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USA | 1940s

USA | 1940s

USA: Film Noir and Post War Realism

Film Noir and Post War Realism

In the Land of The Femme Fatale

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2 Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Lady From Shanghai, 1948. Arstill diecut

The Players

12b Lauren Bacall

12 Humphrey Bogart

14b Fred MacMurray

14c Barbara Stanwyk

15b Henry Fonda

16 Billie (Billy) Wilder

16c Gloria Swanson

16d Erich von Stroheim

16e William Holden

17c Otto Preminger

17 Edward G. Robinson

20b Gloria Grahame

20b Howard Hawks

20b Ingrid Bergman

20c Gregory Peck

22b ClaudeRains

23 Jacques Tourneur

24 Laszlo Lowenstein (Peter Lorre)

25b Veronica Lake

26b Ann Sheridan

26 Dana Andrews

27 Nicholas Ray

29b-2 Charlton Heston

29b-3 Janet Leigh

29b Rita Hayworth

29c Raoul Walsh

29 Orson Welles

30b Burt Lancaster

31 Susan Hayward

33 Claire Trevor

34b Lana Turner

34 John Garfield

36 Gene Tierney

37 Richard Widmark

38 Gloria Grahame

39b Kertész Mihály (Michael Curtiz)

39 Robert Young

40 Joan Crawford

41 Robert Mitchum

The Filmmakers:
A Man's World, and One Woman

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2b Sam Levene and crew, film noir, 1947

3 Ida Lupino, on the set of The Green Peacock, 1958. USstill

50 George Waggner, Boris Karloff, 1944. icep

50a D. Ross Lederman, Key Witness, 1947. USp

50b Robert Rossen, Body and Soul, 1947. USp

50c Abraham Polonsky, Force of Evil, 1948. USp

50d Jules Dassin, The Naked City, 1948. USp

50e William Pine, Disaster, and Jack Donohue, Close-Up, 1948. USp

50f Nicholas Ray, Ida Lupino (uncredited), On Dangerous Ground, 1951. USp

50g Nicholas Ray, They Drive By Night, 1949. USp

50h Robert Stevenson, The Las Vegas Story, 1952. USp

50k Douglas Sirk, Lured, 1947. sh

Orson Welles

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87 Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, 1941. USsp

87u Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, 1941. USstill

88 Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, 1941. Fposter

87o Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, 1941. USsp

87n Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, 1941. USsp

87v Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, 1941. USstill

181 Orson Welles, The Stranger, 1946. Astill

91d Orson Welles, Journey Into Fear, 1943. USstill

182c Orson Welles, Lady From Shanghai, 1948. USstill

182b Orson Welles, The Lady From Shanghai, 1948. sh

182 Orson Welles, The Lady From Shanghai, 1948. sh

185 Orson Welles, The Third Man, 1949. sh

187 Orson Welles, A Touch of Evil, 1958. USstill

Fritz Lang

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293 Fritz Lang, M, 1931 awfkpremiere

294 Fritz Lang, Fury, 1936. awfk autographed by Silvia Sidney

296 Fritz Lang, The Woman in the Window, 1944. sh

297g Fritz Lang, Ministry of Fear, 1944. dp

298 Fritz Lang, The Big Heat, 1953. anfk

297k Fritz Lang, Ray Milland, Ministry of Fear, 1944. USstill

298c Fritz Lang, The Big Heat, 1953. rr59 USstill

298a Fritz Lang, The Big Heat, 1953. sh

298b Fritz Lang, The Big Heat, 1953. anfk

John Huston

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301b John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, The Maltese Falcon, 1941. colcard 2007

301c John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, The Maltese Falcon, 1941. colcard 2007

303 John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Key Largo, 1948. Ffilmcomplet

302 John Huston, The Asphalt Jungle, 1950. sh

301d John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, The Maltese Falcon, 1941. colcard 2007

301e John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, The Maltese Falcon, 1941. colcard 2007

300f John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, The Maltese Falcon, 1941. USstill

301 John Huston, Maltese Falcon, 1941. Jp

301f John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, The Maltese Falcon, 1941. colcard 2007

301g John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, The Maltese Falcon, 1941. colcard 2007

303d John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Key Largo, 1948. sh

303g John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Key Largo, 1948. USstill

Howard Hawks

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306b Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, To Have and Have Not, 1944. dp

306 Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, To Have and Have Not, 1944. dp

308 Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, The Big Sleep, 1946. USp

307b Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, The Big Sleep, 1946. dp

307 Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, The Big Sleep, 1946. dp

Billy Wilder

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311c Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend, 1945. USad

310b Billy Wilder, Double Indemnity, 1944. aifk

310d Billy Wilder, Double Indemnity, 1944. aifk

310e Billy Wilder, Double Indemnity, 1944. USstill

310 Billy Wilder, Double Indemnity, 1944. sh

311 Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend, 1945. USh

311b Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend, 1945. USh

311g Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend, 1945. Jp

311d Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend, 1945. Jp

311e Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend, 1945. Jp

311f Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend, 1945. Jp

312g Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard, 1950. USsp

312 Billy Wilder, Erich Von Stroheim, Sunset Boulevard, 1950. USfan MBFS

312b Billy Wilder, Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard, 1950. USfan MBFS

312k Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard, 1950. USsp

312s Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard, 1950. anfk autographed by Billy Wilder.

312t Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard, 1950. dp

312v-1 Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard, 1950. dp - Copy

Otto Preminger

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315 Otto Preminger, Fallen Angel, 1946. icep

314 Otto Preminger, Laura, 1944. anfk

314c Otto Preminger, Laura, 1944. sh

316 Otto Preminger, Where The Sidewalk Ends, 1950. yp

317 Otto Preminger, Whirlpool, 1950. sh

318 Otto Preminger, Angerl Face, autographed by Robert Mitchum, 1953. anfk

Robert Siodmak

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321 Robert Siodmak, The Phantom Lady, 1944. sh

322 Robert Siodmak, The Suspect, 1945. Fpb

320f Robert Siodmak, Phantom Lady, 1944. dp

324b-1 Robert Siodmak, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, The Killers, 1946. gp

324 Robert Siodmak, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, The Killers, 1946. gp

Edward Dmytryk

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331 Edward Dmytryk, Murder My Sweet, 1944. sh

335 Edward Dmytryk, Crossfire, 1947. anfk

332 Edward Dmytryk, Cornered, 1945. icep

Michael Curtiz

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337 Michael Curtiz, Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce, 1945. USh

338 Michael Curtiz, Joan Crawford, Flamingo Road, 1948. Arstill

George Marshall

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341 George Marshall, The Blue Dahlia, 1946. anfk

341d George Marshall, The Blue Dahlia, 1946. sh

341c George Marshall, The Blue Dahlia, 1946. anfk

Charles Vidor

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343 Charles Vidor, Rita Hayworth, Gilda, 1946. UKsp

343a Charles Vidor, Rita Hayworth, Gilda, 1946. BFI National Film Theratre UKcal 1971

344 Charles Vidor, Rita Hayworth, Gilda, 1946. anfk

343f Charles Vidor, Rita Hayworth, Gilda, 1946. UKsp

343d Charles Vidor, Rita Hayworth, Gilda, 1946. UKsp

343c Charles Vidor, Rita Hayworth, Gilda, 1946. UKsp

Jacques Tourneur

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349b Jacques Tourneur, Out of The Past, 1947. gp

349d Jacques Tourneur, Out of The Past, 1947. gp

349 Jacques Tourneur, Out of The Past, 1947. gp

348 Jacques Tourneur, Out of the Past, 1947. anfk

349c Jacques Tourneur, Out of The Past, 1947. gp

Delmer Daves

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356b Delmer Daves, Humphrey Bogart, Dark Passage, 1947. anfk autographed by Lauren Bacall

356c Delmer Daves, Humphrey Bogart, Dark Passge, 1947. sh

356 Delmer Daves, Humphrey Bogart, Dark Passage, 1947. anfk autographed by Lauren Bacall

355 Delmer Daves, Edward G. Robinson, The Red House, 1947. USh

355b Delmer Daves, Edward G. Robinson, The Red House, 1947. USh

Henry Hathaway

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358 Henry Hathaway, Kiss of Death, 1947. Jp

358b Henry Hathaway, Kiss of Death, 1947. Jp

358d Henry Hathaway, Kiss of Death, 1947. sh

358c Henry Hathaway, Kiss of Death, 1947. Jp

Nicholas Ray

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375 Nicholas Ray, Humphrey Bogart, They Drive By Night, 1949. Fpb

376 Nicholas Ray, Humphrey Bogart, In a Lonely Place, 1950. dp

377 Nicholas Ray, Born To Be Bad, 1950. USad

381b Nicholas Ray, Humphrey Bogart, Knock On Any Door, 1949. USh

381 Nicholas Ray, Humphrey Bogart, Knock On Any Door, 1949. USh

376c Nicholas Ray, Humphrey Bogart, In a Lonely Place, 1950. dp

And the Rest

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304 Frank Tuttle, This Gun For Hire, 1942. anfk

329 George Cukor, Gaslight, 1944. anfk

346 Stuart Heisler, Smash-Up The Story of a Woman, 1947. USad

355d Jules Dassin,The Naked City, 1948. Jp

351 Robert Montgomery, Lady In The Lake, 1947. sh

351b Robert Montgomery, Lady In The Lake, 1947. USstill

360 Robert Rosen, Johnny O_Clock, 1947. USh

367 John Farrow, Night Has a Thousand Eyes, 1948. anfk

370 Anthony Mann, Raw Deal, 1948. USp Walter Reade

Late Noir

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397 Ida Lupino, The Hitch-Hiker, 1953. UKposter

500 Ida Lupino, Beware, My Lovely, Harry Horner, 1952. Produced by Collier Young and Lupino_s production company The Filmmakers. USstill

389 Lewis Allen, Appointment With Danger, 1951. Jp

400 John H Auer, City That Never Sleeps, 1953. sh

403 Nunnely Johnson, Black Widow, 1954. anfk

393c David Miller, Joan Crawford, Sudden Fear, 1952. yp_

404 Joseph M. Newman, The Human Jungle, 1954. Jp

406 Lewis Allen, Illegal, 1955. anfk

408 Jose Ferer, The Shrike, 1955. yp

413 American Thriller Retrospective, BFI National Film Theatre, 1961. UKcal

412d Fritz Lang, Human Desire, 1954. anfk

999 Walter Doniger, The Steel Jungle, 1956. USstill

393 David Miller, Joan Crawford, Sudden Fear, 1952. yp

Post War Realism

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420 Elia Kazan, Panic In the Streets, 1950. dp

422-1 Elia Kazan, Dana Andrews, Boomerang, 1947. anfk

419 Henry Hathaway, The House on 92nd Street, 1945. sh

426 Elia Kazan, A Face In the Crowd, 1957. Fessay

423d Elia Kazan, Boomerang, 1947. dp