Film-Noir?? Some of my favorite movies are from this genre. The women were as tough or tougher than the men. For some reason I always thought of the tough guys as having survived WWII.
Quite often'film-noir' themes were Jazz... They even had Jazz plaing on the juke box in the bar scenes.
Susan Hayward was one of the toughest babes in the movies. Her only rival would have been Miss Barbara Stanwyck. I was working in the theater at the time, so I probably saw it a zillion times. Good Jazz. of course I didn't know what Jazz was at the time. :) But when I heard the music, I knew what to expect.
Ella Fitzgerald was in 'man with the golden arm'. That theme was one of the best ever. I hear it now and can see and feel the tension. That movie could only have had that theme music. No other music would have worked. Brilliant!!!!
One of the few other themes in that class is the Mission Impossible theme. Perfect, no subsitutes!
Cheers
Quite often'film-noir' themes were Jazz... They even had Jazz plaing on the juke box in the bar scenes.
Susan Hayward was one of the toughest babes in the movies. Her only rival would have been Miss Barbara Stanwyck. I was working in the theater at the time, so I probably saw it a zillion times. Good Jazz. of course I didn't know what Jazz was at the time. :) But when I heard the music, I knew what to expect.
Ella Fitzgerald was in 'man with the golden arm'. That theme was one of the best ever. I hear it now and can see and feel the tension. That movie could only have had that theme music. No other music would have worked. Brilliant!!!!
One of the few other themes in that class is the Mission Impossible theme. Perfect, no subsitutes!
Cheers