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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang: Femme Fatales

February 14, 2015 By retromoviebuff Leave a Comment

“She was bad. She was dangerous. I wouldn’t trust her any further than I could throw her. But, she was my kind of woman.” -Rod Riley (Fred Astaire) in the ‘Girl Hunt’ ballet, The Band Wagon Happy Valentine’s Day! And what better day to celebrate femme fatales, those sinuous, cold-hearted, duplicitous sirens who lead hardboiled […]

Filed Under: Lists Tagged With: Barbara Stanwyck, Classic Hollywood, David Raksin, Femme Fatales, Film Noir, Gene Tierney, Humphrey Bogart, Jane Greer, Lauren Bacall, Mary Astor, Robert Mitchum, Valentines

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