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Category: Orpheus (OrphÃ©e) 1950

Recurring Iconography-The Cinematic Mirror

A Streetcar Named Desire — Vivien Leigh as Blanch Dubois in Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire 1951

IsobelaCorona is Sara the witch-the witches mirror — Isobela Corona is Sara the witch-The Witches Mirror 1962

Repulsion- Catherine — Catherine Deneuve as the demented Carol in Roman Polanski’s Repulsion 1965

Bette Davis in Deception — Bette Davis as Christine Radcliffe in Irving Rapper’s Deception 1946

Robert Cummings in The Chase — Robert Cummings is Chuck Scott in Arthur Ripley’s The Chase 1946

citizen-kane-1941-orson-welles- — Citizen Kane-1941-Orson Welles

Corridor of Mirrors 2 — Terence Young’s Corridor of Mirrors 1948 Edana Romney as Mifanwy Conway

Dead Ringer — Paul Henreid’s Dead Ringer 1964 starring Bette Davis & Bette Davis as twin sisters Margaret DeLorca / Edith Phillips

Decoy — Jack Bernhard’s film noir classic Decoy 1946 Herbert Rudley as Dr. Craig

fritz lang's M — Fritz Lang’s M (1931) starring Peter Lorre

Ida On Dangerous Ground — Ida Lupino is blind Mary Malden in Nicholas Ray’s On Dangerous Ground 1951

Jane Wyman Stage Fright — Jane Wyman is Eve Gill in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Stage Fright 1950

Jean Simmons and Dan O'Herlihey Home After Dark — Jean Simmons is Charlotte Bronn and Dan O’Herlihy as Arnold Bronn in Mervyn LeRoy’s psychological melodrama Home Before Dark 1958

jean-marais-Orpeus '50 — Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus (OrphÃ©e)1950 starring Jean Marais

Kiss Before The Mirror '33 James Whale — The Kiss Before the Mirror 1933 directed by James Whale Gloria Stuart and Paul Lukas

Lady in the Lake — Robert Montgomery is Phillip Marlowe in Lady in the Lake 1947

Marilyn Don't Bother to Knock-mirror — Marilyn Monroe is the disturbed babysitter Nell Forbes in Roy Ward Baker’s Don’t Bother to Knock 1952

Psycho-Janet Leigh Marion Crane — Janet Leigh plays the ill fated Marion Crane in Hitchcock’s classic horror Psycho 1960

Renoir's The Rules of the Game 39 — Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game 1939

She Wolf of London — June Lockhart is Phyllis Allenby in Jean Yarbrough’s She-Wolf of London 1946

sin in the suburbs — Joe Sarno’s Sin in the Suburbs 1946

Somewhere in the night Hodiak — Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s Somewhere in the Night 1946 starring John Hodiak as George Taylor and Nancy Guild (rhymes with Wild) as Christy Smith

Sunset Blvd — Gloria Swanson is the sensational Norma Desmond and William Holden is Joe Gillis in Billy Wilder’s Sunset Blvd. 1950

The Big Steal — Robert Mitchum is Lt. Duke Halliday and William Bendix as Capt. Vincent Blake in Don Siegel’s The Big Steal 1949

The Dark Mirror — Olivia de Havilland & Olivia de Havilland star as Terry and Ruth Collins in Robert Siodmak’s The Dark Mirror 1946

The Lady from Shanghai — Rita Hayworth is Elsa Bannister in Orson Welles’ The Lady from Shanghai 1947

The Queen of Spades mirror — Yvonne Mitchell is Lizaveta Ivanova in Thorold Dickinson’s The Queen of Spades 1949

Thomas Mitchell in The Dark Mirror — Thomas Mitchell is Lt Stevenson in Robert Siodmak’s The Dark Mirror 1946

what ever happened to baby jane — Bette Davis is the outrageous Baby Jane Hudson in Robert Aldrich’s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962

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Postcards From Shadowland’s Big Fat No.10

Alexandra Schmidt in Mother Kraus' jounrey to happiness mutter-krausens-fahrt-ins-gluck-schmidt — Alexandra Schmidt in ‘Mother Krause’s Journey to Happiness’ (1929)

all-about-eve-anne-baxter-bette-davis-marilyn-monroe-richard carlson-george sanders-celeste holm — Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s brilliant satire- All About Eve (1950) starring the inimitable Bette Davis as Margo Channing and Ann Baxter as the cunning Eve Harrington.

All's Quet on the Western Front — Director Lewis Milestone’s All’s Quiet on the Western Front-(1930) starring Lew Ayres

anatomy of murder scene — Otto Preminger’s riveting court room noir Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

battleship-potemkin-odessa-steps-sergei-eisenstein — Battleship Potemkin (1925) Sergei Eisenstein’s masterpiece about the great Russian naval mutiny.

Brute Force — Jule’s Dassin’s brutal noir masterpiece Brute Force (1947)

Cat-on-a-Hot-Tin-Roof-elizabeth-taylor-scene — Richard Brooks adaptation of Tennessee William’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

DameJudith:MrsDanvers — Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca 1940

janet-leigh-touch-of-evil-charlton-heston — Orson Welles’ film classic Touch of Evil (1958)

notre-dame-hunchbackLaughton — William Dieterle’s adaptation of Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939

kiss of death — Henry Hathaway’s disturbing noir classic Kiss of Death 1947

Laura — Otto Preminger’s quintessential noir Laura (1944)

Lee Remick in Experiment in Terror 1960 — Blake Edwards Experiment in Terror 1960

Earth Vs The Spider — Bert I. Gordon’s Earth Vs The Spider 1958

Dracula's Daughter — Lambert Hillyer’s understated yet powerfully erotic horror classic Dracula’s Daughter 1936

Linda darnell no way out — Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s taut and thought provoking social noir No Way Out 1950

little-caesar-edward-g-robinson — Mervyn LeRoy’s gangster odyssey Little Caesar 1931

Day the earth stood still robert wise — Robert Wise’s Science Fiction masterpiece The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

long dark hall — Reginald Beck and Anthony Bushell’s suspenseful The Long Dark Hall 1951

loretta-young-lon-chaney-laugh-clown-laugh — Herbert Brenon’s beautiful Laugh, Clown, Laugh 1928

m-peter-lorre- — Fritz Lang’s notorious psychological thriller M (1931)

Monday Nights with Oscar — Otto Preminger’s noir masterpiece about addiction The Man with the Golden Arm 1955

allison hayes Attack of the 50 foot woman — Nathan Juran’s iconic 50s campy sci-fi romp Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

marsha-hunt-actress-raw-deal-john-ireland — Anthony Mann’s noir classic Raw Deal (1948)

Mother Joan of the Angels — Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s surreal and transcendent Mother Joan of the Angels 1961

Nancy Kelly in The Bad Seed — Mervyn LeRoy’s naughty tale about a child psychopath. The Bad Seed (1956)

naked kiss2 — Samuel Fuller’s irreverent noir gem The Naked Kiss (1964)

odd+man+out+1947 — Carol Reed’s intense noir thriller Odd Man Out (1947)

Norma Desmond — Billy Wilder’s iconic film noir masterwork of grand proportions Sunset Blvd (1950)

orphee-jean-marais — Jean Cocteau’s stunning Orpheus (1950) OrphÃ©e

outofthepas — Jacques Tourneur’s hauntingly mesmerizing noir Out of the Past (1947)

Peggy Cummings Gun Crazy — Joseph E. Lewis Gun Crazy or Deadly is the Female (1950)

penny_serenade — George Steven’s sadness and joyful Penny Serenade (1941)

frankenstein — James Whale’s campy take on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 1931

the+black+cat — Edgar G. Ulmer’s sadistic and transgressive journey into horror The Black Cat 1934

vampyr — Carl Theodor Dreyer’s masterful vision of quiet uncanny horror Vampyr (1932)

prowler-tale — Joseph Losey’s titillating noir The Prowler ((1951)

photo-Les-Diaboliques-1954-3 — Henri-Georges Clouzot’s brilliantly chilling Les-Diaboliques-1955

Seance — Bryan Forbes’ compelling suspense thriller Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

Seven Chances — Buster Keaton’s fantastic Seven Chances (1925)

SCARFACE (1932) — Howard Hawks and Richard Rosson’s SCARFACE (1932)

sparrows-mary-pickford — William Beaudine’s haunting Sparrows (1926)

Bride of Frankestein — James Whales even campier and finest work The Bride of Frankenstein 1935

streetcar-named-desire-leigh-brando — Elia Kazan’s volatile theme of desolation and passion based on Tennessee William’s play A Streetcar Named Desire 1951

SUNSET BOULEVARD — some more divine SUNSET BOULEVARD 1950

the nymph ward shock corridor — Samuel Fuller’s edgy Shock Corridor (1963)

old-dark-house-karloff-stuart — Jame’s Whale’s The Old Dark House 1932

They-Live-By-Night — Nicholas Ray’s incredibly beautiful film noir journey They Live By Night (1948)

Theo and Eleanor — Robert Wise’s uncompromising ghost story adapted from Shirley Jackson’s novel The Haunting (1963)

white-heat-james-cagney-600x450 — Raoul Walsh’s iconic crime thriller White Heat (1949)

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