We've identified the key issue in presenting an extensive B-movie marathon--securing the prints and paying for screening rights. Without the Castro Theater's 1400 seats, Eddie is likely to be unwilling to budget for what it would cost to assemble a lineup like the one shown in the previous post.

But there's a solution to that: it's called TCM. Eddie can mount a hugely inclusive B-noir series at TCM with no real cost to himself if he funnels it through a variant of NOIR ALLEY.

Given the popularity of the weekly series, it would not be too much of a stretch for Eddie to do three weeks of B-noir programming per month for three months during each year.

As I've laid out a prototype initial schedule below, the series could play Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for three consecutive weeks. I'm currently envisioning four films per segment of what I'm calling NOIR ALLEY'S B-Noir Extravaganza. The series could start at 5pm Eastern time, leaving plenty of room for other featured programming to play in the back end of prime time during the series' run.

I've structured this version in chronological order, beginning with 1940. The nine four-film segments take us up to 1945 and showcase 36 B-noirs, many of them familiar, but there are at least as many that haven't had much if any exposure on TCM. It would constitute new ground for Eddie and for the network. Here's what it looks like:

NOIR ALLEY’s B-NOIR EXTRAVAGANZA
Week One
BLACK FRIDAY (1940, Universal, dir. Albert Lubin, 70m) Karloff, Lugosi
STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR (1940, RKO, dir. Boris Inglster, 64m) Lorre, McGuire, Tallichet
GAMBLING ON THE HIGH SEAS (1940, WB, dir. George Amy, 62m) Morris, Wyman, Roland
DRESSED TO KILL (1941, Fox, dir. Eugene Forde, 74m) Nolan, Hughes, Sheila Ryan Mike Shayne/1

AMONG THE LIVING (1941, Paramount, dir. Stuart Heisler, 67m) Dekker, S. Hayward, Farmer
THE FACE BEHIND THE MASK (1941, Columbia, dir. Robert Florey, 69m) Lorre, Keyes, Beddoe
FLIGHT FROM DESTINY (1941, WB, dir. Vincent Sherman, 75m) G. Fitzgerald, Mitchell, Lynn
STRANGE ALIBI (1941, WB, dir. D. Ross Lederman, 64m) Kennedy, Perry, J. Hale

STREET OF CHANCE (1942, Paramount, dir. Jack Hively, 74m) Meredith, Trevor, Leonard, Cowan
GRAND CENTRAL MURDER (1942, MGM, dir. S. Sylvan Simon, 73m) Heflin, Dane, Parker, Grey
LADY GANGSTER (1942, WB, dir. Robert Florey, 62m) Emerson, Bishop, Wilcox, R. Ford, Gleason
QUIET PLEASE: MURDER (1942, Fox, dir. John Francis Larkin, 70m) Sanders, Patrick, Denning

Week Two
TIME TO KILL (1942, Fox, dir. Herbert Leeds, 61m) Nolan, Angel, Merrick Mike Shayne/2
KID GLOVE KILLER (1942 MGM, dir. Fred Zinnemann, 74m) Heflin, Hunt, Bowman
FLY-BY-NIGHT (1942, Paramount, dir. Robert Siodmak, 74m) Carlson, Kelly, Basserman
EYES OF THE UNDERWORLD (1942, Universal, dir. Roy William Neill, 61m) Dix, Barrie, Chaney

SEALED LIPS (1942, Universal, dir. George Waggner, 62m) Gargan, Clyde, Litel
CALLING DR. DEATH (1943, Universal, dir. Reginald LeBorg, 63m) Chaney, Morison, Naish
WHISPERING FOOTSTEPS (1943, Republic, dir. Howard Bretherton, 58m) Hubbard, Quigley, Joan Blair
NO PLACE FOR A LADY (1943, Columbia, dir. James P. Hogan, 66m) Gargan, Lindsay, Brooks, Cowan

STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT (1944, Republic, dir. Anthony Mann, 56m) Grey, W. Terry, Thimig
DEAD MAN’S EYES (1944, Universal, dir. Reginald LeBorg, 64m) Chaney, Parker, P. Kelly, Gomez
WHEN STRANGERS MARRY (1944, Monogram, dir. William Castle, 67m) Mitchum, Hunter, Jagger
THE MISSING JUROR (1944, Columbia, dir. Budd Boetticher, 66m) Bannon, J. Carter, Macready

Week Three
A NIGHT OF ADVENTURE (1944, RKO, dir. Gordon Douglas, 65m) Conway, Long, Brophy, J. Brooks
ENTER ARSENE LUPIN (1944, Univeral, dir. Ford Beebe, 72m) Korvin, Raines, Naish, Sondergaard
PORT OF 40 THIEVES (1944, Republic, dir. John English, 58m) Bachelor, Keene, Roberts
PILLOW OF DEATH (1945, Universal, dir. Wallace Fox, 66m) Chaney, Joyce, Bromberg

DETOUR (1945, PRC, dir. Edgar G. Ulmer, 66m) Neal, Savage, Claudia Drake
APOLOGY FOR MURDER (1945, PRC, dir. Sam Newfield, 67m) Beumont, Savsge, Hicks
THE LADY CONFESSES (1945, PRC, dir. Sam Newfield, 64m) Hughes, Beaumont, Macdonald, Drake
CRIME, INC. (1945, PRC, dir. Lew Landers, 75m) Neal, Tilton, Carrillo, Atwill, Leonard, Beddoe

JEALOUSY (1945, Republic, dir. Gustav Machaty, 71m) Asther, Loder, Morley, Randolph, Haas
GRISSLY’S MILLIONS (1945, Republic, dir. John English, 71m) Grey. P. Kelly, Douglas, Risdon, Mara
THE TIGER WOMAN (1945, Republic, dir. Philip Ford, 57m) Mara, Richmond, Fraser, Peggy Stewart
THE FATAL WITNESS (1945, Republic, dir. Lesley Selander, 65m) Ankers, Fraser, George Leigh

That's 36 B-noirs in three fell swoops. I'll continue with post-WWII B-noir in a later post. Eddie seems to have focused on 50s B-noir a good bit for NOIR ALLEY; he might mix some of those back into this series, so as to give TCM more use of films they've licensed and located for the weekly edition of NOIR ALLEY...