A History on Film Noir

Created in 1946 by a french person called Nino Frank. It took advantage of the emotions during the war i.e. anxiety and suspision. Society had alot of employment from women, immigrants and the jews while the men were fighting in the war. Immigrants and the Jewish people of eastern europe were fleeing the Nazis and ultimatly brought their ideas, ideals and stylistics to Hollywood. When the men came back and the war was over they all wanted their jobs back but nearly all the jobs in Society were taken. Film Noir involves alot of the crime genre which were all at low budget due to the aftermath of the depression. Hollywood was mostly taken up by film noir industry just a few years after it was created and became a success.

Pulp fiction (printed short stories) became extremely popular during when they were widely published between 1896 through to the 1950s, some of the genres introduced such as Western, Sci-fi and Crime were good examples of what to expect in Film Noir during this time, However WWII had a large impact on pulp fiction as paper was being consumed quicker and the business began to crumble. The loss of pulp fiction magazines helped Film Noir attract more of an audience.
After WWII, The Cold War started by fear and espionage by the Soviet Union almost immediatly due to MCcarthysm which accused americans of being communists. The primary target was the entertainment industry and many actor careers were ruined which had quite an impact on the industry, however the verdict was later overturned and the punishment to the entertainment industry was considered illegal.