The primary literary influence on film noir was the hardboiled school of American detective and crime fiction, led in its early years by such writers as Dashiell Hammett ( whose first novel, Red Harvest, was published in 1929 ) and James M. Cain ( whose The Postman Always Rings Twice appeared five years later ), and popularized in pulp magazines such as Black Mask.

The classic film noirs The Maltese Falcon and The Glass Key ( 1942 ) were based on novels by Hammett ; Cain's novels provided the basis for Double Indemnity ( 1944 ), Mildred Pierce ( 1945 ), The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1946 ), and Slightly Scarlet ( 1956 ; adapted from Love's Lovely Counterfeit ).

A slew of now-renowned noir " bad girls " would follow, such as those played by Rita Hayworth in Gilda ( 1946 ), Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1946 ), Ava Gardner in The Killers ( 1946 ), and Jane Greer in Out of the Past ( 1947 ).

Titles included in this library are S. O. B., the 1981 remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice ( WB also owns the 1946 MGM version through Turner ), The Sea Wolves, and Escape to Victory ( a. k. a. Victory ).

Other examples of storytelling voice-overs can be heard in Annie Hall, Gattaca, Fight Club, Megamind, Ratatouille, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Tangled, The Magic School Bus, The Emperor's New Groove, Kronk's New Groove, Blade Runner, The Rugrats Movie, The Shawshank Redemption, Big Fish, How to Train Your Dragon, Moulin Rouge !, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Young Winston, Rugrats, Raising Arizona, Goodfellas, Clash of the Titans, and Star Quest: The Odyssey.

With Gianni Puccini, Antonio Pietrangeli and Giuseppe De Santis, he wrote the screenplay for his first film as director: Ossessione ( Obsession, 1943 ), the first neorealist movie and an unofficial adaptation of the novel The Postman Always Rings Twice.

Although no crime is committed anywhere in the book, the novel was reprinted in 1989 by Random House, alongside Cain's thriller The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1934 ), under the heading " Vintage Crime ".

* The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1946 )

* James Cain, author of " The Postman Always Rings Twice ".

After the war Garfield starred in a series of successful films such as The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1946 ) with Lana Turner, Humoresque ( 1946 ) with Joan Crawford, and the Oscar-winning Best Picture Gentleman's Agreement ( 1947 ).

* The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1946 )

* The John Garfield Story ( 2003 ) ( available on Warner Home Video's 2004 DVD of The Postman Always Rings Twice )

* James M. Cain: The Postman Always Rings Twice ( F )

She is known as one of the first Hollywood scream queens thanks to her role in the 1941 horror film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and her reputation as a glamorous femme fatale was enhanced by her performance in the film noir The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1946 ).

in The Postman Always Rings Twice ( film ) | The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1946 )

After the war, Turner's career continued successfully with the release, The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1946 ), which co-starred John Garfield.

The Postman Always Rings Twice was thus a turning point in her career.

I got a big chance to do some real acting in The Postman Always Rings Twice, and I'm not going to slip back if I can help it.

She was cast due to the persistence of producer Carey Wilson, who was overwhelmed by her performance in The Postman Always Rings Twice.

* James M. Cain-The Postman Always Rings Twice

Her first notable role was in Bob Rafelson's remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1981 ).

* The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1946 )

In the foreword of the 2005 edition of Alas, Babylon, David Brin notes that the book was instrumental in shaping his views on nuclear war and had an effect on his own book, The Postman ( pp. xi-xii, ISBN 0-06-074187-2, Harper Perennial Modern Classics ).

The single topped the US Billboard pop charts for two weeks in January 1975 as well as the Canadian RPM national singles chart for four weeks spanning January and February, eventually overtaken by The Carpenters's version of the Motown hit " Please Mr. Postman ", a song covered, with Lennon singing the lead vocal, on With the Beatles in 1963.

He developed the film Air Force One and was set to play the lead role of the President, but ultimately decided to concentrate on finishing The Postman instead.

" Marvin drummed on The Marvelettes ' " Please Mr. Postman " and several of their other recordings, including " Beechwood 4-5789 ", which Gaye co-wrote.

José Donoso's novel Curfew recalls the latter days of the recent military dictatorship, while Antonio Skármeta's novel Burning Patience ( drawing on Neruda's life as a Chilean icon ) was the inspiration for the Oscar-winning Italian film, Il Postino ( The Postman ).

In Britain, Motown's records were released on various labels: at first London ( only the Miracles ' " Shop Around "/" Who's Lovin ' You " and " Ain't It Baby "), then Fontana (" Please Mr. Postman " by the Marvelettes was one of four ), Oriole American (" Fingertips " by Little Stevie Wonder was one of many ), EMI's Stateside (" Where Did Our Love Go " by the Supremes and " My Guy " by Mary Wells were Motown's first British top-20 hits ), and finally EMI's Tamla-Motown (" Stop!

Postman focuses on media technology, process, and structure rather than content.

They include Rope, Double Indemnity, Strangers on a Train, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Witness for the Prosecution, and Dial M for Murder.

Postman gave a well-known speech at the meeting of the German Society for Computer Science ( Gesellschaft für Informatik ) on October 11, 1990 in Stuttgart.

While positing his theory, Postman offers no solution for society on the whole.

In 1969 and 1970 Postman collaborated with New Rochelle educator < span class =" plainlinks "> Alan Shapiro </ span > on the development of a model school based on the principles expressed in Teaching as a Subversive Activity.

In a television interview conducted in 1995 on the MacNeil / Lehrer Hour Postman spoke about his opposition to the use of personal computers in schools.

* Neil Postman Writing on the Web

* Booknotes interview with Postman on Technopoly, August 30, 1992

Examples include Brigid O ' Shaughnessy, portrayed by Mary Astor, who murders Sam Spade's partner in The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ); Gene Tierney as Ellen Brent Harland in Leave Her to Heaven ( 1945 ), and the cabaret singer portrayed by Rita Hayworth in Gilda ( 1946 ), narcissistic wives who manipulate their husbands ; Phyllis Dietrichson ( Barbara Stanwyck ) in Double Indemnity ( 1944 ), Ava Gardner in The Killers and Cora ( Lana Turner ) in The Postman Always Rings Twice, both based on novels by James M. Cain, manipulate men into killing their husbands.

* The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1981 ), an American remake based on a screenplay by David Mamet, directed by Bob Rafelson, and featuring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange

* The Postman Always Rings Twice on Screen Guild Theater: June 16, 1947

For a short time, Holland partnered with Robert Bateman, together known as " Brianbert ", collaborating on such hits as " Please Mr. Postman " for the The Marvelettes.

Fulci's version is as follows: " One day I told Dardano the plot of my Evil Comes Back ( later retitled Per Sempre / Until Death ), a sequel on a fantastic note to The Postman Always Rings Twice, and he proposed it to several producers with my name on it as the director.