January 30, 2018
Noir City presents The Blue Dahlia, written by Raymond Chandler. "The only original screenplay penned by the legendary detective story writer was crafted under both deadline pressure (star Alan Ladd was leaving for military duty) and "the influence" (the script was banged out in a drunken fervor). No matter—it was a huge hit for Paramount, and the most famous pairing of Ladd and Veronica Lake, the most popular screen team of the 1940s. Ladd plays a returning vet suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife."