April 1946: The Blue Dahlia





















Oh, written by Raymond Chandler and with Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd. We’re out of B movie territory, finally.

Not that there’s anything wrong with B movies.

Wow! This is some kinda noir masterpiece! There’s just so much in here! Ladd’s semi-mute stoicicity (that’s a word). Lake’s dead-pan witty repartee. William Bendix simmering like some kind of natural force of violence and chaos. The rain. The cars. The bars.

It’s just kinda a little perfect thing.

A dizzying array of noir-ish twists and an ending I didn’t see coming.

It’s fabulous.

The Blue Dahlia. George Marshall. 1946.

Popular movies in April 1946 according to IMDB:

PosterVotesRatingMovie
58177.2The Blue Dahlia
5847.1The Green Years
26327.0Dragonwyck
26926.9Bedlam
3516.7Two Sisters from Boston
5796.7Devotion
3046.6Mysterious Intruder
2566.5The Falcon’s Alibi
7216.5The Virginian
24956.4Make Mine Music

This blog post is part of the Decade series.

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