Laura

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Laura, 1944.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Laura, 1944.

Ben Mankiewicz and guests Susan Wright and Diane Baker introduce Laura, 1944.

Betrothed Shelby (Vincent Price), whom we've just met, and snooty columnist friend Waldo (Clifton Webb) are composed as they visit, with cop McPherson (Dana Andrews), the home of the murdered title character (Gene Tierney), with the famous theme introduced, in Otto Preminger's Laura, 1944.

Columnist Waldo (Clifton Webb) spying on the murdered title character (Gene Tierney) in flashback, resuming narration for cop McPherson (Dana Andrews), moving on to her first meeting with Shelby (Vincent Price), facilitated by cook Louise (Kathleen Howard), in Otto Preminger's Laura, 1944.

Beginning his debriefing of cop McPherson (Dana Andrews) about his relations with the victim, prissy columnist Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb) describes his first meeting with the murdered title character (Gene Tierney), her first appearance on screen, in Otto Preminger's Laura, 1944.

Clifton Webb as the unforgettable Waldo Lydecker narrates the opening of Otto Preminger's production of the Vera Caspary novel, Dana Andrews introduced as Detective McPherson, opening Laura, 1944, starring Gene Tierney.

A police detective (Dana Andrews) falls in love with the woman (Gene Tierney) whose murder he's investigating in Laura (1944), directed by Otto Preminger.