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The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 American crime film and film noir with an original screenplay by Raymond Chandler directed by George Marshall and starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and William Bendix. It was Chandler's first original screenplay.
The Blue Gardenia – a cynical take on press coverage of a sensational murder case similar to the real-life Black Dahlia killing – was the first installment of Lang's "newspaper noir" film trio, being followed in 1956 by While the City Sleeps and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt.
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife. Director. George Marshall. Writer. Raymond Chandler. Stars. Alan Ladd. Veronica Lake. William Bendix. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY. from $3.99. search Amazon. Add to Watchlist. Added by 10.2K users. 107 User reviews. 51 Critic reviews. Nominated for 1 Oscar.
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- Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
- George Marshall
- 1946-04-26
Less than a year after The Blue Dahlia was released the body of a young woman was found nude and cut in half in a grisly murder in Los Angeles. The victim’s nickname, “the Black Dahlia,” had been inspired by the popular film, which was set in Los Angeles. That murder remains unsolved.
- Lee Pfeiffer
The 1947 murder of a 22-year-old Hollywood hopeful in Los Angeles has never been solved. On the morning of January 15, 1947, a mother taking her child for a walk in a Los Angeles neighborhood...
Sep 20, 2017 · The corpse was identified as 22-year-old Elizabeth Short but the press chose the name Black Dahlia after a film noir released shortly before the murder entitled The Blue Dahlia. Elizabeth Short was a beautiful dark-haired woman, and her death would acquire a strangely iconic status over the years.
