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#NoirNeckties
Dennis O’Keefe #BOTD
as a T-Man (US Treasury Agent) in,
T-Men, 1947
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Dan Duryea, as tabloid man
The Underworld Story (1950)
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“Don't tell me about the people, Eddie! The people sit in front of their little TVs with their bellies full of beer and fall asleep.”
Rod Steiger as Nick Benko
The Harder They Fall (1956)
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TIME FOR A DRINK, and that distinctive
Richard Conte grin. #BOTD
SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT (1946)
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Karl Malden #BOTD
was a professional actor for 63 years.
KISS OF DEATH (1947)
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The short necktie became necessary, and popular, in the 1940s, due to fabric rationing during World War II.
Burt Lancaster, THE KILLERS (1946)
Vera West, costume designer
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Kiss of Death (1947)
Richard Widmark as Tommy Udo
Director, Henry Hathaway #BOTD
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Elisha Cook Jr.
helping launch Kubrick’s career in,
The Killing, 1956
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“A man eats an apple. He gets a piece of the core stuck between his teeth. He tries to work it out with some cellophane from a cigarette pack…”
Burt Lancaster, Criss Cross (1949)
Yvonne Wood, Costume Designer
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Noir oddball tie award goes to “Mr Nelson”
(Robert Osterloh), here talking to hospital patient Burt Lancaster, who *thinks* Nelson has a heart.
Criss Cross (1949)
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“If I ever acquire wisdom, I suppose I'll be wise enough to know what to do with it.”
Tyrone Power & Gene Tierney
The Razor’s Edge, 1946
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Character Tony Moreno was Argentinian (played by American Mike Lane), yet his necktie w/ camels & pyramids depicts west Africa, or “the Middle East”. Was it to mark him as a foreigner — or just fashion?
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Costume designer: Helen Hunt
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#NoirNeckties
Polka dots symbolize whimsy and playfulness. [ahem]
Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck
Crime of Passion (1957)
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#NoirNeckties
Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle
— a hunky, stylish, lovable cop
Crime of Passion (1957)
w/ Barbara Stanwyck
Actor Lee Marvin in his breakout role as the sadistic gangster, Vince Stone, in the 1953 film noir, The Big Heat.
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“Ah, stardom! They put your name on a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard and you walk down and find a pile of dog manure on it.
That tells the whole story, baby.”
~ Lee Marvin
#NoirNeckties The Big Heat (1953)
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Harry Lewis as “Toots” Bass, wearing the telltale bad guy white tie with a dark shirt.
Key Largo (1948)
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A milquetoast — until he’s not.
Richard Basehart as Warren Quimby
Tension (1949)
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#NoirNeckties #strangersonatrain
Alfred Hitchcock designed Bruno Antony’s necktie — the lobster claws representing Bruno’s grip on tennis star Guy Haines.
#tcmparty #keylargo
One of the best #NoirNeckties
Thelma Ritter as Moe Williams in the film noir, Pickup on South Street (1953)
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#NoirNeckties #BOTD
Happy Birthday, Moe
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Cash, cigars, and a snazzy tie.
Wallace Ford #BOTD as "The Schemer"
T-Men, 1947
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“I just met the swellest dame...
She smacked me in the kisser.”
Brian Donlevy #BOTD
as crooked politician, Paul Madvig in
The Glass Key, 1942
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Robert Ryan
The Racket, 1951
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#NoirNeckties
“Time wounds all heels.”
Edmund O’Brien & Don Porter
711 Ocean Drive (1959)
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Side Street (1948)
Farley Granger & Jean Hagen
Costume design: MGM