There were so many film noir movies in the 1950s that many have gone under the radar, including films like The Crimson Kimono and Sudden Fear.

The Dark Galleries deals with American (and some British) films of the 1940s and 1950s, in which a painted portrait plays an important part in the plot or the mise-en-scène.

At the height of Hollywood's studio system, thrillers, mystery and noir surged in terms of popularity and artistic excellence.

Husky-voiced blonde Lizabeth Scott, who played the femme fatale in numerous film noir movies of the 1940s and 1950s alongside leading men including Humphrey Bogart, Burt Lancaster and Charlton ...