Raymond Burr in The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia is a 1953 black-and-white film noir directed Fritz Lang. The first of Lang's "newspaper noir" movie trio (with While The City Sleeps and Beyond A Reasonable Doubt), The Blue Gardenia criticizes newspaper coverage of a sensational murder case. Nat King Cole sings the title song and appears in the movie. The theme song was written by Nelson Riddle. Peter Bogdanovich called the film "A particularly venomous picture of American life." 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Black and White is a computer game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Electronic Arts. ... Film noir is a stylistic approach to genre films forged in depression-era detective and gangster movies and hard-boiled detective stories which were a staple of pulp fiction. ... Friedrich Anton Christian Lang (December 5, 1890 - August 2, 1976) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer, one of the most famous emigrés from Germanys school of expressionism to work in Hollywood. ... Nat King Cole in The Blue Gardenia (1953) Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965) was a hugely popular American singer and jazz musician. ... Nelson Riddle and Frank Sinatra, 1956 Nelson Riddle (June 1, 1921 - October 6, 1985) was a well-known American bandleader, arranger and orchestrator whose career spanned from the late 1940s until the early 1980s. ...

Anne Baxter (All About Eve) stars as Norah Larkin, a single woman heart broken after a "Dear John" letter, who wakes up after a night of drinking to find herself accused of murder. This was after passing out in the apartment of victim Harry Prebble (Raymond Burr). Named The Blue Gardenia Murderess by a newspaper columnist Casey Mayo (Richard Conte), Norah tries to remember the details of her ill-fated night. She eventually teams with the newspaper man to help solve the mystery. Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress. ... Raymond William Stacey Burr (May 21, 1917 - September 12, 1993) was an actor, most known for his roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside. ... Richard Conte (March 24, 1914 - April 15, 1975) was an American actor who appeared in films such as Ill Cry Tomorrow and The Godfather. ...

Main Cast

Anne Baxter.... Norah Larkin
Richard Conte.... Casey Mayo
Ann Sothern.... Crystal Carpenter
Raymond Burr.... Harry Prebble
George Reeves.... Police Capt. Sam Haynes Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress. ... Richard Conte (March 24, 1914 - April 15, 1975) was an American actor who appeared in films such as Ill Cry Tomorrow and The Godfather. ... Ann Sothern (January 22, 1909 _ March 15, American film actress. ... Raymond William Stacey Burr (May 21, 1917 - September 12, 1993) was an actor, most known for his roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside. ... George Bessolo Reeves (born George Keefer Brewer) (January 6, 1914–June 16, 1959) was an American actor, best known for playing the role of Superman on television in the 1950s. ...

External Links

Senses of Cinema (http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/01/14/blue_gardenia.html)