Claire Trevor (March 8, 1910 – April 8, 2000) #BornOnThisDay #filmnoir #filmnoirbirthday #ClaireTrevor

The great John Garfield (March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952)
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Director and actress Ida Lupino (4 February 1918 – 3 August 1995) holds a special place in my film noir heart. #BornOnThisDay #filmnoir #filmnoirbirthday #IdaLupino

Lee Van Cleef (1/9/1925 – 12/16/1989)
A Mount Rushmore of unforgettable film faces might include Clarence Leroy "Lee" Van Cleef, Jr. His looked like it was carved out of rock.
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"You'd better watch out, McPherson, or you'll finish up in a psychiatric ward. I doubt they've ever had a patient who fell in love with a corpse." -- Waldo Lydecker (LAURA)

Aren't all film buffs a bit like Detective Mark McPherson, in love with a ghost? Aren't we haunted by images, stories, and actors from long ago? Possessed by nostalgia for a past we didn't know?

Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992)
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