#the blue dahlia

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DORIS DOWLING and ALAN LADD in The Blue Dahlia (1946) dir. George Marshall

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first off, thanks @more-than-tender-curiosity for getting this clip!

second off. second off… hoo boy. TWO INSTANCES OF JAY.

alan also sounds like he’s bouta cry which. yea. hugging him. he deserves hugs.

the natsby vibes in this? god. what did we do to deserve this—“why don’t you forget about her?”

the flinch. i am going to talk about the flinch. alan Hated gunshots. you can see this in the start of 1949, and also in a few other movies—Shane being a great example, when Shane shows off his gun to Joey. but why would he flinch here? there’s no gun—it’s just macdonald carey’s hand. is it a character thing or his acting? i don’t know, to be honest, and i desperately want to. he’d been punched in several other films by this point—The Blue Dahlia and The Glass Key, certainly, come to mind. but it’s just carey’s hand. i would say that the flinch—and the reasoning behind it—is probably up for personal interpretation.

and then. “LET/LEAVE ME ALONE.” i can’t very well tell if it’s let or leave me alone, and both would fit just fine. but his voice—his voice. i can’t remember exactly which other movies alan raised his voice in, perhaps The Carpetbaggers? but anyhow, it’s the same in 1949 as it is in whatever other movie he raised his voice for. it’s not bad, honestly.

and also the music at the end. movie composers in the 40s and 50s… i desperately think there should be more recognition of 40s & 50s movie composers.

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"Apologise, darling? But you don't have to - you're a hero. A hero can get away with anything." THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946) dir. George Marshall

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Alan Ladd

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THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946)

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Veronica Lake

The Blue Dahlia 

1946

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It all blows up in your face sometimes, doesn't it? Veronica Lake as Joyce Harwood in The Blue Dahlia (1946) dir. George Marshall

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Joyce Harwood: Well, don't you even say 'Good night'?

Johnny Morrison: It's good-bye, and it's tough to say good-bye.

Joyce Harwood: Why is it? You've never seen me before tonight.

Johnny Morrison: Every guy's seen you before somewhere. The trick is to find you.

-The Blue Dahlia, dir. George Marshall (1946)

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This is How You Lose The Time War

Get it? They’re sumac seeds… btw red is a cardinal and blue is a mountain bluebird