Why am I always alone in a swimsuit when some creature is out there stalking me? Cat People
(Jacques Torneur, 1942)
rarl!  
 
forbode, fobode . . .  
That thing would never jump in the water (pre-jaws)  
more forboding  
Sorry to interrupt your trauma . . .  
noir gal  
now this is how a real shrink works!  
 
 
 
 
zombie time I Walked With A Zombie
(Jacques Torneur, 1942)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"There's no beauty here - only death!" . It must've worked as a pickup line for the guy before . . .  
Detour
(1945. director, Edgar Ulmer. starring Tom Neil)
I look better all noired up  
 
 
 
Hello, I'm Fred MacMurray. You've probably seen me play the wholesome, all-american dad in my three sons. And sexless. Did I mention sexless? But here I'm the badass. Double Indemnity
(1944. Director, Billy Wilder, with Fred MacMurray)
noir doll  
check out those shades.  
see? here I'm totally badass.  
I am so f***ed. . . Crime Wave
(Andre de Toth, 1954)
I'm the dick in this movie. ('50s for cop)  
This can't be good. Outrage
(Ida Lupino, 1950)
This is really bad. You just know it is. (but such a dippy hat!)  
 
This is sooo bad! T-Men
(Anthony Mann, 1948)
 
 
 
great framing!  
arg! you got me, copper.  
 
I can't think of a better place to get whacked than in the sauna!  
 
 
 
Raw Deal
(Anthony Mann, 1948)
 
 
 
 
 
 
help! I'm running away from a mental institution! but I'm perfectly sane! Kiss Me Deadly
(Robert Aldrich, 1955)
 
Do you dig fast cars? (oops, wrong film)  
ominous shoes & sidewalls  
 
 
hmmm. . .  
this is so . . . hot!  
oh no! I am so toast.  
LIke there's a living-room sized nuclear reaction!  
burnin' down the house.