I need a drink. Could you pass me a cigarette? I'm not saying that I'm a freaking Sherlock Holmes genius, but I have a hard time watching murder mystery movies because I can usually figure how 'who done it' before they inform the audience. Let's all have a drink. Laura , the 1944 murder mystery staring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney , however, had me thinking the entire time. Andrews, who also starred in the recently viewed The Best Years of Our Lives , is Detective Lt. Mark McPherson, a...Read Full Story
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CinespectThe Picture of Laura HuntCinespectOtto Preminger's “Laura” is the supreme film noir/romance and Gene Tierney's beauty in the film is rivaled only by Kim Novak in just about anything from 1954-1964. On my nth viewing I realized that Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb) can be seen as playing ...
Capital New YorkOtto Preminger's 'Laura,' the film noir classic, and the analogies among love ...Capital New YorkThe troubling premise of the film is that homicide detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) is seduced by the portrait and aura of murder victim Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney). As he investigates and interviews the scoundrels, charlatans, and egomaniacs of ...
Daily TV and radio guideThe Boston GlobePG-13 (2009) Belle Starr 8 pm (TCM) The outlaw queen (Gene Tierney) of the Old West. NR (1941) Forgetting Sarah Marshall 8 pm, 10:30 pm (FX) A composer (Jason Segel) flies to Hawaii to forget the woman who broke his heart. R (2008) The Fugitive 8 pm, ...and more »
Bedford TodayTimes Past: More Plaza and Empire cinema memoriesBedford TodayBrian Peters of Duck Mill Lane, Bedford, also wrote in to confirm the name of the film being featured and its stars - Leo Genn, Gene Tierney and Glynis Johns. We also had further response to our picture of usherettes at The Empire in the 1950s. ...
Austin American-StatesmanThe last player gone, magazine's 1941 cover keeps players, Horns season timelessAustin American-StatesmanThe week before, Life's cover featured American actress Gene Tierney. The three weeks following, the magazine went with World War II themes, including General Douglas MacArthur and a US bomber plane. The Longhorns cover was the only one that year that ...and more »
Gene Tierney news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Gene Tierney performances. According to Wikipedia: Gene Tierney was an American actress and former fashion model. Acclaimed as one of the great beauties of her day, she is probably best-remembered for her performance in the title role of Laura in 1944.