The Blue Gardenia
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The Blue Gardenia is a 1953 film noir crime drama directed by Fritz Lang, best known for its story of a telephone operator entangled in a murder case after a drunken night she cannot fully remember.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Blue Gardenia canonical | 2 |
| "Blue Gardenia" | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime drama film
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film ⓘ film noir ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 1.37:1 ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Vera Caspary ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Nicholas Musuraca ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Fritz Lang ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editor | Edward Mann ⓘ |
| featuresSong |
The Blue Gardenia
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
"Blue Gardenia"
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| filmingProcess | 35 mm ⓘ |
| follows | telephone operator entangled in a murder case ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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film noir ⓘ mystery film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Ann Sothern
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Anne Baxter ⓘ George Reeves ⓘ Jeff Donnell ⓘ Raymond Burr ⓘ Richard Conte ⓘ Richard Erdman ⓘ Ruth Storey ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a minor but notable work in Fritz Lang's American period ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
amnesia
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crime and guilt ⓘ media sensationalism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Norah Larkin ⓘ |
| musicBy | Raoul Kraushaar ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | woman suspected of murder ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of a woman caught in a murder investigation she cannot clearly remember ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Fritz Lang filmography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A telephone operator becomes involved in a murder investigation after a drunken night she cannot fully remember ⓘ |
| producer | Alex Gottlieb ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Blue Gardenia Productions ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1953 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1953-03-21 ⓘ |
| runtime | 90 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Charles Hoffman ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| songPerformer | Nat King Cole ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 1950s ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
"Blue Gardenia"