THE CYNEPHILE

"The cinema is cruel like a miracle." -Frank O'Hara

Where The Boys Spend Their Money [Lewis Hine, 1910]

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St. Louis, Missouri, May 1910. From the National Child Labor Committee Collection, Library of Congress.

Notable Marquees in Movies

In Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963), we spot a marquee for Rossellini’s Journey to Italy (1954). Very subtle, Jean-Luc!

Can you think of any other notable movie marquees in films? I’m especially interested in marquees that seem to fade into the background or appear as part of the mise-en-scène for no particular reason.