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Commentary
Original articles on Hollywood, and the great Classic films

Bibliography
Sources for Moderntimes Classic Film Pages, and further reading

Selected Film Images…

Film Noir
Illustrating the great American style

Nineteen Twenties
Images from the Great Silent era

Nineteen Thirties
The Great Depression and, Hollywood's peak years

Nineteen Forties
World War II, and the extraordinary Post-War period

Additional Pages…

Moderntimes
Classic Film Pages

Screwball Comedy
A definition of the Classic genre

Rico's End
A Ttribute to Edward G. Robinson

Ball of Fire
For the great Barbara Stanwyck

Midnight Ramble
The American Negro in early Hollywood

Charles Chaplin
Images and commentary on some key Chaplin films

The Bees
The magic of the second feature

Recommended Links…

A Tribute to Humphrey Bogart
The Best Bogart page on the Web

Carol Lombard
Another beautiful Mary Murphy site

A Pretty Grim Life, Actually
Cool article on Frank Capra

Viv and Larry Dot Com
Kendra's beautiful site, celebrating Vivien Leigh, and Laurence Olivier

Preston Sturges
The Official Site, extremely cool

Alec Guinness
Mary Murphy's tribute

Film Noir Studies
All you need to know about the classic American genre

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Sunset Boulevard
Paramount 1950

William Holden, Gloria Swanson

A Streetcar Named Desire
Warner Brothers 1951

Marlon Brando

A Place in the Sun
Paramount 1951

Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor

The Red Badge of Courage

MGM 1951

Bill Mauldin, Audie Murphy

The Bad and the Beautiful
MGM 1953

Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner

The Caine Mutiny
Columbia 1954

Humphrey Bogart

On the Waterfront
Columbia 1954

Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint

Rear Window
Paramount 1954

James Stewart, Grace Kelly

The Blackboard Jungle


MGM 1955

Vic Morrow, Glenn Ford

Marty
Universal International 1955

Ernest Borgnine, Esther Minciotti

Twelve Angry Men
Universal International 1957

Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
MGM 1958

Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor

Vertigo
Paramount 1958

James Stewart, Kim Novack