Film noir
Elements of film noir and the 20 best 1950s film noir movies
All about Dark Passage 1947, the cast, storyline, and was it a film noir?
Marilyn Monroe wears sultry 1950s fashion in the film noir movie Niagara (1953).
For her role as the femme fatale in Niagara, Marilyn shows off her famous curves in a range of 1950s fashion.
Gene Tierney Leave her to Heaven plays the deadly femme fatale in the 1945 film noir.
Gene Tierney stars as the gorgeous but obsessive and lethal Ellen Harland. She become obsessive about those she care about, and will do anything—even murder—in order to keep them to herself.
In no particular order, here are the 9 best film noir movies 1940s with happy endings:
Gilda 1946
Laura 1944
Gaslight 1944
Mildred Pierce 1945
Dark Passage 1947
Fallen Angel 1945
Lured 1947
Tension 1949
The Big Sleep 1946
Where Danger Lives 1950 - 7 Reasons It’s An Awful Robert Mitchum Film Noir.
The bad guy is the best character in the film
The injury the main character sustains doesn’t feel realistic
The femme fatale character falls flat
The plot doesn’t feel realistic
Suspects for a murder case were hunted like terrorists
The good girl is even worse than the femme fatale
No chemistry between the main character and the femme fatale
“I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.”
You’ll love these 11 In a Lonely Place Quotes. They’re a combination of smart, witty, and sad, similar to the movie itself.
Gloria Grahame models femme fatale style in the 1950 film noir In a Lonely Place.
In a Lonely Place (1950) an old film noir movie, is a love story with a doomed fate. Dixon Steele (played masterfully by Humphrey Bogart) is a witty yet temperamental screenwriter who falls in love with Laurel Gray, the femme fatale / girl next door played by Gloria Grahame.
Lauren Bacall is known for quite a few things: a legendary romance with Humphrey Bogart, her film career, and, of course— her timeless fashion. In the 1947 film noir Dark Passage, (also starring Humphrey Bogart) Lauren Bacall cements her status as a fashion icon with her 1940’s-style skirts, button-up shirts, and dresses. Comfy shoes, wide belts and a feisty personality are her favorite accessories.
Film noirs with tough detectives and sultry femme fatales brought us not only incredible movies, but incredible style as well. It was these films that helped cement the trench coat’s popularity.
Laura is a classic film noir in which almost all the main characters wear a trench coat during a critical scene.
In the Laura Movie 1944, a police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating. Spoiler alert!! In a classic noir-style twist, it turns out Laura wasn’t dead after all, and she comes back only to be now considered one of the suspects.
Gene Tierney in Laura, the film summary and her stunning 1940s fashion throughout the movie