The Blue Dahlia

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crime drama film film film noir

The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 film noir crime drama, written by Raymond Chandler and starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, about a war veteran entangled in a murder mystery.

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The Blue Dahlia canonical 10
Blue Dahlia 1
The Blue Dahlia (screenplay) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
basedOn original story by Raymond Chandler ⓘ
cinematography Lionel Lindon ⓘ
colorProcess black and white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director George Marshall ⓘ
distributedIn theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Arthur P. Schmidt NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white film ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
hasFilmNoirElements hardboiled dialogue ⓘ
morally ambiguous characters ⓘ
urban night settings ⓘ
hasTheme marital infidelity ⓘ
murder investigation ⓘ
postwar disillusionment ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Johnny Morrison ⓘ
Joyce Harwood ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy Victor Young ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
notableFor collaboration between Raymond Chandler and Alan Ladd ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A returning war veteran becomes entangled in a murder mystery involving his unfaithful wife. ⓘ
producer John Houseman ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
releaseDecade 1940s ⓘ
releaseYear 1946 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 96 ⓘ
screenplayType original screenplay ⓘ
screenwriter Raymond Chandler ⓘ
setInPeriod post-World War II era ⓘ
starring Alan Ladd ⓘ
Doris Dowling ⓘ
Howard Da Silva ⓘ
Tom Powers ⓘ
Veronica Lake ⓘ
William Bendix ⓘ
title The Blue Dahlia self-link ⓘ
writer Raymond Chandler ⓘ

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Howard Da Silva → notableWork → The Blue Dahlia ⓘ
Joseph LaShelle → notableWork → The Blue Dahlia ⓘ
Joseph LaShelle → workedOn → The Blue Dahlia ⓘ
Veronica Lake → notableWork → The Blue Dahlia ⓘ
The Blue Dahlia → title → The Blue Dahlia self-link ⓘ
Raymond Chandler → notableWork → The Blue Dahlia ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blue Dahlia (screenplay)
Constance Frances Marie Ockelman → notableWork → The Blue Dahlia ⓘ
Alan Ladd → notableWork → The Blue Dahlia ⓘ
Connie Keane → notableWork → The Blue Dahlia ⓘ
subject surface form: Veronica Lake
John F. Seitz → notableWork → The Blue Dahlia ⓘ
John F. Seitz → workedOn → The Blue Dahlia ⓘ
William Bendix → notableWork → The Blue Dahlia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blue Dahlia