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- Deception (1946): Expressionist Noir Melodrama
- New Book – Film Noir: The Directors
- The House on 92nd Street (1945): Real Drama with a Solemn Purpose
- The Night Shift: Scene of the Crime
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- The Dark Clowns
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- The Noir Art of John Alton: The People Against O’Hara (1951)
- Future Noir: 21st Century Dubai
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Deception (1946): Expressionist Noir Melodrama
Posted on April 14, 2012 | 2 CommentsIn Irving Rapper’s 1946 dark melodrama... -
The House on 92nd Street (1945): Real Drama with a Solemn Purpose
Posted on March 31, 2012 | 1 CommentHenry Hathaway’s 1945 film The House on 92nd Street for 20th Century Fox was the first of the doco-noirs that presaged the gritty realism of Jules Dassin’s The Naked City in 1948... -
The Night Shift: Scene of the Crime
Posted on March 25, 2012 | 2 Comments©2012 Anthony D’Ambra. All rights reserved.... -
The Noir Art of John Alton: The People Against O’Hara (1951)
Posted on February 25, 2012 | 1 CommentJohn Alton’s cosmic framing for the... -
Future Noir: 21st Century Dubai
Posted on February 24, 2012 | 1 CommentOriginal photo by Catalin Marin cropped and... -
Shooting the Past (BBC TV – 1999): Inside the Frame
Posted on February 13, 2012 | 1 CommentDoes an image contain a story? Or is it an instant in chaos that has no more substances than the crystals fixed on fading paper or in the pixels that exist only as long as an electric current flows? -
Film Noir Origins: Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Posted on October 16, 2011 | 1 CommentFilm Noir Origins: Angels Over Broadway (1940) Directors Ben Hecht & Lee Garmes | DP Lee Garmes | Art Director Lionel Banks... -
Film Noir Origins: Métropolitain (France 1939)
Posted on October 7, 2011 | No CommentsFilm Noir Origins: Métropolitain (France 1939) Director Maurice Cam | DP’s Nicolas Hayer, Pierre Méré, and Marcel Villet... ... -
Film Noir Origins: Private Detective 62 (1933)
Posted on September 30, 2011 | 1 CommentFilm Noir Origins: Private Detective 62 (Warner Bros. 1933) Director Michael Curtiz | DP Tony Gaudio | Art Director Jack Okey... -
Film Noir Origins: Paid (1930)
Posted on September 18, 2011 | 4 CommentsFilm Noir Origins: Paid (1930) - Director Sam Wood | DP Charles Rosher | Art Director Cedric Gibbons....












