The Blue Dahlia
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Starring: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix
Director: George Marshall
Writer: Raymond Chandler
Producer: John Houseman
The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 American crime film and film noir with an original screenplay by Raymond Chandler directed by George Marshall and starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and William Bendix. It was Chandler's first original screenplay.
Trivia
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay.
- In 1945 Alan Ladd was one of Paramount's top stars.
- Paramount kept applying for deferments so he could make films but Ladd was due for induction in May 1945.
- The studio wanted to make a movie starring him before that happened, but had nothing suitable.
Filming Locations
- Malibu
- Santa Monica
Previous Showings
7 Runs • 5 Festivals
9,187 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (May 29, 1946)
Original Run: May 29, 1946 (Wednesday - Saturday)
All runs on record (7):
- May 29, 1946 (Wednesday - Saturday)Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake
- January 16 - 19, 1997 · 3,006 ticketsw/ Moon Over Miami, The Mask of Dimitrios
- January 31 - February 2, 2003 · 2,059 ticketsFilmNoirw/ This Gun for Hire
- April 18 - 20, 2007 · 1,106 ticketsFilm Noir, Val Lewton, 1930s musicals and more!w/ Bad Day at Black Rock
- October 14 - 15, 2010 · 532 ticketsFall 2010 Featuring film noir every Thursday and Fridayw/ The Big Sleep
- October 10 - 13, 2013 · 1,556 ticketsThe Best of Bogart and Film Noir Classicsw/ Dark Passage
- October 26 - 27, 2024 · 928 ticketsFilm Noir plus Val Lewtonw/ The Killers