Anyone know the name of the lighting technique used quite often in classic films, particularly noir filrms, where they would shine a beam of light across an actors eyes?

They did it as a running joke in the Addams family films where anytime Morticia's face is shown it is always in this noir style. for the life of me I cant find a proper name for it.

Side note there are two very similarly related lighting terms. First is "catch light" where the reflection of lights and objects in a persons eyes are noticeable and pronounced. The other is Chiaroscuro which is any sort of lighting where the dynamic range is cranked up so there is high contrast between light and dark in an image.

Attached is an example.

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