1947sNightmare Alleywas shorter and more subdued, and had to imply things more than it could show them.

Both versions ofNightmare Alleyare good, and its honestly hard to say which one is genuinely better.

Anyone who likes film noir and/or neo-noir movies ought to check out both.

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The source material was a play calledHeaven Can Wait.

Guess he was Beatten by the other nominees.

Theressinging, dancing, young love, death, and, ultimately, tragedy.

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Its all good though, because like withA Star Is Born,West Side Storyis pretty much timeless.

It still works, it still entertains, and the size of it production-wise still impresses.

Well, its an argument thats being made here.

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Dr. Lilith Ritter lighting a match in Nightmare Alley.

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Mattie Ross and Rooster Cogburn talking while riding horses in True Grit.

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Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga performing in ‘A Star is Born’

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Tony and Riff from West Side Story looking menacingly at each other during the performance of Cool.

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Saoirse Ronan as Jo March in Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’

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Charlton Heston as Ben-Hur steering white horses in a chariot race in ‘Ben-Hur’ (1959).

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William Costigan Jr. has a tense conversation with mob boss Frank Costello in The Departed

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