{"id":6616,"date":"2018-04-02T22:12:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T05:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/?p=6616"},"modified":"2018-04-02T22:30:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T05:30:31","slug":"mikes-picks-2018-april-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/mikes-picks-2018-april-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike’s Picks: ‘While the City Sleeps’ and ‘Don\u2019t Bother to Knock’"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the City Sleeps<\/h2>\n

Available via Warner Archive
\n<\/strong>Warner, Drama, $21.99 Blu-ray, NR.
\n<\/strong>Stars Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, Ida Lupino, George Sanders, Vincent Price, John Barrymore Jr.
\n<\/strong>1956. <\/strong>Even at a reasonable 99 minutes, Fritz Lang\u2019s newspaper crime drama While the City Sleeps<\/em> gets ground down by a clunky boilerplate romance between Pulitzer-winning print newshound\/TV commentator Dana Andrews and co-worker Sally Forrest \u2014 though it isn\u2019t exactly without interest that he basically would end up using his pert girlfriend as bait for a greasy serial killer who strangles women in their New York apartments.
\nRead the Full Review<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Don\u2019t Bother to Knock<\/h2>\n

Available via ScreenArchives.com
\n<\/strong>Twilight Time, Drama, $29.95 Blu-ray, NR.
\n<\/strong>Stars Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Elisa Cook Jr.
\n<\/strong>1952.<\/strong> Filmed on three or four simple sets and clocking in at just 76 minutes, Don\u2019t Bother to Knock<\/em> is an unusual movie for Marilyn Monroe to have made just as she was on the brink of superstardom.
\nExtras: <\/strong>Julie Kirgo provides another of her well-researched Twilight Time essays.
\nRead the Full Review<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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