Tag: John Alton
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Alton and Mann Threw a New Light on Film Noir
Silhouettes, fog, great pools of inky blackness — that’s a king-sized portion of the visual drama in store when viewing films made by both the ace of noir lighting, John Alton, and the master of dramatic action, Anthony Mann. With his supremely choreographed action scenes, Mann could be directing silent pictures, and that’s not a…
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How Three John Alton Films Set a Tantalizing Noir Mood
As legend has it, in the summer of 1923 a 21-year-old John Alton and four friends drove across the country to Los Angeles. They parked in front of the Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Blvd., and in the lobby a Gypsy fortune teller read their palms. Alton’s pals, she said, would seek their fortunes elsewhere, but…