Noir Alley screens Ida Lupino in The Man I Love

moviesJun 21, 202662967

TCM's Noir Alley is airing The Man I Love (1946) tonight at 9:00 PM PT; the film is directed by Raoul Walsh and stars Ida Lupino, Robert Alda, and Andrea King. The 96-minute nightclub noir follows a nightclub singer who becomes entangled with a mobster and includes musical numbers in which Lupino's singing was dubbed by Peg La Centra. The screening matters because The Man I Love is a strong example of nightclub-set noir that showcases Lupino's screen presence before she became a pioneering female director, making it essential viewing for classic-film and noir fans.

CT Million

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#NoirChecklist for #TheManILove: -Nightclub setting -Nightclub chanteusery -(Sleazy) nightclub owner -Naïve younger sister -Multiple flashbacks -Shell-shocked vet -Boozy floozy friend -Shiftless hubby in T-shirt -Ida wearing more gilded glitter than a Liberace estate sale #NoirAlley #TCMParty

9945d ago

Jenny Lens, Punk Pioneers Photographer8

Thank you for this checklist. I adore #TheManILove. Seen it countless times. Don't have TCM. But I can hold my own when it comes to discussing this timeless classic. Photo is stunning! Lee Grant said Ida was far prettier than she photographed. She wore fantastic clothes so easily. She's so tiny!

✨ Kay Goodstadt ✍️ Author✨4

That dress on her hips is fire.🔥

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A few other photos from that publicity shoot

Coming Up On TCM

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#ComingUpOnTCM THE MAN I LOVE (1946) Ida Lupino, Robert Alda, Andrea King Dir.: Raoul Walsh 9:00 PM PT A nightclub singer gets involved with a mobster. 1h 36m | Film Noir Musical | TV-G #TCM #TCMParty

5545d ago

CondimentGrrl aka Marcy

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The neckline and hair decoration on Ida’s outfit is DREAMY! #NoirAlley #TCMParty #TheManILove

4445d ago

Liz Tamny3

really like this one #TCMParty

Chino

@chino-706.bsky.social

I’ve always liked film noir but I didn’t become a full fledged noirista & Ida Lupino fan until I saw Road House at the Egyptian Theater, 2019 TCM Film Festival. #TCMParty

4245d ago

🎞️🎥✨celluloidsoul8

I bought an OOP copy so I could see it, maybe it will do both of those things for me too!!! #TheManILove #NoirAlley #TCMParty

DD2

I remember! We discussed it in between Judy and Liza😎

Cathy 🥃

@66betty.bsky.social

I would love to have this coat of Ida's. #NoirAlley #TCMParty #TheManILove

Ida Lupino wearing a shimmery white trench coat in The Man I Love

3744d ago

Pam Newman3

ME TOO! #TheManILove #NoirAlley #TCMParty

TCM Party3

I was thinking how amazing it is, forever chic ^PG #TCMParty

John M Keating

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Ida Lupino is the only PERSON to have starred in and directed an episode of The Twilight Zone #NoirAlley #TheManILove #TCMParty

3345d ago

Aldo Gandia

@aldobarkeeper.bsky.social

Ida Lupino was considered a pretty good vocalist, but it's Peg La Centra doing the singing for her. She was a well-known big band vocalist and radio actress. Her husband was #FilmNoir favorite Paul Stewart #TheManILove #NoirAlley #TCMParty with a sultry singer

3045d ago

🎞️🎥✨celluloidsoul

@celluloidsoul.bsky.social

OMG he's an Olympic athlete and now he plays the piano beautifully too?!?!! Mildred Pierce is definitely ruined for me. #TheManILove #NoirAlley #TCMParty

2545d ago

Marcie808🧡🖤⚾️

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Bruce Bennett (as Herman Brix) won the silver medal in shot put in the 1928 Olympics and lived to the ripe old age of 100! (I’ve been down a Tarzan rabbit hole lately) #TheManILove #NoirAlley #TCMParty

3045d ago

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@laughingacademy.bsky.social

"Why don't you settle down?" Yeah, because the past 90 minutes have been such a ringing endorsement of domesticity #TheManILove #NoirAlley #TCMParty

2544d ago

Andrija Popovic

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"Nightclub Noir." Gods, love that term. And this film has an amazing cast and crew. Ida Lupino and Raul Walsh are an absolute dynamite combo. #NoirAlley #TCMParty #TheManILove

2545d ago