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The "Film Noir" costume style book
Film Noir Style: The Killer 1940s.
GoodKnight Books - The Noir Style - Amazon
Film Noir Style takes a deep dive into the costumes of 20 films, offering details on everything from director Michael Curtiz’s determination to “deglamorize” Joan Crawford on the set of 1945’s Mildred Pierce — costume designer Milo Anderson said that the star “hated the housedresses and waitress uniforms at the beginning of the picture” — while a look at 1944’s Double Indemnity features Edith Head’s ingenuity in solving what was determined to be Barbara Stanwyck’s “figure problems,” notably her long waist. “Head explained that she gave the appearance of lifting Stanwyck’s waistline ‘by widening the waistbands on the front of her gowns and narrowing them slightly in back,'” writes Truhler.cc
Review at MSN News


Tanya Roberts - 1949-2021
Flash Vs. Luke
I like Flash Gordon 1936 more than Star Wars 1977
Comparing the original sci-fi movie serial with George Lucas's famous tri-trilogy of 1977 - more Flash vs. Luke
The African Queen - 1952
The African Queen - Released March 21, 1952
Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart in an unusual adventure (and romance) tale shot in Africa by director John Huston. More on the African Queen
Terror is a Man - 1959 - Directed by Gerardo de Leon and Eddie Romero
A quirky remake of The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells though its altered enough to not be a true adaptation of the famous story of a doctor tryign to "evolve" animals into humans on an isolated island.
More Terror is a Man
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Anna May Wong
Updated Anna May Wong page
Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era (Screen Classics)
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- Tormented - 1960
- Killers of the Flower Moon, 2023
- Dangerous Blondes, 1943
- Disputed Passage, 1939
- La Fortuna Di Essere Donna – 1956 with Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni and Charles Boyer
- When the Daltons Rode 1940
- Mandalay - 1934 - with Kay Francis
- Roman Holiday - 1953
- The Last Thing He Told Me
- The Madonna's Secret – 1946
- Gorilla at Large – 1953
- Internes Can't Take Money - 1937
- The Snake Woman - 1961
- She Devil – 1957
- Enter Santo - The Blue Ray Box Set
- Cyclotrode X – 1966
- L'emmerdeur (aka A Pain in the Ass) – 1973
Original Page January 21, 2021