Bookish Noirs/Moving Pictures

[poetman]

I am looking for some recommendations for noirs or new-noirs that have a bookish/literary vibe to them: films related to bookstores/libraries, authors, etc. --like a prolonged version of Bogie's Big Sleep scene in the used bookstore or Morgan Freeman's library scene in SEVEN (though not a noir). I know a number of noirs utilize newspapers/newsrooms as their plots (all of which I think I have seen). I know I am casting a wide net here, but I would appreciate other loungers' recommendations.

 

[PatinaPen]

My favorite, THE KILLER INSIDE ME scene, where the main character, a Sheriff who is a psychopath, reveals he knows everything in his late father's medical books. Up till that point he has given everyone in town the impression he is a country bumpkin. It's also implied that his father kept him from going further in school because he knew his son's true nature. It's in the Jim Thompson novel and the film with Stacey Keach (I've never gotten around to seeing the remake).
Also,
I haven't seen it in a long time but THE MASK OF DIMITRIUS has a scene with a librarian.

Interesting question!

I am looking for some recommendations for noirs or new-noirs that have a bookish/literary vibe to them: films related to bookstores/libraries, authors, etc. --like a prolonged version of Bogie's Big Sleep scene in the used bookstore or Morgan Freeman's library scene in SEVEN (though not a noir). I know a number of noirs utilize newspapers/newsrooms as their plots (all of which I think I have seen). I know I am casting a wide net here, but I would appreciate other loungers' recommendations.

 

[poetman]

Found this recommendation online
Hollywood released the 1930s trilogy to please fans of the Myrna Loy and William Powell-led Thin Man series, as the wait time in between each film was deemed too long. Based on Marco Page's novel by the same name, Fast Company follows rare-book dealers, Joel and Garda Sloan (Melvyn Douglas, Florence Rice), as they attempt to solve a murder. The succeeding films star different sets of topnotch Golden Age actors like Rosalind Russell and Franchot Tone. But no matter the faces, each film is a crowd-pleasing bookish comedy.

 

[Fading Fast]

Found this recommendation online
Hollywood released the 1930s trilogy to please fans of the Myrna Loy and William Powell-led Thin Man series, as the wait time in between each film was deemed too long. Based on Marco Page's novel by the same name, Fast Company follows rare-book dealers, Joel and Garda Sloan (Melvyn Douglas, Florence Rice), as they attempt to solve a murder. The succeeding films star different sets of topnotch Golden Age actors like Rosalind Russell and Franchot Tone. But no matter the faces, each film is a crowd-pleasing bookish comedy.

Just so you are aware, those are fun comedies with some mystery and drama mixed in, but they are not really noir. The comparison to "The Thin Man" is good as they are, IMO, good B-versions of "The Thin Man."

 

[FOXTROT LAMONT]

Myrna Loy captured the classic feminine ideal with grace, beauty, and elegance.