Free Movie - "LAURA" (1944)

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[V K Lee]

Detective Lieutenant Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) investigates the killing of Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney),
found dead on her apartment floor before the
movie starts. McPherson builds a mental picture
of the dead girl from the suspects he interviews.
He is helped by the striking painting of the late
lamented Laura hanging on her apartment wall.
But who would have wanted to kill a girl with whom
every man she met seemed to fall in love?
To make matters worse, McPherson finds
himself falling under her spell too.
Then one night, halfway through his investigations,
something seriously bizarre happens to make
him re-think the whole case.
From IMDB)

[Dawgreg]

Well I guess that answers my question about where the portrait might have gone....I knew she had an afflicted child and I forgot about her other daughter......my bad.

[Dawgreg]

Well I guess that answers my question about where the portrait might have gone....I knew she had an afflicted child and I forgot about her other daughter......my bad.

[vaskypilot]

The rubella incident inspired the Agatha Christie novel “The Mirror Crack’d “

[fella]

She was pretty wild as Ellie May in “Tobacco Road”.

[beef]

How does Internet Archive get away with posting all these movies, downloadable, no less. Don’t get me wrong, I like it a lot. Anymore, if I hear about a movie I might like to see, I go to Internet Archive and I most of the time I can just download it. I have a pretty good collection of apocalyptic movies from the ‘70s, courtesy of IA. I suppose I should give them some $$.

I just happened to think about Videodrome, which I have wanted to see. Downloading now.

[V K Lee]

I remember that movie, 1970’s with James Woods.
It stuck in memory as having a high body count, televised
broadcasting, and a trip to an island studio by Woods
LOL that’s what is remembered, right or wrong. It was difficult to follow the plot. First time to see James Woods,
who has since been seen in many other films, series.

Agree with you re the Wayback Machine. If only there were
some search engines which could catalog information from this section.

[MayflowerMadam]

I remember that movie — used to have the Beta of it.

The music from “Laura” is beautiful.

[MayflowerMadam]

She was on a cruise we took in the early ‘80s. Always was alone, which I thought was strange. I would expect a sort of entourage.

[MayflowerMadam]

“He should have married her instead of the New Age Witch, Nancy.”

Really. After RR died, she had a stream of weirdos and libs (is that redundant) up at the Reagan Library. I objected most to Teddy Kennedy speaking there, and stood at the corner protesting when they drove by.

[V K Lee]

“The music from “Laura” is beautiful.”
_________________________
I agree.

[Dr. Sivana]

But wasn’t Nancy the one who made Reagan become a Republican in the first place?

Only indirectly. Her step-father, Edward Davis was more instrumental in focusing Ron's intellectual energies.

[Dr. Sivana]

I just rewatched the movie for the first time in 20 years. Odd, as I have the DVD. Anyway, I hadn’t realized that a moustache-less Vincent Price plays an important role far removed from his later parts. He actually is portrayed as a shallow moneyless playboy hunk type. In just a few years, he would have been a perfect match for the Clifton Webb role.

[SamAdams76]

I'm pretty sure the copyrights on many of these older movies have expired and thus they are in the public domain.

It wasn't until 1966 that longer copyrights for films went into effect (extending from 28 to 75 years).

So we will have to wait until 2041 or so before movies from that time start entering pubic domain.

[Beowulf9]

I have always loved this movie since my mother first showed it to me.

[V K Lee]

He played the ‘boy toy’ to perfection, just as he played
an ‘over the top’ Dr. Phibes. However, he is best remembered
in the movie “Fall of the House of Usher” (1960)
That movie caused many nightmares when first seen.

[V K Lee]

Fortunate to have been introduced to a good many of these
earlier films by a local tv station in the DFW area. So MANY
good movies were seen. Laura, The Uninvited, Portrait of
Jennie, The Thin Man, That Night in Rio. Truly, “Hollywood's
Golden Era”.

[Beowulf9]

Those first three are all favorites of mine.

[Dr. Sivana]

For movies named after women, I would include “Carrie” (NOT the ‘70s horror flick) and “Rebecca”.

[V K Lee]

Just off the top of my head, unfamilar with ‘Carrie’, but
do remember seeing ‘Rebecca’ and enjoying the film very
much. Do you find either of these being shown, anywhere,
in today’s world? Turner has probable rights on Rebecca;
will need to check IMDB as to Carrie, storyline and stars.

[Dr. Sivana]

I took my daughter to see “All Abiut Eve” on the big screen.

fathomevents.com

Carrie has strong performances by the male leads, Laurence Olivier and Eddie Albert.