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An outstanding "oldie"
Wow! The more you see this film, the more you LOVE it!! Complex, bright, thrilling, the love themes between the main characters is weaved through out. The actors are individual & interact beautifully. Wonderfully, masterfully directed. This film noir piece of brilliance is a natural buy for your collection, esp if your into 40's movies. This is not a flick, it's a movie. The commentaries bring depth & understanding to a movie made in the long ago & far away of that era. <
>Gene Tierney is lovely, angelic & a mystery. She's perfect in this role, but she's only in the later half of it! Which is 1 reason why she didn't want the role. The detective falls in love with a dead woman, only to find out he's 1 of 3 men so possessed. The murder victim becomes a murder suspect. Clifton Webb, in his first on screen role, fresh off the stage, is wonderful as Waldo & was nominated for an Oscar. We see a young Vincent Price before his thriller era. All are great. <
>But mostly, the sweet & intense interaction between the painting & the love theme -- inseperable elements-- is so telling & omni present, that they're almost another main character in their ongoing presence & impact, casting a love spell over the viewer. <
>Press the purchase button here. All you'll need is a glass of wine, a bowl of popcorn & some kleenex. Buckle up & don't look back.

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Drifting Away
The drifting music of [[ASIN:B00008LDNZ Laura (Fox Film Noir)]] melts us into the portrait of a murdered beauty. We are infatuated. Vincent price walks into the scene and all we see is his usual handsome, tall and most charming presence. Judith Anderson claims your attention as she did in another unforgettable movie "Rebecca." Laura is cool and ravishing. <
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>After all though, I was subdued by Clifton Web, as the splendidly audacious Waldo Lydecker. His words are choice and sautéed in lemon juice; a wonderful contrast to Laura. I must agree with him, when gum-chewing Detective Lieutenant Mark McPherson has become infatuated with the portrait of Laura, he sneers "Have you ever dreamed of Laura as you wife, sitting by your side at the policeman's ball or in the bleachers... or listening to the heroic story of how you got a silver shinbone from a battle with a gangster? (pauses) ...I see you have." Laura's image does not transform into a housewife. <
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Laura
Preminger's impeccable murder-mystery is in many ways the standard against which all other noirs tend to be judged. Eerie and smart, with lots of deliciously twisted feints and counter-feints around the central questions of murder, blackmail, and poisonous passion, "Laura" is a marvel of confounding revelations. Add to that a superb cast: Tierney, enchanting as always, as the lust object; Andrews as a cop with a weakness for beauty; Price as an effeminate rogue; Webb as a prissy critic with a viper's tongue; and Anderson as Laura's scheming, jealous aunt. Preminger's stylish touch and confident direction earned this clever, mesmerizing whodunit five Oscar nods--and movie lovers' eternal admiration.