#40s movie

[astralbondpro]

The Maltese Falcon (1941) // Dir. John Huston

[retropopcult]

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948) production still featuring Ann Blyth and William Powell

[film-o-teka]

Tall in the Saddle, 1944

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Film noir movie posters (1940s)

[ophliee]

Quick sketch GANG IS ALL HERE!!!

[ayo-edebiri]

[goryhorroor]

“there are several reasons why the horror genre declined – in both quality and popularity – at the tail end of the 1930s & into the 40s. firstly, the narrative conventions became so well established that they appeared formulaic and predictable, especially when the same-old same-old monsters were put into rotation time and time again. then, political strife curtailed a lot of european filmmaking. thirdly, movies with supernatural, violent, science fiction or fantasy elements became a target for literal-minded censors, who were concerned that the masses might believe or, still worse, imitate the horrors they witnessed on the silver screen.”

[vintage-tigre]

Veronica Lake, 1946

[popculturebaby]

Ava Gardner’s MGM Employment Portrait in 1941

She was 19 years old.

[l0uisebrooks]

Alicia Markova in "The Dying Swan" photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948.

[scribefindegil]

"super invested in niche character dynamic that does not actually exist in canon" is a special kind of torment. keep thinking "why has nobody but me written about this?" girl it is because you made it up

[an-archaic-archivist]

Your ears don't deceive you. That's definitely live and learn.

[quitonly]

THE QUEEN OF SPADES 1949, dir. Thorold Dickinson

[film-o-teka]

Tall in the Saddle, 1944

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Lauren Bacall - The Big Sleep (1946)

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price as The Invisible Man -

The Invisible Man Returns (1940)