Day #21,960

Walk km 9743-9745: to T&T
Walk km 9745-9747 (12,213 to go): to Safeway

Movie #1945: Vote For Huggett (1949, Ken Annakin)

This is the 3rd Huggetts movie. It's all very whimsical and (as you know) I hate whimsy. However, a wonderful ensemble cast makes the whole thing almost palatable. Petula Clark gets to sing "Under The Old Apple Tree" but unfortunately there are no scenes with her and Diana Dors together.

Day #21,959

Walk km 9735-9743: every block: 42nd, 44th, 45th, Collingwood, Alma

Chevy pickup
approx km 9741 Dunbar Street

Movie #1944: The 13th Letter (1951, Otto Preminger)

Hollywood remake of a French movie. It's a whodunit but an unusual one. The strangest thing is they show the murderer walking away in the dark but they never say who it was. This copy was on YouTube and was not in very good condition. Could the original theatre audience make out who the murderer was?

Day #21,958

Walk km 9727-9735 (12,223 to go): every block: 37th,Mayfair,Holland,46th,Marine

a mailbox
approx km 9729 37th Ave

Book #408: Man Bait (1960, Jack Liston (Ralph Maloney))

This book may not be the greatest. You would expect a book like this to be OK as far as plot goes but a little lacking in the writing skills department. It's just the opposite. Ralph Maloney was a graduate of Harvard and he can write. However, he's not good enough to get by without a good plot which is what's missing here.

Movie #1943: Cry Of The City (1948, Robert Siodmak)

Hope Emerson gives Richard Conte a massage

City streets.... in the dark..... with rain: the perfect noir setting. This one's got it plus tons more. All kinds of excellent touches. Hope Emerson is great as a masseuse.
Note: this movie is on YouTube but is 3 minutes short of the 95 minute running time. It appears that there were two additional scenes with Shelley Winters that are missing from the YouTube version.

Day #21,952-957

Walk km 9714-9721: rural Manitoba
Walk km 9721-9727: Steinbach,Manitoba

burnt out Christmas light
day #21,953 Hanover Street, Steinbach


airport
day #21,957 Winnipeg

Movie #1942: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011,David Fincher)

Do you mean that there are actually people who could follow the Vanger part of this plot without having read the book first? I don't think so. For people who have read the book, a fine reenactment.

Day #21,951

Walk km 9711-9714 (12,237 to go): running errands

Movie #1941: The Man Behind The Gun (1953, Felix Feist)

Mr Feist has made some mighty fine films in the noir genre but westerns can humble even the best directors. A plot which is strickly "who cares" but with some nice colourful California scenery.