{"id":37670,"date":"2022-06-01T09:59:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T13:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=37670"},"modified":"2022-06-01T14:03:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T18:03:56","slug":"movie-matinee-the-burglar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/06\/01\/movie-matinee-the-burglar\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Matinee &#8211; The Burglar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5696\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/23\/christmas-lotsa-wavy-hair-liberace\/movie-matinee-header\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movie-matinee-header.jpg?fit=640%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,145\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"movie-matinee-header\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movie-matinee-header.jpg?fit=640%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5696\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movie-matinee-header.jpg?resize=640%2C145&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movie-matinee-header.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movie-matinee-header.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37674\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/06\/01\/movie-matinee-the-burglar\/phl-art-mus\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PHL-Art-Mus.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"PHL-Art-Mus\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PHL-Art-Mus.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37674\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PHL-Art-Mus.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PHL-Art-Mus.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PHL-Art-Mus.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>I thought I knew every movie shot in my hometown of Philadelphia, but I have to admit I never heard of <em>The Burglar (1957)<\/em>. Strangely enough, I read about it in a comic book which set me off on a mad search for the film. Unlike the terrible screen adaptation of Lawrence Block&#8217;s <em>Burglar<\/em>, the old caper film is not easy to find. There were a few sketchy websites offering DVDs for sale, but I decided not to risk my credit card information. Fortunately, it turned up on <em>The Internet Archive!<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/1957-the-burglar-honor-de-ladron-paul-wendkos-vo\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The Burglar<\/em> was shot on location in Philadelphia and Atlantic City; it has a screenplay by David Goodis and stars Jayne Mansfield and Dan Duryea. Watch it embedded above or over on <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/1957-the-burglar-honor-de-ladron-paul-wendkos-vo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Internet Archive<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I knew every movie shot in my hometown of Philadelphia, but I have to admit I never heard of The Burglar (1957). Strangely enough, I read about it in a comic book which set me off on a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/06\/01\/movie-matinee-the-burglar\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31,368,5084],"tags":[4659,5339,5337,3895,5338,3669],"class_list":["post-37670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blast-from-the-past","category-movie-matinee","category-whats-on-tv","tag-4659","tag-dan-duryea","tag-david-goodis","tag-film-noir","tag-jayne-mansfield","tag-philadelphia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-9NA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2906,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/06\/19\/sunday-matinee-son-of-ingagi\/","url_meta":{"origin":37670,"position":0},"title":"Sunday Matinee &#8211; Son of Ingagi","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"June 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to the wonders of the Internet Archive, I have another oddity from the public domain for you, girls and boys. Today's feature is Son of Ingagi (1940) which is listed as being the first science fiction horror film with an \"all black cast.\" It was released by Sack Amusements,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Movie Matinee&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Movie Matinee","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/movie-matinee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/sunday-matinee-header.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/sunday-matinee-header.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/sunday-matinee-header.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8939,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/07\/18\/roller-derby-circa-1949-new-jersey-vs-philadelphia\/","url_meta":{"origin":37670,"position":1},"title":"Roller Derby Circa 1949: New Jersey Vs Philadelphia","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"July 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a treat from the dawn of broadcast television I found while trawling the Internet Archive on my Roku box. It's the ROLLER DERBY! This is probably a kinescope which was a recording of a television program made by filming the picture from a video monitor which is probably why\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blast from the Past&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blast from the Past","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/blast-from-the-past\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/blatz.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/blatz.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/blatz.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19584,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/09\/09\/day-for-night\/","url_meta":{"origin":37670,"position":2},"title":"Day for Night","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"September 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I had a bit of Photoshop fun with a lackluster photograph of a spectacular structure in South Philadelphia. My son and I were walking to one of the few movie theaters left in Philadelphia to take in the latest Mission Impossible film which I highly recommend, and I had my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Philadelphia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Philadelphia","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/philadelphia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DSCN3948.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DSCN3948.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DSCN3948.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20443,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/03\/12\/never-say-never-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":37670,"position":3},"title":"Never Say Never Again","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"March 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"PLUS 2 ALL NEW BLOCKBUSTERS!!! 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