Film noir the most influential of the early noirs. A slew of now-renowned noir "bad girls" followed, such as those played by Rita Hayworth in "Gilda" (1946), Lana Turner in "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946), Ava Gardner in "The Killers" (1946), and Jane Greer in "Out of the Past" (1947). The iconic noir counterpart to the femme fatale, the private eye, came to the fore in films such as "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), with Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade, and "Murder, My Sweet" (1944), with Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe. The prevalence of the private eye as a lead character declined
The Wicklow Postman The Wicklow Postman The Wicklow Postman is a musical play with a book by Mark Price and music and lyrics mostly by Eugene O'Rourke and B.H. Janssen, that was popular in the 1890s. It was a vehicle for O'Rourke, an Irish comedian, who played the title role. A production opened in Boston, Massachusetts, in September 1892. The New York production, produced by Lee Harrison, was playing (at least) in the week of April 30, 1893, at H. R. Jacobs' Third Avenue Theatre. The show opened in Chicago on August 19, 1895, with O'Rourke and Bettina Girard in the female supporting