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1950s Americana on Film

Scenes reflecting mid-20th-century American life, focusing on automobiles, crime narratives, and societal norms.

LOS ANGELES - 1946 - Street scenes of Los Angeles at night pass movie theaters and other businesses.

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EL HOMBRE DEL PARAGUAS BLANCO (1958).

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HERBIE GOES TO MONTE CARLO (1977), directed by VINCENT MCEVEETY.

DUB TAYLOR in BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967), directed by ARTHUR PENN.

CANTINFLAS and NIÑA DELIA DE LA PEÑA in THE MINISTER AND ME (1976) -Original title: EL MINISTRO Y YO-, directed by MIGUEL M. DELGADO.

DENNIS HOPPER and PETER FONDA in EASY RIDER (1969), directed by DENNIS HOPPER.

KILOMETRO 12 (1961), directed by CLEMENTE PAMPLONA.

SPENCER TRACY in BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955), directed by JOHN STURGES.

LALI SOLDEVILA in EL MEJOR REGALO (1939), directed by JAVIER AGUIRRE.

SEAN MCGLORY in THE GNOME MOBILE (1967), directed by ROBERT STEVENSON.

"Backstage" at the "girlie" show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland, September 1941

JERRY LEWIS in WHO'S MINDING THE STORE (1963), directed by FRANK TASHLIN.

GERALDINE PAGE in THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (1985), directed by MASTERSON, PETER.

ANTHONY PERKINS in PSYCHO (1960), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

A WHOLE NIGHT (1982) -Original title: TOUTE UNE NUIT-, directed by CHANTAL AKERMAN.

Long line of people on sidewalk outside Paramount Theater for closed-circuit Beatles show, RKO Keith's marquee in background, Boston , Crowds, Queues, Rock groups, Beatles. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

BARCELONA CONNECTION (1988), directed by MIGUEL IGLESIAS.

DEEP IMPACT (1998), directed by MIMI LEDER.

CLINT EASTWOOD in DIRTY HARRY (1971), directed by DON SIEGEL.

DONOVAN'S REEF (1963), directed by JOHN FORD.

IN HARM'S WAY (1965), directed by OTTO PREMINGER.

BRIGITTE BARDOT and LAURENT TERZIEFF in TWO WEEKS IN SEPTEMBER (1967) -Original title: A COEUR JOIE-, directed by SERGE BOURGUIGNON.

MICHAEL DOUGLAS in FALLING DOWN (1993), directed by JOEL SCHUMACHER.

HAING S. NGOR in THE KILLING FIELDS (1984), directed by ROLAND JOFFE. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968), directed by GEORGE A. ROMERO. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

JFK (1991), directed by OLIVER STONE.

THE KILLER ELITE (1975), directed by SAM PECKINPAH.

SANDRA BULLOCK in 28 DAYS (2000), directed by BETTY THOMAS.

HERBIE GOES TO MONTE CARLO (1977), directed by VINCENT MCEVEETY.

FAREWELL MY LOVELY (1975), directed by DICK RICHARDS.

YVETTE MIMIEUX and ALBERT FINNEY in THE PICASSO SUMMER (1969), directed by SERGE BOURGUIGNON.

JUAN JOSE BALLESTA in PELLET (2000) -Original title: EL BOLA-, directed by ACHERO MAÑAS.

Nebraska, billboard promoting the USO (United Service Organizations), with image of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gothenburg, photograph by John Vachon, May, 1942.

CHARLIE BARNET in D. C. CAB (1983), directed by JOEL SCHUMACHER.

THE FOUNDER (2016), directed by JOHN LEE HANCOCK.

WHITNEY HOUSTON in WHITNEY (2018), directed by KEVIN MCDONALD and KEVIN MACDONALD.

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