Saturday, March 2, 2013

THAT THING CALLED "NOIR"


Gumshoes...alleys...dames...deceit...cops...night...grit...robbery...murder...grime...cons...extortion...rackets...mistaken identities...

Just some of the elements of the fabulous genre of film noir.

Here are some examples...


THE MALTESE FALCON
1941

WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS
1950


THE STRANGER
1946


THE RED HOUSE
1948


THE GLASS KEY
1942


SCANDAL SHEET
1952


RAW DEAL
1948


PHANTOM LADY
1944


NIGHTMARE ALLEY
1947


LAURA
1944


KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL
1952


HE WALKED BY NIGHT
1948


GILDA
1946