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Disc #1 -- Studio Classics: Set 8 / Black Widow
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Disc #2 -- Studio Classics: Set 8 / Call Northside 777
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Disc #3 -- Studio Classics: Set 8 / Dangerous Crossing
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Disc #4 -- Studio Classics: Set 8 / Laura
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Disc #1 -- Studio Classics: Set 8 / Black Widow
1. Main Titles / Party Invitation
2. A New Friend
3. Nancy's Story
4. Roommates
5. Networking
6. Writer's Analysis
7. Nancy's Death
8. Crime Scene
9. Investigation
10. Lies
11. Unwelcome Counsel
12. Shocking Letter
13. Questioning the Neighbors
14. Murder Suspect
15. Playing Hardball
16. Checking out Nancy
17. Pursuing the Truth
18. A Theory
19. Exposed
20. The Real Nancy
21. Confession
22. Alternate Theory
23. The Truth
24. Acting Innocent
Disc #2 -- Studio Classics: Set 8 / Call Northside 777
1. Main Titles
2. Cop Killing
3. Idictment
4. Call Northside 777
5. A Mother's Faith
6. Story Angles
7. Juicy Headlines
8. Picture Puzzle
9. Selling Papers
10. Just Name the Man
11. Lie Detector Test
12. Interference
13. Slinging Mud
14. Looking for Wanda
15. Refusal
16. Finish Story
17. Blowup
18. Solid Evidence
19. Proof of Innocence
20. A Good World
Disc #3 -- Studio Classics: Set 8 / Dangerous Crossing
1. Main Titles / Honeymoon Cruise
2. Missing
3. Wrong Room
4. Doubt
5. Contact
6. Search
7. Playing Along
8. Mysterious Caller
9. Missing Person Alert
10. Pretending
11. Caught
12. Dr. Manning
13. Conspiracy
14. Evidence of Delusion
15. Possible Threat
16. Pursued
17. Confined
18. Allas
19. Imposter
20. Reflections
Disc #4 -- Studio Classics: Set 8 / Laura
1. Main Titles
2. Interrogation
3. A Question of Motive
4. The Apartment
5. Initial Encounter
6. Character Assassination
7. A Job Interview
8. Background Check
9. Confrontation
10. Decision Time
11. Cheap Scotch
12. Falling in Love
13. Surprise Entrance
14. Shelby's Tale
15. Too Much
16. Celebration
17. Prime Suspect
18. Grilled
19. Like Clockwork
20. A Second Chance
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Directors
Otto Preminger
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Producers
Otto Preminger
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Composers (Music Score)
David Raksin
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Editors
Louis Loeffler
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Screen Writers
Jerry Cady
Jay Dratler
Samuel Hoffenstein
Ring Lardner, Jr.
Elizabeth Reinhardt
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Set Designers
Paul S. Fox
Thomas K. Little
Others
Art Director - Lyle Wheeler
Art Director - Leland Fuller
Cinematographer - Joseph La Shelle
Composer (Music Score) - David Raksin
Costume Designer - Bonnie Cashin
Makeup - Guy Pearce
Musical Direction/Supervision - Emil Newman
Play Author - Vera Caspary
Production Designer - Paul S. Fox
Production Designer - Thomas K. Little
Sound/Sound Designer - Harry M. Leonard
Sound/Sound Designer - E. Clayton Ward
Special Effects - Fred Sersen
With its collection of decadent New Yorkers embroiled in a murder mystery,
Otto Preminger's hit
"Laura" (1944) stands as an early, elegantly crafted film noir.
Preminger's low-key approach to a story of lethal obsession allows the suggestions of sexual deviance emanating from
Clifton Webb's epicene critic Lydecker,
Dana Andrews's cynical yet besotted necrophiliac cop, and the pragmatic
Vincent Price-
Judith Anderson couple to permeate the seductively cool atmosphere.
David Raksin's famously bewitching theme invokes titular mysterious beauty
Gene Tierney, but it is questionable if the real woman can measure up to the power of portraiture and Lydecker's memory. "Proper" love may triumph but it is a compromised victory. One of the most popular suspense films of the 1940s,
"Laura" earned Oscar nominations for Best Director, Supporting Actor for
Webb, "Interior" (now Art) Direction, and the sharp screenplay based on the
Vera Caspary novel, winning the prize for
Joseph LaShelle's black and white cinematography. Released the same year as
Billy Wilder's caustic noir
"Double Indemnity",
"Laura" was another intimation of the wave of cinematic darkness that would crest post-World War II. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
- Thomas K. Little : Best Black and White Art Direction - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1944 (Nominee)
- Lyle Wheeler : Best Black and White Art Direction - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1944 (Nominee)
- Leland Fuller : Best Black and White Art Direction - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1944 (Nominee)
- Joseph la Shelle : Best Black and White Cinematography - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1944 (Winner)
- Otto Preminger : Best Director - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1944 (Nominee)
- Jay Dratler : Best Screenplay - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1944 (Nominee)
- Samuel Hoffenstein : Best Screenplay - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1944 (Nominee)
- Elizabeth Reinhardt : Best Screenplay - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1944 (Nominee)
- Clifton Webb : Best Supporting Actor - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1944 (Nominee)
