Crawford in “Mildred Pierce” (1945) walking down the pier at night, dressed in a fur coat and a deliciously ironic “halo hat” to match. Or Jane Greer in “Out of the Past” (1947), silhouetted by the ...
Lynn Bracken (Kim Basinger) in L.A. Confidential (1997) Image via Warner Bros. The film noir genre introduced audiences to the alluring but dangerous femme fatale in unforgettable classics such as ...