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Classic Film Noir Scenes

Dramatic film noir moments featuring men in hats, engaging in conversations or conflicts; a blend of tension and mystery typical of the genre.

Men talking in theater lobby (EV004141_H)

OLIVER HARDY and STAN LAUREL in THE FIXER UPPERS (1935), directed by CHARLEY ROGERS.

MICKEY ROONEY and JACK ELAM in BABY FACE NELSON (1957), directed by DON SIEGEL.

Ralph Dunn, Gene Reynolds, Harry Strang, on-set of the Film, "Gallant Sons", MGM, 1940

Director John Farrow, co-stars Alan Ladd and James Mason are shown during telephone interview with Neil Murray of the "Sydney Sun." The call was taken in Alan Ladd's dressing room during luncheon break from filming of Paramount's Technicolor production "Botany Bay." February 1, 1952.

THE MARX BROTHERS in ROOM SERVICE (1938), directed by WILLIAM A. SEITER.

DO YOUR DUTY (1928).

SPENCER TRACY and MICKEY ROONEY in BOYS TOWN (1938), directed by NORMAN TAUROG.

ANSELMO FERNANDEZ, MARIA ZALDIVAR, MARY AMPARO BOSCH, RAMON CEBRIAN and ALBERTO LOPEZ in LOS CLAVELES (1936).

Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet , The Maltese Falcon , 1941 directed by John Huston Warner Bros. Pictures

Laurel and Hardy 1935

Marx Brothers

PETER LORRE and SYDNEY GREENSTREET in THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS (1944), directed by JEAN NEGULESCO.

Confrontation (OV2019_706)

Anefo photo collection. Film 'Storm over Asia "(" Potomok Chingis-Khana ", Director: VSevolod POEDOVKIN, 1928 released in the Netherlands by up-to-date film in 1950. 1928. Russia, Soviet Union

HUMPHREY BOGART in DARK PASSAGE (1947), directed by DELMER DAVES.

WARNER BAXTER and HENRY C. GORDON in PENTHOUSE (1933), directed by W. S. VAN DYKE.

J. CARROL NAISH and CHARLES KORVIN in ARSENE LUPIN RETURNS (1938), directed by GEORGE FITZMAURICE.

ROBERT YOUNG in THEY WON'T BELIEVE ME (1947), directed by IRVING PICHEL.

GEORGE RAFT, ANN SHERIDAN and ROSCOE KARNS in THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT (1940), directed by RAOUL WALSH.

IMPRESSING THE JUDGES (EV001323_H)

MELVYN DOUGLAS, FELIX BRESSART, SIG RUMANN and ALEXANDER GRANACH in NINOTCHKA (1939), directed by ERNST LUBITSCH.

OLIVER HARDY and STAN LAUREL in SAPS AT SEA (1940), directed by GORDON DOUGLAS.

OLIVER HARDY and STAN LAUREL in JAILBIRDS (1931) -Original title: PARDON US-, directed by JAMES PARROTT.

Office brawl (OV2023_233)

HUMPHREY BOGART and ROY ROBERTS in THE ENFORCER (1951), directed by BRETAIGNE WINDUST.

JOSE JASPE, MANUEL LUNA and FERNANDO FREYRE DE ANDRADE in LOS LADRONES SOMOS GENTE HONRADA (1942), directed by IGNACIO F. IQUINO.

PAPARAZZI (EV001468_H)

EUGENE PALLETTE and ALLEN JENKINS in ONE HUNDRED MEN AND A GIRL (1937), directed by HENRY KOSTER.

The Sting is a 1973 American caper film set in 1936, involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters to con a mob boss. The film was directed by George Roy Hill and the story was inspired by real-life cons perpetrated by brothers Fred and Charley Gondorff and documented by David Maurer in his book The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man. Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw.

SPENCER TRACY in THE LAST HURRAH (1958), directed by JOHN FORD.

Anefo photo collection. Television game "Adhesives". Rehearsals. Lo van Hensbergen and Bernhard dry. January 3, 1962

OLIVER HARDY and STAN LAUREL in A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO (1942), directed by ALFRED L. WERKER.

EDWARD G. ROBINSON in THE STRANGER (1946), directed by ORSON WELLES.

MARIO MORENO "CANTINFLAS", CHARLES BOYER and DAVID NIVEN in AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (1956) -Original title: AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS-, directed by MICHAEL ANDERSON.

Dorothy McGuire, Richard Eyer, Russell Simpson, Everett Glass, Frank Jenks, on-set of the Film, "Friendly Persuasion", Allied Artists, 1956

BOB HOPE and BING CROSBY in ROAD TO RIO (1947), directed by NORMAN Z. MCLEOD.

CANTINFLAS in YOU'RE MISSING THE POINT (1940) -Original title: AHÍ ESTÁ EL DETALLE-, directed by JUAN BUSTILLO ORO.

JAMES CAGNEY in THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE (1941), directed by RAOUL WALSH.

CARY GRANT and BARRY FITZGERALD in NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART (1944), directed by CLIFFORD ODETS.

BASIL RATHBONE and NIGEL BRUCE in THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1939), directed by ALFRED L. WERKER.

CARY GRANT and EDGAR BUCHANAN in THE TALK OF THE TOWN (1942), directed by GEORGE STEVENS.

THE END OF ST. PETERSBURG (1927) -Original title: KONEC SANKT-PETERSBURGA-, directed by VSEVELOD I. PUDOVKIN.

Don Ameche (left), Alan Curtis (right), on-set of the Film, "Four Sons", 20th Century-Fox, 1940

Scenes From The High & The Mighty - Films. February 19, 1955. (Photo by Warner Bros. Pictures Distributing Corporation).

HENRY BRANDON in DRUMS OF FU MANCHU (1940), directed by WILLIAM WITNEY.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN and CLAIRE BLOOM in LIMELIGHT (1952), directed by CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

Eric Linden (being hit), on-set of the Film, "Are These Our Children", RKO Radio Pictures, 1931

BASIL RATHBONE and NIGEL BRUCE in SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE HOUSE OF FEAR (1945), directed by ROY WILLIAM NEILL.

DISCRETION (EV001408_H)

W. C. FIELDS in INTERNATIONAL HOUSE (1933), directed by A. EDWARD SUTHERLAND.

HUMPHREY BOGART and ELEANOR PARKER in CHAIN LIGHTNING (1950).

I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI (1951), directed by GORDON DOUGLAS.

JOSE LUIS LOPEZ VAZQUEZ and JOSE SACRISTAN in NIÑAS... AL SALON (1977), directed by VICENTE ESCRIVA.

SARA ALLGOOD in THE SHAME OF MARY BOYLE (1930) -Original title: JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK-, directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

QUARTET (1948), directed by KEN ANNAKIN and RALPH SMART.

RUDOLPH VALENTINO in BLOOD AND SAND (1922), directed by FRED NIBLO.

Anefo photo collection. New film by Bert Haanstra "The MP case" included in Cinetone Studio in Amsterdam. Left Ko van Dijk, on the right Albert Mol. 16 May 1960. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Andy Griffith (seated center), on-set of the Film, "A Face in the Crowd", Warner Bros., 1957

Looking for clues (365)

JAMES STEWART in CALL NORTHSIDE 777 (1948), directed by HENRY HATHAWAY.

JERRY LEWIS and DEAN MARTIN in AT WAR WITH THE ARMY (1950), directed by HAL WALKER.

WALTER LONG, MOE HOWARD, LARRY FINE and CURLY HOWARD in THREE LITTLE PIGSKINS (1934), directed by RAY MCCAREY.

GEORGE ZUCCO in THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1939), directed by ALFRED L. WERKER.

GLENN FORD and GEORGE MACREADY in GILDA (1946), directed by CHARLES VIDOR.

Ralph Meeker, Shirley Falls, Robert Horton, Jeff Richards, on-set of the Film, "Code Two", MGM, 1953

Allen Jenkins, Edward Brophy, on-set of the Film, "Gold Diggers in Paris", Warner Bros., 1938

Shocking news

Forced entry (EV007311_H)

JAMES MASON and CHARLES BICKFORD in A STAR IS BORN (1954), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

Killing time with a special someone

HARPO MARX and GROUCHO MARX in THE BIG STORE (1941), directed by CHARLES REISNER.

HENRI VIDAL and PIERRE BRASSEUR in THE GATES OF PARIS (1957) -Original title: PORTE DES LILAS-, directed by RENE CLAIR.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN in JITNEY ELOPEMENT (1915), directed by CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

ORSON WELLES in CITIZEN KANE (1941), directed by ORSON WELLES.

Three Stooges

James Dunn (far left), Pinky Tomlin (eyeglasses, left), Doris Lloyd, Sally Eilers (far right), on-set of the Film, "Don't Get Personal", Universal Pictures, 1936

CARY GRANT and ROSALIND RUSSELL in HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940), directed by HOWARD HAWKS.

Film still from 'A Star is Born' starring Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolph Menjou, Charles Bickford, and Andy Devine.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN and JACK OAKIE in THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940), directed by CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

JEAN GABIN in MAIGRET SEES RED (1963) -Original title: MAIGRET VOIT ROUGE-, directed by GILLES GRANGIER.

JOHN RYAN and HARRY DEAN STANTON in DILLINGER (1973), directed by JOHN MILIUS.

Original Film Title: DILLINGER. English Title: DILLINGER. Film Director: JOHN MILIUS. Year: 1973. Stars: JOHN RYAN; HARRY DEAN STANTON.

DEAN MARTIN, TONY CURTIS and JANET LEIGH in WHO WAS THAT LADY (1960), directed by GEORGE SIDNEY.

GEORGE RAFT in THE HOUSE ACROSS THE BAY (1940), directed by ARCHIE MAYO and ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

Jack H. Skirball Presents Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche with Richard Foran in Sam Wood's "Guest Wife". January 01, 1945.

Raimu, Charpin, Ginette Leclerc in Marcel Pagnal's "The Baker's Wife". A Siritzky International Picture. August 11, 1949. (Photo by The Sunday Herald)

CANTINFLAS in THE SIGN OF DEATH (1939) -Original title: EL SIGNO DE LA MUERTE-, directed by CHANO URUETA.

The silent treatment (OV2023_60)

"The Bishop Misbehaves" -- with Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Sullivan, Norman Foster, Lillian Bond, Ivan Simpson, Arthur Treacher, Lucille Watson, Melville, Cocper. Directed by E. A. Dupont. A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production. May 11, 1936.

K. O. MIGUEL (1958) -Original title: TIGRE DE CHAMBERI-, directed by PEDRO LUIS RAMIREZ.

HARPO MARX, THE MARX BROTHERS, CHICO MARX and GROUCHO MARX in A DAY AT THE RACES (1937), directed by SAM WOOD.

Carl Esmond, Paul Lukas, on-set of the Film, "Address Unknown", Columbia Pictures, 1944

HUMPHREY BOGART in ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT (1942), directed by VINCENT SHERMAN.

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