Evening viewing recommendation? Otto Preminger's classic mystery LAURA (1944)—one of the most sophisticated noirs of the 1940s, starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb—now playing in our Fox Noir series on the Criterion Channel! 🖤 https://www.criterionchannel.com/fox-noir | The Criterion Collection

Otto Preminger on the success of ‘Laura’ (1944) and how the critics viewed it upon release: “Bogdanovich: Have you found, in later years, that the success of Laura, coming so early in your film career, was more of a hindrance with critics than an asset? Preminger: I don’t ever think of anything in terms like those. Besides, Laura became a classic only later on, which is a great satisfaction for me. I got very mixed reviews at first—some really bad ones, in fact. I met one of the reviewers after

2K views · 46 reactions | Laura (1944) directed by Otto Preminger. Commissioned to score Preminger’s film, Raksin composed the haunting theme just days after separating from his first wife, drawing on her “Dear John” letter for inspiration and channeling his heartbreak into one of the most memorable and recognizable melodies in cinema history. | History of Cinema | Facebook