At the Speed of Noir: Dames in Cars

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Tony D'Ambra

– December 13, 2010Posted in: Frames Gallery, Lobby

Dark roads, desperate dames, and hoodlum cars…

Blues in the Night (1941)

Decoy (1946)

Out of the Past (1947)

Double Indemnity (1944)

Raw Deal (1948)

Mystery Street (1950)

 

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2 Comments

1. Sam Juliano

   Posted December 13, 2010 at 1:00 PM

   Yep, the automobile is a vital symbol in noir, as you’ve impressively delineated here and in some thematically connected posts of the past weeks. These are all excellent choices of course, and it would be a challenging quiz to identify some others.

2. k

   Posted March 15, 2011 at 8:16 AM

   I always knew i was born in the wrong era–Love these movies!