From one of our finest cultural historians, The Noir Forties is a vivid reexamination of America’s postwar period, that ?age of anxiety” characterized by the dissipation of victory dreams, the onset o
Examines the social, political and popular culture of America in the period between VJ Day and the start of the Korean War, discussing the country's anxieties and insecurities at the onset of the Red
(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). " City Noir is a symphony inspired by the peculiar ambience and mood of Los Angeles 'noir' films, especially those produced in the late forties and early fifties. My m
"Ida Lupino (1918-1995) was more than a gorgeous image of film noir in the forties and fifties who starred in classics such as They Drive By Night, High Sierra, and Road House. Lupino also evolved int
