Ava Gardner- Old Hollywood sexiness and elegance- " The Killers" was released in 1946 and is a film noir. "The Killers was a hit with the public and critics alike, and justifiably nominated for four Academy Awards. Among those nominations, one was for Best Adapted Screenplay and that, too, can be traced to a contribution from Hellinger. It was he who got the film rights from friend Ernest Hemingway for one of his short stories. That said, though the opening 20 minutes of the film are true to Hemingway's original story, the remaining plot comes from screenwriter Anthony Veiller and, significantly, uncredited contributions from writer/directors John Huston (The Maltese Falcon) and Richard Brooks (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof). The characters and plot that these men created would inspire many more to come, such as Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction (1994). "Another Oscar nomination went to The Killers' director Robert Siodmak, well-deserved for the deep focus photography and extraordinary expressionist lighting that he and cinematographer Woody Bredell used to compose the film's impressive images. Not surprisingly, Siodmak was born in Germany and started his career at UFA, the studio which gave birth to German expressionism in films such as Metropolis (1927) and Pandora's Box (1929)."- from GlamAmor-
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