#old hollywood crime

[autumncottageattic]

The Greene Murder Case is a 1929 talking film produced and released by Paramount Pictures and based on the novel The Greene Murder Case. The novel had been published a year before this film was made. It stars William Powell in his second Philo Vance outing. Florence Eldridge and Jean Arthur costar.

[bwallure]

DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) dir. Billy Wilder

[the-nation-of-today]

You're looking and whispering You think I'm someone else This is hell, yes Literal hell

[tygerland]

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

[hellyeahgeorgekennedy]

Mike Kellin, George Kennedy, and Henry Fonda in The Boston Strangler (1968)

[blacknarcissus]

Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

[hauntedrose555]

tw fake cuts

I’ve been so interested in the black dahlia case recently, this poor girl

[theersatzcowboy]

Asphalt Jungle (1950)

Ultimate “Man’s man” director John Huston helms this singular film noir about beautiful women and the mean men they love (to their own detriment).

Director: John Huston

Cinematographer: Harold Rosson

Starring: Sterling Hayden, Jean Hagen, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, and Marilyn Monroe 

[peggy-elise]

Faith Domergue and Robert Mitchum in Where Danger Lives 1950 📻

[animals-in-old-films]

A stray dog and Toby the Doberman in Journal of a Crime (1934)

[jentrovert]

Line art by me :) 🩷 Hope you like it

Did I accidentally draw Daphne killing Fred?

[bwallure]

THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) dir. John Huston

[rp-partnerfinder]

Hello there! 18+ male looking for 18+ partners for a literate 20th-century period roleplay set in the 1920s, the 1930s, the 1940s, or the 1950s! Preferred themes and settings include old Hollywood, high-society intrigue, organized crime, star-crossed lovers, unexpected romance, enemies-to-lovers, and old friends reuniting. We can parse out together the specific details, such as when and where the story is set, how well the characters know each other from the start, etc. Tone can range from light and fluffy to dark and serious (or both), but there will be little to no NSFW; I want to focus on story and character, with racier elements being rare and treated tastefully (usually only implied or in the past). Replies might be slow (particularly on Sundays), but detailed whenever possible. Like, DM, or reblog if interested!

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[tygerland]

Georg Brückmann MacGuffin. 2020. A series of photographs reconstructing key scenes from the Alfred Hitchcock films Notorious, Marnie and Strangers on a Train.

[zippocreed501]

Jean Harlow as Gwen Allen

The Public Enemy (1931)

[hellyeahgeorgekennedy]

George Kennedy in The Boston Strangler (1968)