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For the Fans of Hardboiled, Pulp & Gumshoe Art

Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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Category: film noir

1957, Chicago Confidential

Jack Lambert

Posted on March 13, 2025February 22, 2025Categories film noirTags chicago confidential, film noir, jack lambertLeave a comment on 1957, Chicago Confidential

John Ford, The Long Voyage Home, 1941

September 27, 2013

Posted on March 13, 2025February 22, 2025Categories film noirTags john fordLeave a comment on John Ford, The Long Voyage Home, 1941

1950, Gun Crazy

Peggy Cummings

Posted on March 10, 2025February 22, 2025Categories film noirTags gun crazy, peggy cummings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1950, Gun Crazy

1962 European poster: Mix Me a Person

1962 European poster: Mix Me a Person

Posted on March 9, 2025February 22, 2025Categories film noirTags anne baxter, crime film, movie posterLeave a comment on 1962 European poster: Mix Me a Person

1949, White Heat

Cagney

Posted on March 6, 2025February 10, 2025Categories film noirTags crime movie, james cagney, white heatLeave a comment on 1949, White Heat

1949 Avon paperback – cover art by Ann Cantor)

1949 Avon paperback reissue

1938 McBride hardcover

cover art by Ann Cantor

better image than previously posted

basis for the 1947 film noir

Posted on March 5, 2025February 10, 2025Categories crime fiction, film noir, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ann cantor, avon paperback, demon, devil, lawrence tierney, motorcycle cop, movie poster, robert du soeLeave a comment on 1949 Avon paperback – cover art by Ann Cantor)

1947 Out of the Past

Jane Greer and Robert Mitchum, Out of the Past, 1947

Posted on March 4, 2025June 21, 2025Categories film noirTags dame, femme fatale, jane greer, out of the past, private eye, robert mitchumLeave a comment on 1947 Out of the Past

Rear Window, 1954

September 22, 2013

Posted on February 28, 2025February 4, 2025Categories film noir, HardboiledTags alfred hitchcock, crime film, grace kelly, rear windowLeave a comment on Rear Window, 1954

1950 United Artist

first release title – then re-released as it’s more well-known title

Gun Crazy

Posted on February 25, 2025February 4, 2025Categories film noirTags deadly is the female, gun crazy, john dallLeave a comment on 1950 United Artist

1934 MGM Production

Original advertising herald for W.S. Van Dyke’s 1934 film THE THIN MAN, based on Dashiell Hammett’s novel of the same name. The first of many Thin Man movies, this one starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Maureen O’Sullivan. This one’s a pristine example.

September 22, 2013

Posted on February 23, 2025February 4, 2025Categories film noirTags dashiell hammett, movie poster, myrna loy, the thin man, william powellLeave a comment on 1934 MGM Production

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