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Thursday, January 12, 2023

“It's amazing that he never killed a man -- as far as we know!” NOIR CITY magazine reviews new Lawrence Tierney book

“A 432-page rap sheet! An index of awfulness

that focuses more on perps than performances…. 

If Tierney’s life tells us anything, 

it’s that toxic masculinity is real -- 

and it’s spectacular!”


NOIR CITY, the quarterly journal of the Film Noir Foundation and the Bible for film noir aficionados, is featuring a review of Burt Kearns’ book, Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy, in its latest issue.

The magazine’s contents are not posted online, so we show the review below.


Meanwhile, it’s  easy to get on the Film Noir Foundation mailing list -- do it here -- and by making a small donation, you can subscribe to the essential magazine (available in print version here).


In the words of the founder, Czar of Noir Eddie Muller:


“Who would have thought that movies based on desperation and alienation would bring so many people together around the world?”



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Saturday, December 17, 2022

INSIDE THE AERO: American Cinematheque & Larry Edmunds Bookshop launch new bio, 'Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy'

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(SANTA MONICA, CA, December 16, 2022) A large and enthusiastic crowd turned out at the American Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre on Friday evening for the official launch of the first biography of legendary and notorious actor Lawrence Tierney.  Author Burt Kearns was on hand to sign copies of his book, Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood’s Real-Life Tough Guy (published in December by the University Press of Kentucky - Screen Classics series). Acclaimed screenwriter and producer Larry Karaszewski  (Dolemite Is My Name, The People V O.J. Simpson, Ed Wood, Man on the Moon, The People vs Larry Flynt, Big Eyes, Auto Focus, 1408, Problem Child) hosted a doube feature screening of the Tierney film noirs Born to Kill and Shakedown, and conducted a very entertaining Q&A with the author. Jeff Mantor of the Larry Edmunds Bookshop on Hollywood Boulevard sponsored the book signings.


AUTHOR BURT KEARNS (right) with JEFF MANTOR OF THE LARRY EDMONDS BOOKSHOP



DAVID DEL VALLE, FILM HISTORIAN & TIERNEY’S FRIEND, WITH TIERNEY NEPHEW TIM TIERNEY.

JEFF MANTOR OF LARRY EDMUNDS BOOKSHOP, BURT KEARNS & JEFF ABRAHAM, 
KEARNS’ CO-AUTHOR ON THE SHOW WON’T GO ON.

LARRY KARASZEWSKI LEADS Q&A WITH AUTHOR BURT KEARNS


BORN TO KILL

SHAKEDOWN

KEARNS & WIFE ALISON HOLLOWAY (WITH NOIR FILTER)