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Sunset Boulevard a Classic Film Noir
In the 1940s, film noir was known as “film black” or simply “dark cinema.” This sinister genre of movies revolved around crime and its consequences. Noir films often featured brooding antiheroes with hidden motives along with sultry…
95The Third Man a Masterpiece of Film Noir
The world is full of darkness, and that’s especially true when you live in a city as sinister as Vienna. The Third Man is one of the most famous examples of film noir, and it takes place in exactly that kind of atmosphere. This classic…
113Edward G Robinson - Film Noir Star
Edward G. Robinson is known primarily for playing gangster characters, but he also played several film noir leads during his career. His first film noir was the classic Double Indemnity in 1944. This began a period in which he starred in many of…
110Gene Tierney - Film Noir Movie Star
Did you know that Gene Tierney became a movie star after she left Hollywood to serve in the war? She returned from overseas in 1946, married her agent, and went back to work. That was because her marriage wasn’t successful, ending in divorce…
121Sterling Hayden - Legendary Movie Star
An undersized, under-educated, under-loved, and under-employed young man named Sterling Relyea first gained notice by giving an interview about himself to the New York Herald Tribune in 1943. The article described him as “a movie star” and…
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Titanic wins the most Academy Awards
West Side Story and The Oscars
Big Movies and Oscar Winners
Ben Hur - the Academy Awards
Lord of the Rings and its Oscars