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Laura is a 1944 American film noir produced and directed by Otto Preminger. It stars Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews, along with Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, and Judith Anderson. The screenplay by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Betty Reinhardt is based on the 1943 novel Laura by Vera Caspary.
Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) [1] was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed for her great beauty, she became established as a leading lady . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She was best known for her portrayal of the title character in the film Laura (1944), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her ...
Producer Zanuck offered the leading role of Ellen Berent to Gene Tierney, based on her performance in Twentieth Century Fox's film noir Laura (1944). [12] Faye Marlowe was originally cast in the role of Ruth, but ultimately replaced by Jeanne Crain. [11] Thomas Mitchell was cast as Glen Robie, though he too was replaced, by Ray Collins. [11]
Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson: Film noir: 20th Century Fox; from Vera Caspary novel; 5 Oscar nominations Law Men: Lambert Hillyer: Johnny Mack Brown, Jan Wiley: Western: Monogram: Law of the Valley: Howard Bretherton: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Lynne Carver: Western: Monogram: Leave It to the ...
The Razor's Edge is a 1946 American drama film based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1944 novel of the same name.It stars Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, and Herbert Marshall, with a supporting cast including Lucile Watson, Frank Latimore, and Elsa Lanchester.
The year 1944 in film involved some significant events, ... Laura, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb and Vincent Price;
Webb was in his mid-fifties when actor/director Otto Preminger chose him over the objections of 20th Century Fox chief Darryl F. Zanuck to play the elegant but evil radio columnist Waldo Lydecker, who is obsessed with Gene Tierney's character in the 1944 film noir Laura.
A Bell for Adano is a 1945 American war film directed by Henry King and starring John Hodiak and Gene Tierney. It was adapted from the 1944 novel of the same title by John Hersey, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1945. The story had been staged as a Broadway play in 1944 [3] starring Fredric March.