http://www.listsofbests.com/list/19606 The Noir-Precursors (Pre-1940) section lists 28 films that shaped the look of noir before the style came into its own during the 1940's. [See also http://www.listsofbests.com/tag/film+noir%2Cthey+shoot+pictures] Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:50:13 GMT en-us 0 50 28 0 0 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2471870 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Brabin</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2471872 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Vidor</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1209512 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Archie Mayo (1935)</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1233495 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1233495"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FI9OAY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Keighley</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2471875 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rouben Mamoulian</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2471879 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Albert S. Rogell</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2438098 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fritz Lang</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2471882 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Tuttle</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2471891 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Cameron Menzies</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53887 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53887"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007TKNJ2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mervyn LeRoy</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95917 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95917"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000C8Q8ZQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/101811 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/101811"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006HBLUK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mervyn LeRoy</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37401 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37401"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00065GX64.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/817962 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/817962"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EU1Q22.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lloyd Bacon</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/309701 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/309701"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305248036.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chester Erskine</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/344500 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/344500"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007CVS3.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julien Duvivier</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194389 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194389"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006HBV2I.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Archie Mayo</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/275680 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/275680"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00026L74U.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcel Carné</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/103075 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/103075"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006HBV2S.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William A. Wellman</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1792751 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lewis Milestone</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2471946 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Brahm</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150639 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150639"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006HBV32.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raoul Walsh</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1546212 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Howard Hawks (dir.)</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/738622 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2471950 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Josef von Sternberg</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2468151 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Josef von Sternberg</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2438125 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fritz Lang</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/272448 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/272448"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000093NTA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fritz Lang</div>