The DVD release of Laura boasts an added scene that was cut from the original theatrical release. It shows a more detailed account of how Waldo Lydecker acted as Svengali to young Laura, molding her style into the sophisticated creature that we come to know in the film.

In her 1979 autobiography, actress Gene Tierney describes her impression of co-star Clifton Webb: "There was a wonderfully brittle edge to Clifton, his manner, his speech, the way he moved. Part of what came across on the screen, the impression of a man very tightly strung, was true in person."

According to Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb suffered a nervous breakdown when they finished filming and checked himself into a New England sanitarium. "He came out of it rested and restored," she said in her autobiography.

According to the 1999 biography Vincent Price: A Daughter's Memoir by Victoria Price, Clifton Webb had befriended Price years before when they were both working as stage actors in New York. Webb had taken neophyte Price under his wing and introduced him around the theater circles, which helped him tremendously. "Clifton was the kindest man I ever knew in my life," he said.

Vincent Price later said that he and co-star Judith Anderson "got hysterical all the time" on the set of Laura. "We were thrown off the set day by day."

When actress Hedy Lamarr was asked after the film's release why she turned down the role of Laura, she supposedly replied, "They sent me the script, not the score."

According to the 2011 biography Sitting Pretty: The Life and Times of Clifton Webb, Webb recalled his first impressions of co-star Gene Tierney as follows: "I didn't meet Gene Tierney until we were well along in the picture, and I must confess I had never seen her on the screen. Her beauty and gayety enchanted me, even though she did baffle me in the beginning by turning on her heel and telling her secretary she wanted corn beef and cabbage for dinner, in the midst of a tense dramatic scene."

Clifton Webb was known for paying special attention to his own personal wardrobe, and always made a point of dressing impeccably. He carried his good taste onto the Laura set where he always made sure he was dressed well in character. Co-star Dana Andrews took notice of Webb's stylish taste in clothes while making the film and sought his advice afterwards on how to dress better. Webb happily indulged him.

Famous Quotes from LAURA

"I shall never forget the weekend Laura died. The silver sun burned through the sky like a huge magnifying glass. It was the hottest Sunday in my recollection. I felt as if I were the only human being left in New York. For with Laura's horrible death, I was alone. I, Waldo Lydecker, was the only one who really knew her."

--Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb)

"Murder is my favorite crime."

--Waldo, to Detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews)

"Laura considered me the wisest, the wittiest, the most interesting man she'd ever met. I was in complete accord with her on that point."

--Waldo to McPherson

"I tried to become the kindest, the gentlest, the most sympathetic man in the world."

"Have any luck?"

"Let me put it this way. I should be sincerely sorry to see my neighbors' children devoured by wolves."

--Waldo and McPherson

"McPherson, tell me, why did they have to photograph her in that horrible condition?"

"When a dame gets killed, she doesn't worry about how she looks." --Waldo and McPherson

"Young woman, either you have been raised in some incredibly rustic community, where good manners are unknown, or you suffer from the common feminine delusion that the mere fact of being a woman exempts you from the rules of civilized conduct. Or possibly both."

--Waldo, to Laura (Gene Tierney) upon their first meeting

"I don't use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in venom."

--Waldo

"You seem to be completely disregarding something more important than your career."

"What?"

"My lunch."

--Waldo, to Laura

"Dames are always pulling a switch on you."

-- McPherson

"Why don't you get down on all fours, Waldo? It's the only time you've ever kept your mouth shut."

--Shelby Carpenter (Vincent Price), to Waldo

"Haven't you heard of science's newest triumph - the doorbell?"

--Waldo, to McPherson

"I must say, for a charming intelligent girl, you've certainly surrounded yourself with a remarkable collection of dopes."

--McPherson, to Laura

Compiled by Andrea Passafiume