Laura (1944) Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Otto Preminger & Vera Caspary

<b><br />Book Vs. Movie: Laura</b><br /><b>The 1943 Novel Vs. the 1944 Classic Film<br /><br /></b>The Margos continue with the 1940s with the film noir genre--Laura starring the gorgeous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Tierney" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Gene Tierney</a> and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000763/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dana Andrews</a>, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916067/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Clifton Webb</a>, and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001637/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Vincent Price</a>. Based on the 1943 novel <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ring-Twice-Laura-Illustrated-Caspary-ebook/dp/B01MUW9PI3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ring Twice for Laura</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Caspary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Vera Caspary</a>, the story of the mysterious Laura Hunt, who is found murdered (or was she?), was initially serialized in <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=colliers" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Collier's magazine</a> in October and November 1942. It became a hit novel and was released as an Armed Services Edition to the troops in World War 2. <br /><b><br /></b>Narrated in the first person, “Laura” is going murdered at her apartment door with her face left unrecognizable. Detective Mark McPherson tries to find her killer and focuses on her former lover, Waldo Lydecker, and her finance Shelby Carpenter. In the middle of the investigation, Laura shows up, surprised that someone was killed in her place. So who is the real victim and killer? <br /><b><br /></b>The movie, directed by <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0695937/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Otto Preminger</a>, brings Gene Tierney as Laura, and from there, the character of Lydecker changes from an obese restauranter to a lanky writer who works in his tub. Dana Andrews plays the detective who falls in lo