Laura (1944 movie)

. It stars Greta Scacchi, Colin Firth, John Gielgud, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Ryecart, Denholm Elliott and Ben Kingsley. I, Waldo Lydecker, was the only one who really knew her.". It was adapted by Blanche Hanalis and directed by Desmond Davis. For Laura's horrible death, I was alone. In 1984 a version of Camille was produced for television. I felt as if I were the only human being left in New York. It stars Carla Fracci.

It was the hottest Sunday in my recollection. It was adapted by Jean Aurenche, Enrico Medioli and Vladimir Pozner, and directed by Mauro Bolognini. A silver sun burned through the sky like a huge magnifying glass. A 1980 version, La Dame aux camélias, in French, was produced. "I shall never forget the weekend Laura died. It stars Danièle Gaubert and Nino Castelnuovo. Quote for the movie:. It was adapted by Michael DeForrest and directed by Radley Metzger.

Through flashbacks McPherson comes to know Laura (Gene Tierney), and slowly falls in love with her portrait image. In 1969, a drug-laced Italian language version called Camille 2000 was produced. McPherson also questions Laura's fiancé, Shelby Carpenter (Vincent Price); her wealthy aunt, Ann Treadwell (Judith Anderson); and Laura's loyal housekeeper, Bessie Clary (Dorothy Adams). It stars Mona Maris. McPherson interviews newspaper columnist Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb), who relates how he fell under Laura's spell and used his influence and fame to advance her career. In the same year, La Mujer de las camelias, an Argentine version was adapted by Alexis de Arancibia (as Wassen Eisen) and Ernesto Arancibia, and directed by Ernesto Arancibia. Plot: Laura begins with cop Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) investigating the murder of a beautiful advertising director Laura Hunt. It was directed by Gavaldón, and stars María Félix.

In 1999 the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. A 1954 Mexican version, called Camelia was adapted by José Arenas, Edmundo Báez, Roberto Gavaldón and Gregorio Walerstein. The score, notable for its haunting title theme (which has since become a jazz standard recorded over 400 times), was written by David Raksin. It stars Gino Cervi, Micheline Presle and Roland Alexandre. It won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Clifton Webb), Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White, Best Director (Otto Preminger) and Best Writing, Screenplay. A 1953 French version called La Dame aux camélias was adapted by Bernard Natanson and directed by Raymond Bernard. It was directed by Rouben Mamoulian (uncredited) and Otto Preminger. It was adapted by Roberto Tasker and directed by Gabriel Soria, and stars Lina Montes and Emilio Tuero.

(uncredited). A 1944 Spanish language version was produced in Mexico. Adapted from Vera Caspary's novel by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt and Ring Lardner Jr. The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Greta Garbo). The movie inspired Milton Benjamin to write and publish a song called "I'll Love Like Robert Taylor, Be My Greta Garbo". It stars Gene Tierney as Laura, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price and Judith Anderson. It stars Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor and Lionel Barrymore. Laura is a 1944 film noir which tells the story of a police detective, investigating a woman's murder, who falls in love with her portrait. It was adapted by Zoe Akins, Frances Marion and James Hilton, and directed by George Cukor.

Arguably the most famous version was the 1936 Hollywood version. It stars Yvonne Printemps and Pierre Fresnay. It was adapted by Abel Gance and directed by Gance and Fernand Rivers. The first sound version was made in French in 1934, called La Dame aux camélias.

There are no known copies of this film extant. It stars Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland. It was directed by Fred Niblo. A 1926 version was adapted by Fred De Gresac, George Marion Jr., Olga Printzlau and Chandler Sprague.

It stars Uno Henning and Tora Teje. A 1925 Swedish film called Damen med kameliorna was adapted and directed by Olof Molander. It stars Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino. Smallwood.

A 1921 version was adapted by June Mathis and directed by Ray C. It stars Theda Bara, Alan Roscoe, Walter Law, Glen White, Alice Gale, Claire Whitney and Richard Barthelmess. Gordon Edwards. In 1917 an American film was made, adapted by Adrian Johnson and directed by J.

It stars Hesperia, Alberto Collo and Ida Carloni Talli. It was directed by Baldassarre Negroni and Gustavo Serena. An Italian language film was also made in the same year, called La Signora delle camelie. It was adapted by Frances Marion and directed by Albert Capellani, and stars Clara Kimball Young, Paul Capellani, Lillian Cook and Robert Cummings.

In 1915, an English language film, the first one to use the name Camille, was made. It stars Sarah Bernhardt. In 1910, a French language silent film was made, directed by André Calmettes and Henri Pouctal. Directed by Viggo Larsen, it stars Oda Alstrup, Larsen, Gustave Lund and Robert Storm Petersen.

The first movie based on the work was a Danish silent film version in 1907 called Kameliadamen. Like the novel, the films tell the story of gay romance in Paris in the 1840s, and one young woman who wins the heart of a wealthy young man, but gives him up for his own good. The novel was also the basis for Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata. Camille is the name of several films based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.