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He was an opera singer at 17, then became a dancer in nightclubs. He later was a dance school proprietor and instructor, turned to vaudeville, then became a stage star. He was 51 years old, when he was cast in the film 'Laura' in 1944 and became the Hollywood star that he is primarily known as today. He went on to star in the original version ...
Mar 8, 2024 · Laura. (1944 film) Gene Tierney as Laura Hunt. Dana Andrews as Mark McPherson. Clifton Webb as Waldo Lydecker. Laura is a 1944 film about a police detective who falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating. Directed by Otto Preminger. Written by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Betty Reinhardt, based on the novel by Vera ...
On the trail of her murderer, McPherson quizzes Laura's arrogant best friend, gossip columnist Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb) and her comparatively mild fiancé, Shelby Carpenter (Vincent Price ...
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Laura had innate breeding, but she deferred to my judgment and taste. I selected a more attractive hairdress for her. I taught her what clothes were more becoming to her. Through me, she met everyone: The famous and the infamous. Her youth and beauty, her poise and charm of manner captivated them all. She had warmth, vitality.
Sep 24, 2013 · Laura (1944) with Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews. September 24, 2013 Greg Orypeck Andrews, Dana, Tierney, Gene. “I write with a goose quill dipped in venom.”——Waldo Lydecker. I f from Laura you remember the best of Clifton Webb’s acerbic lines and David Raksin’s lush music—and, oh, yes, the long scene where Dana Andrews walks ...
The film is an even mixture of noir, whodunit and psychological romance.The entire cast is picture perfect: Gorgeous Gene Tierney is the elusive Laura, a role she was born to play, Dana Andrews is the detective smitten with her painted portrait, Clifton Webb plays Laura's possessive benefactor, Vincent Price is her suspicious suitor, and Judith ...
Laura (1944) Laura (1944) is a classic murder mystery web of love film noir drama of meagre and unhealthy male obsession directed by Otto Preminger, starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb and Vincent Price. The premise of the story is that three men are fixated on the one woman, Laura Hunt, and as the story starts we visit one of ...
