Film Noir Title Screens

Movie Title Screens

 

Classic Film Noir - Part 2

The 1950s


Movie Title Screens - Classic Film Noir (The 1940s and 1950s): Title screens are the initial titles, usually projected at the beginning of a film, and following the logos of the film studio. They are often an ignored aspect of films, although they reflect the time period or era of the film, the mood or design of the film, and much more.

Beginning in the 1940s, the look and themes of many American crime and detective films were dark and downbeat, reflecting the insecurities and tensions of the time period. Classic film noir developed during and after World War II, taking advantage of the post-war ambience of anxiety, pessimism, and suspicion. It was a style of black and white American films that first evolved in the 1940s, became prominent in the post-war era, and lasted in a classic "Golden Age" period until about 1960. See also: Genre: Film Noir, and Classic Femme Fatales of Film Noir.

A wide range of noir films - many of which are included in this compilation - counter-balanced the optimism of Hollywood's musicals and comedies. Fear, mistrust, bleakness, loss of innocence, despair and paranoia were readily evident in noir, reflecting the 'chilly' Cold War period when the threat of nuclear annihilation was ever-present. The criminal, violent, misogynistic, hard-boiled, or greedy perspectives of anti-heroes in film noir were a metaphoric symptom of society's evils, with a strong undercurrent of moral conflict, purposelessness and sense of injustice. There were rarely happy or optimistic endings in noirs.

Other pages with title screens include All-Time Top Summer Blockbusters, Greatest Film Franchises (Box-Office), Highest-Grossing Films by Genre, Great War Films, Greatest Guy Movies of All-Time, and the Pixar-Disney Animations.


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Classic Film Noir (1950) - Movie Title Screens

Armored Car Robbery (1950)

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

Backfire (1950)

Born to Be Bad (1950)

The Breaking Point (1950)

Bunco Squad (1950)

Caged (1950)

Convicted (1950)

The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

Dark City (1950)

Destination Murder (1950)

Dial 1119 (1950)

D. O. A. (1949/1950)

Edge of Doom (1950)

The File on Thelma Jordon (1950)

Guilty Bystander (1950)

Gun Crazy (1949 or 1950)

Highway 301 (1950)

House By the River (1950)

Hunt the Man Down (1950)

In a Lonely Place (1950)

The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

A Lady Without Passport (1950)

The Lawless (1950)

The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)

Mystery Street (1950)

Night and the City (1950)

No Man of Her Own (1950)

No Way Out (1950)

One Way Street (1950)

Outrage (1950)

Panic in the Streets (1950)

Quicksand (1950)

The Second Woman (1950)

711 Ocean Drive (1950)

Shadow on the Wall (1950)

Side Street (1950)

The Sleeping City (1950)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

The Tattooed Stranger (1950)

Tension (1950)

This Side of the Law (1950)

The Underworld Story (1950)

Union Station (1950)

Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)

Where Danger Lives (1950)

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Woman on the Run (1950)

Classic Film Noir (1951) - Movie Title Screens

Ace in the Hole (1951)
(aka The Big Carnival)

Another Man's Poison (1951)

Appointment With Danger (1951)

The Big Night (1951)

Cause For Alarm! (1951)

Criminal Lawyer (1951)

Cry Danger (1951)

Detective Story (1951)

The Enforcer (1951)

Fourteen Hours (1951)

He Ran All The Way (1951)

His Kind of Woman (1951)

The Hoodlum (1951)

The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)

I Was A Communist for the F.B.I. (1951)

Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)

The Lost One (1951, Germany) (aka Der Verlorene)

M (1951)

The Mob (1951)

No Questions Asked (1951)

On Dangerous Ground (1951)

The People Against O'Hara (1951)

Pickup (1951)

The Prowler (1951)

The Racket (1951)

The Raging Tide (1951)

Roadblock (1951)

Storm Warning (1951)

Strangers on a Train (1951)

Tomorrow is Another Day (1951)

Two of a Kind (1951)

The Unknown Man (1951)

The Well (1951)

Classic Film Noir (1952) - Movie Title Screens

Affair in Trinidad (1952)

Angel Face (1952/1953)

Beware, My Lovely (1952)

The Captive City (1952)

Clash By Night (1952)

Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Hoodlum Empire (1952)

Kansas City Confidential (1952)

Loan Shark (1952)

Macao (1952)

The Narrow Margin (1952)

Scandal Sheet (1952)

The Sellout (1952)

The Sniper (1952)

The Steel Trap (1952)

Strange Fascination (1952)

Sudden Fear (1952)

The Thief (1952)

The Turning Point (1952)

Wings of Danger (1952, UK) (aka Dead on Course)

Without Warning! (1952)

Classic Film Noir (1953) - Movie Title Screens

The Big Heat (1953)

The Blue Gardenia (1953)

A Blueprint For Murder (1953)

City That Never Sleeps (1953)

Code Two (1953)

Dangerous Crossing (1953)

The Glass Wall (1953)

The Glass Web (1953)

The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

I Confess (1953)

I, the Jury (1953)

Jeopardy (1953) (aka A Woman in Jeopardy)

Man in the Attic (1953)

La Môme Vert de Gris (1953, Fr.) (aka Poison Ivy, or Gun Moll)

Niagara (1953)

99 River Street (1953)

No Escape (1953)

One Girl's Confession (1953)

Pickup on South Street (1953)

Split Second (1953)

The System (1953)

Terror Street (1953, UK) (aka 36 Hours)

Vice Squad (1953)

Vicki (1953)

Classic Film Noir (1954) - Movie Title Screens

The Big Deadly Game (1954, UK) (aka The Deadly Game, and Third Party Risk)

The Black Glove (1954, UK) (aka Face the Music)

Black Tuesday (1954)

Crime Wave (1954)

Cry Vengeance (1954)

Down Three Dark Streets (1954)

Duffy of San Quentin (1954)

Drive A Crooked Road (1954)

Hell's Half Acre (1954)

Highway Dragnet (1954)

Human Desire (1954) (aka The Human Beast)

Jail Bait (1954)

A Life at Stake (1954)

The Long Wait (1954)

Loophole (1954)

Naked Alibi (1954)

Paid to Kill (1954, UK) (aka Five Days)

Private Hell 36 (1954)

Pushover (1954)

Race for Life (1954, UK) (aka Mask of Dust)

Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

Rogue Cop (1954)

Shield for Murder (1954)

The Sleeping Tiger (1954, UK)

Suddenly (1954)

Twist of Fate (1954, UK) (aka Beautiful Stranger)

The Unholy Four (1954, UK) (aka The Stranger Came Home)

World For Ransom (1954)

Classic Film Noir (1955) - Movie Title Screens

The Big Combo (1955)

The Big Knife (1955)

Confidential Report (1955, UK) (aka Mr. Arkadian)

Crashout (1955)

The Crooked Web (1955)

The Desperate Hours (1955)

Les Diaboliques (1955, Fr.)

5 Against the House (1955)

Footsteps in the Fog (1955, UK)

The Glass Tomb (1955, UK) (aka The Glass Cage)

Illegal (1955)

Killer's Kiss (1955)

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Mr. Arkadin (1955) (aka Confidential Report)

Murder Is My Beat (1955)

New Orleans Uncensored (1955)

New York Confidential (1955)

The Night Holds Terror (1955)

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

The Phenix City Story (1955)

Rififi (1955, Fr.) (aka Du Rififi Chez les Hommes)

Tight Spot (1955)

Women's Prison (1955)

Classic Film Noir (1956) - Movie Title Screens

Accused of Murder (1956)

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

The Boss (1956)

Crime Against Joe (1956)

Crime in the Streets (1956)

Foreign Intrigue (1956)

The Harder They Fall (1956)

The Houston Story (1956)

Julie (1956)

The Killer is Loose (1956)

The Killing (1956)

Man in the Vault (1956)

Nightmare (1956)

Over-Exposed (1956)

Please Murder Me (1956)

The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)

The Scarlet Hour (1956)

Slightly Scarlet (1956)

Spin a Dark Web (1956, UK) (aka Soho Incident)

Three Bad Sisters (1956)

Tiger in the Smoke (1956, UK)

Time Table (1956)

While the City Sleeps (1956)

The Wrong Man (1956)

Classic Film Noir (1957) - Movie Title Screens

The Accursed (1957) (aka The Traitor)

The Big Caper (1957)

The Brothers Rico (1957)

The Burglar (1957)

Chicago Confidential (1957)

Crime of Passion (1957)

Death in Small Doses (1957)

Escape From San Quentin (1957)

The Garment Jungle (1957)

The Long Haul (1957)

My Gun Is Quick (1957)

Nightfall (1957)

Plunder Road (1957)

The Shadow on the Window (1957)

She Played With Fire (1957, UK) (aka Fortune is a Woman)

The Strange One (1957)

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

The Tattered Dress (1957)

Teenage Doll (1957)

The Traitor (1957) (aka The Accursed)

Classic Film Noir (1958) - Movie Title Screens

The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)

Cop Hater (1958)

Cry Terror! (1958)

Elevator to the Gallows/Scaffold (1958, Fr.) (aka Ascenseur Pour l'échafaud)

The Fearmakers (1958)

High School Confidential! (1958)

I Want to Live! (1958)

It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958, W.Ger.) (aka Es Geschah am Hellichten Tag)

The Lineup (1958)

Murder By Contract (1958)
Screaming Mimi (1958)

Touch of Evil (1958)

Tread Softly Stranger (1958, UK)

Vertigo (1958)

Violent Road (1958)

Classic Film Noir (1959) - Movie Title Screens

Al Capone (1959)

The Last Mile (1959)

The Man in the Net (1959)

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)


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