Film Noir Femme Fatale Style - Classic Critics Corner

Gene Tierney Leave her to Heaven plays the deadly femme fatale in the 1945 film noir. Gene Tierney stars as the gorgeous but obsessive and lethal Ellen Harland. She become obsessive about those she care about, and will do anything—even murder—in order to keep them to herself.

In a Lonely Place | Gloria Grahame’s Stunning Femme Fatale Style

Dec 19, 2020

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JoannaLynn

in Gloria Grahame, 1950s Fashion, Classic Movies, Film Noir, Old Hollywood Fashion

Gloria Grahame models femme fatale style in the 1950 film noir In a Lonely Place. In a Lonely Place (1950) an old film noir movie, is a love story with a doomed fate. Dixon Steele (played masterfully by Humphrey Bogart) is a witty yet temperamental screenwriter who falls in love with Laurel Gray, the femme…

Lauren Bacall’s 1940s Fashion in Dark Passage (1947)

Nov 22, 2020

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JoannaLynn

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Lauren Bacall Dark Passage, movie synopsis and all her 1940s fashion throughout the movie

Trench coats: The film noir fashion essential in Laura (1944)

Sep 19, 2020

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JoannaLynn

in Film Noir, 1940s Fashion, Classic Movies, Vintage Fashion

Film noirs with tough detectives and sultry femme fatales brought us not only incredible movies, but incredible style as well. It was these films that helped cement the trench coat’s popularity. Laura is a classic film noir in which almost all the main characters wear a trench coat during a critical scene.