the 1947 film "Dead Reckoning."  Humphrey Bogart (a.k.a. Mr. Lauren Bacall) is in it though — he's the one holding the match.

[orejaebria]

@pagano60 Thank you very much for this correction!

[Cleon29Warrior]

I hope that nobody expected Lee Van Cleef here.

Now seriously, great video, well done.

[pagano60]

@Cleon29Warrior ~ I was trying to find a way to fit in Rondo Hatton. But it didn't work.

Thanks for the kudos.

[hinz1257]

This is a brilliant video, sir.

[pagano60]

@hinz1257 ~ Thank you, sir.

[MrBuddy66]

Indeed, Sinatra rules!

[1misanthropist]

Most beautiful classic actresses in my opinion are 1 Audrey Hepburn, 2 Grace Kelly, 3 Veronica Lake, 4 Ava Gardner, 5 Lauren Bacall.

[Bombeni]

Nice video but I expected to see Stanwyck. 

[pagano60]

@Bombeni ~ I'm one of the distinct minority of film noir fans who doesn't like "Double Indemnity" (call me crazy, but I just don't buy McMurray's performance). So, I looked at other films first. Others have told me that I should have included Yvonne De Carlo in "Criss Cross," but in all her close-ups in that movie, her lips are moving, which spoils the effect.

[raynay1500]

There are nothing like these beauties...the makeup is so perfect...classic.. is... it.

[trix2810]

Love that!

[achigurh]

nice...very nice

[CEIVE4EVER]

Such a beautiful women, a beautiful video, and a beautiful cover by Springsteen

[Malzarin]

My favorite version is Sting's. I am sure Frank and Ella get all the votes but I just wanted a little press for Sting's version, the man can sing and arrange

[trajan75]

Of course you're right. It's Springsteen. When I said Sinatra "owned" the tune. I meant that for me it was the definitive version bringing out the underlying spookiness and hint of possible underlying violence suggested by the lyrics.

[trajan75]

This Willie Nelson version is fine but Sinatra owns this tune( in the Nelson Riddle arrangement I believe).

[pagano60]

@trajan75 - There might be some misunderstanding. This version of "Angel Eyes" is sung by Bruce Springsteen, not Willie Nelson.

In my opinion, no truly great song is "owned" by any performer. Sinatra's and Lady Ella's versions of "Angel Eyes" have their own fine qualities. But it was this gritty, stripped-down version by Springsteen, not the others, that inspired me to put this video together.

[edwardjames50]

@pagano60 ~ Try listening to Shirley Bassey's version of the song. It is the essence of film noir, in three minutes. I personally don't like the Springsteen version; he just doesn't have the voice to carry a song quietly, as he does here. His loud singing masks all of the inherent flaws in his voice; he's no Sinatra.

[Breton2Robert]

Excellent Video. Thank you for this

[Breton2Robert]

The video from Breton2Robert called A Beauty : Veronica Lake is very nice

[pagano60]

@Breton2Robert - Why don't you attach it?

[jasena09]

What a beauty..!!

*****

Thank you.

[grainofsandfan]

OMG Bruce Springsteen. He sounds perfect.

[b1mgqn56]

This Is Breathtaking Loved IT And Favored It BeauTiFuL Song  And Video !! Congrat's

[pagano60]

Thanks!

[b1mgqn56]

Your WeLcome Thank YOU ! ***** AngeL *****

[GAFFTV]

Any guitarists know where I can find the tablature for this?

[tundra1030]

who is the blond at 1:51??

[pagano60]

As the sidebar says, she's Constance Dowling from the 1946 movie BLACK ANGEL.

[paduaprs]

nice video,

the eyes are the mirror of the soul. but

in a woman express more, of course!

[aknowneemus]

wow!

that last shot of dietrich was perfect.

[TNviewer01]

@aknowneemus I was gonna say the exact same thing! Perfect ender for this vid. Great job!

[MonroeSmile]

@aknowneemus 100% agree, amazing video

[MichaelRyerson]

Wow. Thanks. Really.

[SIRchopski]

wooow beautiful womans and video, the bery best of....womans acrtees

[ltGargoyle]

nice video, I am curious how you are making them. I have yet to really figure out how to do videos. but you have a great eye for putting the right music to the images.

[Catherinearmant]

So true.

A SOUL thing, sure.

Thank you.

[jonnyfiamo]

Good Job!!! Who sang that song "Angel eyes" (this version)??

Thanx!!!

[pagano60]

As the sidebar says, this version of "Angel Eyes" is sung by Bruce Springsteen.

[IngridBergmanRocked]

LOL! My corrupt "Angel Eyes" aint here.

Thanks:D

[nagypicture]

Thanks!!

[hoffmann9471]

wunderbar song to these wundervollen faces and (angel) eyes of great ladies and actresses !

5***************

[BSTO88]

Gene Tierney is breathtaking in that scene from LAURA.

splendid job!

[GoWithinARock]

boooooo!!!!! I like frank sinatra's version better, but still an interesting film, so rated 5 for beautiful women with beautiful eyes, it was really good even without the voice of frank

[theblueangel28]

Rita first clip, so pleasd with herself, i love that moment

Lana gorgous eyes fill the whole screen

Hedy the most exquisite woman, looks like a sculpture

Joans enormous eyes and the master of the closeup

love Veronica Lakes and Wong's glances

Jane Russells wrap falling

all excellent clips

and no better possible way to end than Marlenes famous Shanghai scene

loved it, including Bruce

thanks so much for sharing

[CaptainDuke71]

very nice...I so love Dorothy

she was my first love

long ago on the bus to the roller rink

this is so lovely to hear and remember her...

Earl

[Dutz69]

very intense - so much beauty, it´s stunning!!!

Louise Brooks eyes are piercing my soul.

Lauren Bacall, Rita Hayworth, Ava Gardner, ... these were the glory days of cinema!

thanks for posting.

[komodiakarma]

Great video...LOVE it.!!!

[dogiehogan]

Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann in PERSONA (1966)

Huhhhh... please Film-Noir dames!

(Like Peggy Cummings, Frances Farmer, Hazel Brooks, Yvonne de Carlo, etc.)

[pagano60]

What did you think of the actresses from the silent films?

(Louise Brooks, Anna May Wong, Clara Bow)

[dogiehogan]

Outstanding!

[redrosebutterfly13]

I love this! 5 Stars! favourited too

[xvltr]

great clips...nicely done

can anyone tell me who is at 2.10 the blonde with the cigarette being lit by a guy?

[pagano60]

If you clicked on the "more info" link to the right of the screen, you would see that the actress is Lizabeth Scott from the 1947 film DEAD RECKONING. The arm holding the match in that shot belongs to Humphrey Bogart.

[jomattia]

oh man I love how you keep coming back to Ella Raines. she's awesome. props for including "L'Eclisse" too.

[fasssbinder]

very good video,the most;RITA HAYWORTH watching in the lady from shanghai

[pagano60]

Danke für Ihre Anmerkung, Rainer Werner.

[addiefleur]

Elegant, lovely, you did such nice work.

Your choices were very cool and interesting and gave depth to the video,

Thanks for posting it.

addie

NY, NY

[jgg59]

Gene Tierney at 1:38 stunning.

[esther0101]

luv it. so many beautiful women.........

[silenttalkies]

Loved seeing all those film noir divas together - not just the legends like Rita, Lana, Hedy, and Ava but those great dames like Lizabeth Scott, Marie Windsor, Cleo Moore, Claire Trevor, et al. Very cool!

[LeLimeLine]

For some reason I expected a Les Diabolique clip. Very cool piece. Beautiful track to set it all to.

[pagano60]

I looked into using clips from "Les Diaboliques," but that film has very few close-ups of its femmes fatales, and the few that it has didn't fit the mood that I was going for.

Thanks for the props.

[ElizabethTalbot]

WOW!

Absolutely haunting.

And you include my favorite moment of my favorite actress at 1:40--Gene Tierney smoking in Laura.

Too beautiful for words.

[chatroomchi]

very beautiful! women had such style then , nice song too, I like the way he carries the song.

[venegurl]

cool vid! but where's Greta Garbo?

[troubleclef]

and no Bette Davis? c'mon.... :P

Very cool project. Actually, I'm glad it's not all the "usual suspects". Some more obscure characters. Some that you recognize some that you hardly even heard of...(Peggy Cummins??).

I love those beautiful women. Thanks for this.

[pagano60]

The actresses who aren't as well-known as the big-name movie stars are from films that are cult classics among film-noir aficionados. ("Film noir" means those cynical, shadowy crime dramas made by Hollywood in the decade or so after WW2.) I had originally intended to limit my clips to only noir films (they seemed to go best with the song), but when the other clips appeared to work, I decided to use them as well.

[hotblood56]

Nicely Done!

[annpham]

Great video. Dietrich, Lamarr, Gardner and Brooks are my favorites. Thank you!