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Commentary
Original articles on Hollywood, and the great Classic films
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
Nineteen Fifties
The decline and fall of the crumbling studio system
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
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Silver, Alain, Ursini, James. “The Noir Style”. Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press, 1999.
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