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Thursday Night Movies | THE GLASS WEB (1953_Film Noir/3D/New-To-Me)

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Thursday Night Movies |  THE GLASS WEB (1953_Film Noir/3D/New-To-Me)

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Welcome to Thursday Night Movies @ Jerry & Shirley's!

This movie fits THREE of my favorite categories:

  1. Worthwhile, new-to-me movies from ALL eras & genres
  2. Film Noir
  3. 3D

However, some of these movies will fall into PRE-Code and NEW Classic categories, too!

GENERALLY, this will be a regularly occurring Event on the LAST Thursday every other month.
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This Event will take place at our home near GRAVOIS BLUFFS in Fenton, MO. Our address and directions to it will be e-mailed to each attendee via MeetUp 24 hours ahead of the event. We'd prefer to have a home e-mail address and/or cell# (that we will keep confidential) for each person who attends one of our Home Events, so please consider providing one asap--THANKS!

SCHEDULE
6:30PM: Show-up/Mingle
7PM: Movie begins - No one admitted after the movie starts
9PM: Discuss/Mingle
10PM: Jerry & Shirley go to bed!

Jerry & Shirley will provide some air-popped popcorn, a variety of sodas [Coke, Sprite, Diet Pepsi, etc.], Hot Chocolate (with/without Irish Cream), and maybe more! If you're of a mind to and haven't done so already, please post your Movie Food/Beverage Contribution To Share in the Comments section below.

Contributions are NOT required.
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This movie was recommended by longtime member ROBERT BLANTON, who has purchased a special DVD that can be shown on a regular TV with red/blue glasses, which I will provide.

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About the Movie
The Glass Web is a 1953 American 3-D film noir crime film directed by Jack Arnold and starring Edward G. Robinson, John Forsythe, Marcia Henderson, and Kathleen Hughes. It is based on Max Simon Ehrlich's 1952 novel Spin the Glass Web.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Web

About the Book
Spin The Glass Web is a mystery or suspense novel written by Max Ehrlich and first published in condensed form in Cosmopolitan in 1951. The full version was published by Harper & Brothers in 1952, and in paperback by Bantam Books in 1953.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_the_Glass_Web

About the Author
Max Simon Ehrlich (October 10, 1909 – February 11, 1983[1]) was an American writer. He is best known for the novel The Reincarnation of Peter Proud and the movie of the same name.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Ehrlich_(writer)

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtPM8rg92Y4
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_glass_web

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