Evocations of Noir

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Gene Tierney as Laura Hunt in Laura (Preminger, 1944)

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Original Berkley Books cover art for The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet (Georges Simenon, 1950)

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Capitol Records album cover art for Point of No Return (Frank Sinatra, 1962)

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Palm Springs (Robert Doisneau, 1960)

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Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie in The Letter (William Wyler, 1940)

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Lana Turner as Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (Garnett, 1946)

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Veronica Lake as Joyce Harwood in a publicity shot for The Blue Dahlia (1946)

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Original Mysterious Press cover art for The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy, 1988)

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Capitol Records’ album cover for Music, Martinis, and Memories (Jackie Gleason, 1954)

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Photo of Dashiell Hammett’s apartment for The New York Times (Matthew Ryan Williams, 2014)

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John Garfield as Frank Chambers and Lana Turner as Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (Garnett, 1946)

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Ava Gardner as Elizabeth Hintten in The Bribe (Robert Z. Leonard, 1949)

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Dell book cover for They Drive By Night (A.I. Bezzerides, 1938)

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RCA album cover art for Moonglow (Artie Shaw, 1956)

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Confidential Magazine (September 1, 1959)

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Richard Conte and Valentina Cortes in Thieves Highway (Jules Dassin, 1949)

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Linda Fiorentino as Bridget Gregory in neo-noir The Last Seduction (John Dahl, 1994)