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The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 American crime film and film noir with an original screenplay by Raymond Chandler [3] [4] directed by George Marshall and starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and William Bendix. [5] It was Chandler's first original screenplay.
He was often paired with Veronica Lake in films noir, such as This Gun for Hire (1942), The Glass Key (1942), and The Blue Dahlia (1946). Whispering Smith (1948) was his first Western and color film, and Shane (1953) was noted for its contributions to the genre. Ladd also appeared in ten films with William Bendix.
Some sources attribute the Black Dahlia name to the 1946 film noir The Blue Dahlia, starring Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd (pictured). [157] According to newspaper reports shortly after the murder, Short received the nickname "Black Dahlia" from staff and patrons at a Long Beach drugstore in mid-1946 as wordplay on the film The Blue Dahlia (1946).
The year 1946 in film involved some significant events, ... The Blue Dahlia, starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake; Blue Skies, starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire;
Paired with another young rising star, Alan Ladd, Lake brought beauty and an evocative allure to popular dark crime films including the 1942 movies “This Gun for Hire” and “The Glass Key ...
Chandler's only produced original screenplay was The Blue Dahlia (1946). He had not written a denouement for the script and, according to producer John Houseman, Chandler concluded he could finish the script only if drunk, with the assistance of round-the-clock secretaries and drivers, which Houseman agreed to. The script gained Chandler's ...
The case sparked a media frenzy when news broke and Short was dubbed “the Black Dahlia” by the press — partly inspired by the popular 1946 film noir The Blue Dahlia, and because the 22-year ...
The media dubbed Short the “Black Dahlia,” a nickname inspired by the 1946 film The Blue Dahlia and influenced by Short’s rumored penchant for black clothing.