Film Noir Photos

Bevy of Beauties: 42nd Street (1933)

2012-02-01T00:00:00.000-06:00

Una Merkel, Ruby Keeler and Ginger Rogers in 42nd Street (1933)

Una Merkel, Ginger Rogers and Ruby Keeler in 42nd Street (1933)

Light and Shadow: Norma Shearer

2012-01-31T00:00:00.001-06:00

Lady of the Night (1925)

On the Set: Joan Bennett

2012-01-30T00:00:00.000-06:00

on the set of Green Hell (1940)

with Director Fritz Lang on the set of Scarlet Street (1945)

costume selection for Secret Beyond the Door (1947)

with Director Fritz Lang on the set of Secret Beyond the Door (1947)

The Art of the Dangle: Ruth Roman

2012-01-29T00:00:00.000-06:00

Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)

Modern Femmes Fatale: Part 68

2012-01-28T00:00:00.003-06:00

Monica Bellucci

Maja Latinovic

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Madchen Amick

Trish Goff

Gledis Cinque

Evan Rachel Wood

Elena Cucci

Dree Hemingway

Lidija Hlinova

Adventures in Androgyny: Miriam Hopkins

2012-01-27T00:00:00.001-06:00

Thanks to my friend Roy Bean for the image.

Dance Hall Demoiselles: Constance Smith

2012-01-26T00:00:00.000-06:00

Rub-a-dub-dub: Vera Zorina

2012-01-25T00:00:00.000-06:00

The Goldwyn Follies (1938)

Inside Looking Out: Ladies Behind Bars 28

2012-01-24T00:00:00.000-06:00

Gene Tierney in Whirlpool (1949)

Smoking in Bed: Silvana Mangano

2012-01-23T00:00:00.000-06:00

Anna (1951)

Tracking with Closeups: Barbara Steele

2012-01-22T00:00:00.002-06:00

Sweater Girl: Rita Moreno

2012-01-21T00:00:00.000-06:00

For the Boys: Ingrid Bergman

2012-01-20T00:00:00.001-06:00

Ingrid Bergman visits with Swedish UN troops in Korea, 1951

Bathing Beauties: Frances Robinson

2012-01-19T00:00:00.001-06:00

Reflections: Dorothy Mackaill

2012-01-18T00:00:00.000-06:00

Children Of The Ritz (1929)

Outlandish Hats: Gene Tierney

2012-01-17T00:00:00.000-06:00

The Razor's Edge (1946)

Never Let Me Go (1953)

Oh Nurse! Joan Fontaine

2012-01-16T00:00:00.000-06:00

The Man Who Found Himself (1937)

Quality Street (1937)

The Eyes Have It: Patricia Ellis

2012-01-15T00:00:00.000-06:00

Bevy of Beauties: Sophia, Romilda and Maria

2012-01-14T00:00:00.000-06:00

Sophia Loren with her mother, Romilda and her sister, writer Maria Scicolone, Dec. 1957

Light and Shadow: Fredric March

2012-01-13T00:00:00.000-06:00

production still from Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1931)
(thanks to Old Hollywood for the image)

On the Set: Gloria Grahame

2012-01-12T00:00:00.000-06:00

Four candid shots of Gloria Grahame during the filming of Human Desire (1954)

with director Fritz Lang

with Glenn Ford

with Broderick Crawford

with director Fritz Lang

The Art of the Dangle: Stella Stevens

2012-01-11T00:00:00.000-06:00

Modern Femmes Fatale: Part 67

2012-01-10T00:00:00.003-06:00

Robin Tunney

Rebecca Romijn

Rachel Weisz

Louise Ebel

Stefania de Francesco

Jena Malone

Isabelle Huppert

Christina Ricci

Angelina Jolie

Lena Gercke

Adventures in Androgyny: William Powell

2012-01-09T00:00:00.001-06:00

Love Crazy (1941)

relaxing on the set of Love Crazy (1941)

Dance Hall Demoiselles: Ruth Roman

2012-01-08T00:00:00.001-06:00

Rub-a-dub-dub: Martha Hyer

2012-01-07T00:00:00.001-06:00

Inside Looking Out: Audrey Hepburn

2012-01-06T00:00:00.001-06:00

Smoking in Bed: Susan George

2012-01-05T00:00:00.001-06:00

Straw Dogs (1971)

Tracking with Closeups: Rita Hayworth

2012-01-04T00:00:00.004-06:00

1971

1959

Sweater Girl: Geneviève Page

2012-01-03T00:00:00.000-06:00

1956

For the Boys: Connie Stevens

2012-01-02T00:00:00.001-06:00

with Bob Hope in Vietnam, Christmas, 1969

Ringing in the New Year with Bessie Love

2012-01-01T00:00:00.001-06:00

Bessie Love

Bathing Beauties: Jane Hamilton

2011-12-31T00:00:00.000-06:00

1936

Reflections: Jean Harlow

2011-12-30T00:00:00.001-06:00

Jean Harlow, photo by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1932

Outlandish Hats: Josephine Baker

2011-12-29T00:00:00.000-06:00

Happy Third Birthday, Film Noir Photos!

2011-12-28T00:00:00.008-06:00

With a wink from these classic stars and a nod to all of you for your kind attention, we mark the passage of another year of Film Noir Photos.

David Niven

Louise Brooks

Audrey Hepburn

Pauline Garon

William Powell

Elizabeth Taylor

Virna Lisi

Laraine Day

Joan Crawford

Carole Landis

Paulette Goddard

Marilyn Monroe

George Reeves

Oh Nurse! Lesley-Anne Down

2011-12-27T00:00:00.001-06:00

Hanover Street (1979)

The Eyes Have It: Nancy Carroll

2011-12-26T00:00:00.001-06:00

Three Santas and Three Elves

2011-12-25T00:00:00.003-06:00

Debbie Reynolds

Elizabeth Montgomery

Janet Leigh

Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr and Frank Sinatra

Bevy of Beauties: Poodle Cuts

2011-12-24T00:00:00.001-06:00

Denise Darcel, Peggy Ann Garner, Ann Sothern and
Faye Emerson model 'poodle cut' hairstyles, 1952

Light and Shadow: Audrey Ferris

2011-12-23T00:00:00.001-06:00

Out on the Town: Joan Bennett

2011-12-22T00:00:00.001-06:00

with Jimmy Dunn, 1933

The Art of the Dangle: Elsa Lanchester

2011-12-21T00:00:00.001-06:00

The Ghost Goes West (1935)

Modern Femmes Fatale: Part 66

2011-12-20T00:00:00.001-06:00

Winona Ryder

Viktoriya Sasonkina

Trish Goff

Mathilda May

Zooey Deschanel

Katherine Heigl

Isabelle Huppert in Ma mere (2004)

Frances Bean Cobain

Duffy

Mariacarlo Boscono

Adventures in Androgyny: Betty Hutton

2011-12-19T00:00:00.000-06:00

Let's Dance (1950) with Fred Astaire

Dance Hall Demoiselles: Carole Lombard

2011-12-18T00:00:00.001-06:00

Swing High, Swing Low (1937)

Swing High, Swing Low (1937)

Rub-a-dub-dub: Marilyn Monroe

2011-12-17T00:00:00.000-06:00

Inside Looking Out: Deborah Kerr

2011-12-16T00:00:00.002-06:00

Smoking in Bed: Michèle Mercier

2011-12-15T00:00:00.002-06:00

with Michel Auclair in Symphonie pour un massacre (1963)

Tracking with Closeups: Ingrid Bergmann

2011-12-14T00:00:00.003-06:00

Sweater Girl: Nancy Olsen

2011-12-13T00:00:00.001-06:00

For the Boys: Patty Thomas

2011-12-12T00:00:00.002-06:00

with Bob Hope in the Southwest Pacific, 1944

with guitarist Tony Romano in the Southwest Pacific, 1944

Bathing Beauties: Peggy Castle

2011-12-11T00:00:00.000-06:00

Reflections: Mary Nolan

2011-12-10T00:00:00.000-06:00

Outlandish Hats: Three Owls and a Chicken

2011-12-09T00:00:00.005-06:00

This is one of those posts for which I wish I had some clever explanation. Some historical tidbit that would make clear the motivation for whatever fashion statement is being made by the lovely ladies below. Alas, I am at a loss to explain what is going on with these carnivorous strigiformes, each with its attendant half-consumed rodent.

The fact that I found 3 of these pictures, all pre-code actresses and all roughly similar in theme, seems unlikely to be a coincidence, but even The Owl Utopia, where I found the owl photos, offered no explanation for why they should be adorned by such macabre headgear.

As for the chicken hat adorning Miss Townsend, I suspect it was taken as publicity for the movie Chicken Every Sunday (1949). I believe I have seen this movie, but I don't recall the hat making an appearance in the film. Thanks to my good wife Jann of 69BlackBras for the pic.

Jean Harlow

Clara Bow

Louise Brooks

Colleen Townsend

Oh Nurse! Rosemary DeCamp

2011-12-08T00:00:00.000-06:00

with John Garfield and Rory Mallinson in Pride of the Marines (1945)

The Eyes Have It: Pauline Garon

2011-12-07T00:00:00.001-06:00

The Man From Glengarry (1922)

in the play "Bad Babies," 1929

Bevy of Beauties: Wild Party

2011-12-06T00:00:00.000-06:00

Clara Bow, Jean Lorraine, Alice Adaire and Adrienne Dore

in The Wild Party (1929)

Light and Shadow: Lizabeth Scott

2011-12-05T00:00:00.000-06:00

Pitfall (1948) with the shadow of Dick Powell

Out on the Town: Peggy Morrow Field

2011-12-04T00:00:00.001-06:00

Peggy Morrow Field with Aldo Fabrizi and Neil Serafinelli, 1949

The Art of the Dangle: Paulette Goddard

2011-12-03T00:00:00.002-06:00

Anna Lucasta (1949)

Modern Femmes Fatale: Part 65

2011-12-02T00:00:00.003-06:00

Jessica Lange in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

Helena Bonham Carter

Esther Schweins

Claudia Schiffer

Karmen Pedaru

Ashley Greene

Anais Pouliot

Amber Anderson

Alyson Hannigan

Charlotte Rampling La chair de l'orchidée (1975)

Adventures in Androgyny: Mary Pickford

2011-12-01T00:00:00.000-06:00

Rags (1915)

Dance Hall Demoiselles: Linda Darnell

2011-11-30T00:00:00.000-06:00

Hangover Square (1945)

Rub-a-dub-dub: Maria Schneider

2011-11-29T00:00:00.000-06:00

Last Tango in Paris (1972)

Inside Looking Out: Bette Davis

2011-11-28T00:00:00.000-06:00

Smoking in Bed: Joan Blondell

2011-11-27T00:00:00.000-06:00

with Guy Kibbee in Dames (1934)

Tracking with Closeups: Myrna Dell

2011-11-26T00:00:00.002-06:00

Sweater Girl: Tuesday Weld

2011-11-25T00:00:00.001-06:00

For the Boys: Dinah Shore

2011-11-24T00:00:00.004-06:00

Our 1000th Post!

Dinah Shore celebrates Thanksgiving with US
Servicemen at the Hollywood Canteen, 1943

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday, but, this year, I am especially thankful because I have returned just this week from working away from home for several months.

I hope all my faithful followers have just as much to feel thankful for as I do.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

Bathing Beauties: Jane Wyman

2011-11-23T00:00:00.005-06:00

Reflections: Jeanne Moreau

2011-11-22T00:00:00.000-06:00

The Lovers (1958)

Outlandish Hats: Frances Farmer

2011-11-21T00:00:00.000-06:00

Oh Nurse! Mamie Van Doren

2011-11-20T00:00:00.000-06:00

Sex Kittens Go to College (1960)

The Eyes Have It: Sophia Loren

2011-11-19T00:00:00.004-06:00

Bevy of Beauties: Seven Brides

2011-11-18T00:00:00.001-06:00

Jane Powell, Ruta Lee, Julie Newmar, Nancy Kilgas, Betty Carr,
Norma Doggett and Virginia Gibson in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Jane Powell, Ruta Lee, Julie Newmar, Nancy Kilgas, Betty Carr,
Norma Doggett and Virginia Gibson in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Light and Shadow: Dorothy Hart

2011-11-17T00:00:00.001-06:00

I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)

Out on the Town: Janet Leigh's Wedding

2011-11-16T00:00:00.001-06:00

June, 1951. The guys all line up to kiss the bride at the wedding of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, and who could blame them?

Janet Leigh receiving congratulatory kiss from
RKO Studio Publicity Director Rutgers Neilson

Mel Torme

Phil Silvers

The Art of the Dangle: Betty Lou Gerson

2011-11-15T00:00:00.001-06:00

The Red Menace (1949)

Modern Femmes Fatale: Part 64

2011-11-14T00:00:00.001-06:00

More "reflections" on modern-day bad girls and dangerous dames.

Charisma Carpenter

Charlotte Rampling

Christina Ricci

Dree Hemingway

Beth Goddard

Kate Winslet

Laura Harring in Mulholland Dr. (2001)

Nicole Kidman

Veronica Logan

Grace Park

Adventures in Androgyny: Veronica Lake

2011-11-13T00:00:00.001-06:00

So Proudly We Hail (1943)

So Proudly We Hail (1943)

Dance Hall Demoiselles: ClaireTrevor

2011-11-12T00:00:00.001-06:00

with Clark Gable and Lana Turner in Honky Tonk (1941)

with Clark Gable and Albert Dekker in Honky Tonk (1941)

The Woman of the Town (1943)

The Woman of the Town (1943)

The Woman of the Town (1943)

Rub-a-dub-dub: Judy Holliday

2011-11-11T00:00:00.000-06:00

on the set of Born Yesterday (1950)

Inside Looking Out: Jill Haworth, Sal Mineo

2011-11-10T00:00:00.000-06:00

Jill Haworth and Sal Mineo in Exodus (1960)

Smoking in Bed: Joanne Woodward

2011-11-09T00:00:00.002-06:00

The Three Faces of Eve (1957)

The Three Faces of Eve (1957) with Lee J. Cobb

The Three Faces of Eve (1957)

The Three Faces of Eve (1957)

The Three Faces of Eve (1957)

The Three Faces of Eve (1957)

Tracking with Closeups: Lauren Bacall

2011-11-08T00:00:00.003-06:00

Sweater Girl: Peggy Dow

2011-11-07T00:00:00.001-06:00

For the Boys: Danny Kaye

2011-11-06T00:00:00.001-05:00

Danny Kaye entertains the 5th Marine Division in the South Pacific, 10-25-1945.

Bathing Beauties: Gail Russell

2011-11-05T00:00:00.001-05:00

Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)

Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)

Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)

Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)

Reflections: Hedy Lamarr

2011-11-04T00:00:00.001-05:00

Outlandish Hats: Dorothy Dell

2011-11-03T00:00:00.000-05:00

Wharf Angel (1934)

Oh Nurse! Femmes de personne (1984)

2011-11-02T00:00:00.001-05:00

Marthe Keller, Caroline Cellier and Fanny Cottençon in Femmes de personne (1984)

The Eyes Have It: Tina Louise

2011-11-01T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hollywood's Halloween Costume Shortage

2011-10-31T00:00:00.006-05:00

This is very embarrassing. Somehow, all these Hollywood starlets ended up with the same costume for the big party. Doesn't seem to be bothering them excessively, so if they aren't upset, we won't be either. Happy Halloween to all my faithful followers!

Gale Robbins

Martha Vickers

Penny Edward and Barbara Bates

Etchika Choureau

Bevy of Beauties: Witchy Women

2011-10-30T00:00:00.003-05:00

Just in time for Halloween, here's a foursome of spooky starlets.

Barbara Britton, Ella Neal, Eva Gabor and Katherine Booth, 1941

Light and Shadow: Joan Bennett

2011-10-29T00:00:00.002-05:00

Secret Beyond the Door (1948)

On the Set: Denise Darcel & Vanessa Brown

2011-10-28T00:00:00.000-05:00

Tarzan & the Slave Girl (1949)

The Art of the Dangle: Suzanne Pleshette

2011-10-27T00:00:00.000-05:00

with Ben Gazzara in A Rage to Live (1965)

Modern Femmes Fatale: Part 63

2011-10-26T00:00:00.006-05:00

"Reflections" on some modern-day bad girls and dangerous dames.

Alexandra Maria Lara

Caroline Winberg

Chris Pilcher

Devon Aoki

Adriana Karembeu

Helen Mirren

Monica Bellucci

Nicole LaLiberte in My Normal (2009)

Snejana Onopka

Freja Beha Erichsen

Adventures in Androgyny: Anna May Wong

2011-10-25T00:00:00.004-05:00