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The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)

Lawrence Tierney (1919-2002),

was a legendary Hollywood tough guy, on and off the screen,

and was notorious for his frequent, well-publicised barroom brawls,

including being stabbed in 1973.

He was best known as the title character

in Dillinger (1945) and Born to Kill (1947).

Tierney is pictured here as Steve Morgan, the brutal killer,

in a studio portrait for The Devil Thumbs a Ride.

His career was rejuvenated in 1992

when Quentin Tarantino cast him as Joe Cabot

in Reservoir Dogs

Photograph: MPTVimages

Mean, moody and magnificent: film noir studio portraits

– in pictures

Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart and Rita Hayworth

were never more glamorous

than in the photographs taken by studio photographers

to publicise black and white thrillers in the 1940s and 50s.

Here is a selection of the most memorable

Film Noir Portraits by Paul Duncan and Tony Nourmand

is published by Reel Art Press

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Thu 10 Nov 2022    11.11 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2022/nov/10/
mean-moody-and-magnificent-film-noir-studio-portraits-in-pictures

Phantom Lady (1944)

This seldom-seen studio portrait of Ella Raines

is a quintessential example of a femme fatale portrait of the period

Photograph: Alamy

Mean, moody and magnificent: film noir studio portraits

– in pictures

Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart and Rita Hayworth were never more glamorous

than in the photographs taken by studio photographers

to publicise black and white thrillers in the 1940s and 50s.

Here is a selection of the most memorable

Film Noir Portraits by Paul Duncan and Tony Nourmand

is published by Reel Art Press

G

Thu 10 Nov 2022    11.11 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2022/nov/10/
mean-moody-and-magnificent-film-noir-studio-portraits-in-pictures

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