Steven Helmer Publications

Synopsis: Madeleine Damien is a beautiful and successful art editor who is sought after by many men and has had multiple lovers, including jeweler Felix Courtland, one of her magazine's biggest advertisers. When she learns she has become the subject of rumors and mockery at the magazine, Madeleine quits her job and, at the advice of her psychiatrist, relocates under an assumed name and tries to make a living as an artist.  She meets and falls in love with one of her neighbors, Dr. David Cousins but is reluctant to marry him because he doesn't know the truth about her or even her real name. Things become even more complicated when Courtland finds her and she is later falsely accused of the jeweler's murder, making her past public knowledge, jeopardizing her relationship with Cousins and, because she feels defeated and unwilling to mount a defense, risking a murder conviction. Who's in it? The movie stars Hedy Lamarr , Dennis O'Keefe , John Loder, William Lundigan ,...

Synopsis: New Mexico nightclub owner Jerry Manning rents a black leopard for his girlfriend, Kiki Walker, to use in her stage performance. The cat escapes and soon after a child is found killed. As more leopard-related deaths occur however, Manning begins to suspect the animal is just a red herring and a human is using it to cover murders. Who's in it? The movie stars Dennis O'Keefe , Jean Brooks , Margo , Isabel Jewell and James Bell . Review: My cat, Stormcloud, has become my movie watching partner in the mornings and since I figured she'd enjoy a movie featuring another black cat (albeit a larger one), I decided to give The Leopard Man a try. This wound up being a surprisingly good choice. At first this seemed like it would be a simple monster movie, not unlike others from this time period that featured giant spiders, escaped gorillas, etc. Instead, it turned out to be an intriguing mystery. There was absolutely nothing to indicate it wasn't a big cat killing th...