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Lights can simply be turned off or light can sometimes be minimized by tarring the windows of large public structures. In World War II, a dark blackout curtain was used to keep the light inside. Tarring the windows can mean a semi-permanent blackout status. During the 1940s and 1950s, cities such as Detroit would
Blackout is a 1950 British second feature ('B') [2] crime drama film directed by Robert S. Baker and starring Maxwell Reed and Dinah Sheridan. [3] The screenplay was by John Gilling from a story by Carl Nystrom.
The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the classic period of American film noir. While City Streets and other pre-WWII crime melodramas such as Fury (1936) and You Only Live Once (1937), both directed by Fritz Lang, are categorized as full-fledged noir in Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward's film noir encyclopedia, other critics tend to ...
Because the 1940s and 1950s are universally regarded as the "classic period" of American film noir, films released prior to 1940 are listed under the caption "Precursors / early noir-like films". Films released after 1959 should generally only be listed in the list of neo-noir titles .
Blackout (1950 film) Blind Date (1959 film) Blind Man's Bluff (1952 film) Blind Spot (1958 film) Blood of the Vampire; Blood Orange (1953 film) The Blue Lamp; Blue Murder at St Trinian's; The Blue Parrot; The Blue Peter (1955 film) Bobbikins; The Body Said No! Bond of Fear; Bonjour Tristesse (1958 film) Booby Trap (film) The Boy and the Bridge ...
Fort Worth was a frequent stop for some of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars during the 1940s and 1950s. These photos from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s archive capture some of the glitz and ...
After his initial late 1940s success he then starred in his first B movie, Blackout (1950). This was followed by a supporting role in The Clouded Yellow (1950) with Jean Simmons and Trevor Howard, then the lead in some more B pictures, The Dark Man (1950) and There Is Another Sun (1951). Reed said in June 1950 that "they tried to make me a star ...
After the early 1950s, Powell and Pressburger began to produce fewer films. Their last two films were financially successful, but the duo's mid-1950s output met with less critical success than their earlier films. Powell himself felt that Ill Met by Moonlight was The Archers' worst film. Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955) The Battle of the River Plate (1956)