Movie Bits - 1950s Hollywood
by ryanikoglu
Do you like mystery? Do you like noir? Do you like stories perfectly set in history? Two excellent movies in the Library Collections, are based on true stories. Both stories happened in 1950s Hollywood, and both are unsolved cases. The Black Dahlia is pitch-perfect film noir, based on the unsolved murder of a young actress. Imagine Guy Noir, no humor, just serious fedora, shadows and cigarette smoke. A great companion piece is Hollywoodland which is the mystery surrounding the death of the original TV Superman, George Reeves.
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