"Leave her to heaven" made a huge impression on me when i saw it as a kid. The lake scene was unforgetable.

I have loved the film "Laura" and its theme song for many years. Thanks for your reaction to this wonderful film. FYI - Vincent Price's comment about Gene Tierney's "odd beauty" being "timeless and imperfect" is referring to her famous overbite, which many found endearing. For example, in the episode "House Arrest" of the 1970s American TV series M.A.S.H., which takes place during the Korean War, a group of Army doctors and nurses are watching the film "Leave Her to Heaven" starring Gene Tierney and Cornell Wilde, and the following conversation takes place: "Hawkeye: "What happened?" Henry: "Cornell Wilde just kissed Gene Tierney." Hawkeye: "On the teeth? If he straightens that overbite I'll kill him!" Price may have been referring to the Japanese aesthetic called wabi-sabi which finds beauty in things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. Taken from the Japanese words wabi, which translates to less is more, and sabi, which means attentive melancholy, wabi-sabi refers to an awareness of the transient nature of earthly things and a corresponding pleasure in the things that bear the mark of this impermanence. Vincent Price was an art historian and collector who trained at Yale University and The Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London. In the late 1950s, Vincent Price and his wife, Mary, donated 90 works from their private collection - then valued at more than $5 million - to East Los Angeles College (ELAC). Price was a champion of the Los Angeles arts scene, and frequently lectured and attended classes as a guest at ELAC, a community college. What started as a modest teaching collection grew into the Vincent Price Art Museum (VPAM), which today holds more than 9,000 objects reflecting Price's own collecting interests, including American, African, Native American, Japanese, and European artworks. One quibble that I have with your reaction is that I don't understand why you kept going on about poison possibly being in the whiskey and them not knowing how the victim was killed (at timecodes 21:04, 23:55, 24:01 and 25:45 in the video) when it was established near the beginning of the film (starting at timecode 3:17 in the video) that the victim was killed with a shotgun at close range. When this movie was made, they couldn't explicitly state that the victim was shot in the face with a shotgun, but strongly implied it by the fact that the victim was shot with buckshot at close range, Laura's aunt (Ann Treadwell) collapsed when she saw the body, and Laura's aunt incorrectly identified the body, all of which was established starting at timecode 5:10 in the video. This was critical to the plot since it established that the victim was disfigured by the shotgun blast so that she could not be correctly identified at first, but was presumed to be Laura because of the circumstances and the similarity of Diane Redfern's hair and body to Laura's.

Dana Andrews was unbelievably fantastic in "The Oxbow Incident", one of the greatest, underrated westerns of all time.

I'm so happy to see someone else react to this classic! I saw it on television in my late teens, and from then on, I was hooked on film noir. The dream-like quality of the film is part of what makes it so memorable. Interestingly, Gene Tierney made five films with Dana Andrews (their last film together is another great noir, Where The Sidewalk Ends), four with Vincent Price, and another film with Clifton Webb, The Razor's Edge. David Raksin was such a talented composer. And that painting! I love it so much I got a photo print of it.

Please put The Ghost and Mrs Muir on your list. Be still my heart...

A true classic with great performances. I love how Dana Andrews smirks as Clifton Webb gets out of the bathtub. And yes I was surprised the first time I saw it.

I'm so glad you watch older classic films, and that you have the intelligence to appreciate them. Shine on 💫✨️

Great reaction to one of the best noir films ever produced. Check out Gene Tierney in Leave Her to Heaven (1945) for which she received an Academy Award nomination. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) is another of her great films. .Also check out Dame Judith Anderson is her most famous role as Mrs. Danvers in Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (1940).

Movies With Marty: The character "Waldo Lydecker" was NEVER involved, or had a career, in the Madison Avenue Advertising world of Manhattan, N.Y.C. "Lydecker" is a N.Y.C. based celebrity due to his nationally syndicated newspaper column; he also has a radio program, most likely broadcast coast to coast. That is why "Laura Hunt" seeks his commercial endorsement - with Waldo potentially being paid $5000.00 for doing so - for the advertising account she is working on for the "WALLACE" brand of writing "pen". "It is generally assumed that Lydecker was based on Alexander Woollcott, the theatre critic who wrote 'Shouts and Murmurs' for The New Yorker (magazine) and started the Algonquin Round Table." "Laura" and "Waldo" first meet when she interrupts his lunch while he is dining at the ALGONQUIN HOTEL in midtown Manhattan.

My new, favourite, classic film channel. Gene Tierney is brilliant in, Leave Her To Heaven (1945). Dana Andrews' talent is terribly underrated.

You should put Leave Her To Heaven on your list, Gene Tierney is stellar in it.

One of my favorites since I was a teen. Glad you enjoyed it. Gene was stunning and gave a nuanced performance. Loved Clifton, Dana, Vincent and Judith, and the great dualogue, music, direction and cinematography. One point you didn't memtion was after Laura's return - the audience wonders who was the intended victim? You were wrong on one point - the murder was not done by poison.

one of my favorite films of all time ♥️ so glad you reacted to this, what a rare treat!

Lydecker was not in advertising, he was a famous columnist, and , radio personality,Laura approached him to endorse the pen her company represented.

A personal favourite film.

I just want to say I love your setup! It looks so cozy. I love the nice chair and the suit and tie and the black and white. Keep it up! I know not everyone likes older movies but those that do are super loyal’

Back in the 60's our head football coach would be a substitute in the off season. His classroom was the auditorium & he'd usually show films instead of classwork. Every few months he'd play "Laura" on the old time projectors. I suspect Coach Swan had a thing for Gene lol. A few times he showed real footage of the nazi death camps when they were liberated. That sent my 14 year old brain in a whole new direction....

Love this movie. Thank you for reacting to it. Good luck with your channel.

Hello Marty, I loved your trivia section at the end. Sometimes the back stories to movies are as intriguing as the movie itself (sometimes more). Also with all the intrigue and politics behind the scenes, it’s a miracle the movie gets made at all. I really appreciate all the care you take with your reactions. It sets you apart.

A great film noir and a role that helped put Gene Tierney on the map. I highly recommend Leave Her to Heaven which she did the following year and earned her an academy award nomination. Other films worth checking out are The Ghost and Mrs Muir, Whirlpool and Where the Sidewalk Ends. Gene was a very beautiful woman who unfortunately battled with mental illness. Clifton Webb was a master at playing cynical characters. It's fun to watch Vincent Price in his younger years before he became the master of the macabre. Nice reaction.

One of my favorite classic films, and I very much enjoyed your reaction! And I always appreciate how you go into the backstory and making of the film in your remarks. Thank you for being open watching and reacting to the classics!

Every detective show/ long time series has their "Laura" episode (detective falls in love with murdered victim). That's why it feels so familiar, but this was the first!

The film and titular character partially inspired "Twin Peak's" Laura Palmer as well as Hitchcock's "Vertigo." Interesting coincidence that "Twin Peaks," "Vertigo," and "Laura" have three of the finest film musical scores.

I watched this for the first time recently as well and I was blown away by it. It is a classic "whodunit" Noir and the plot twist in the middle was something I wasn't expecting and I think Otto Preminger wants the audience to think that McPherson is dreaming that he is seeing Laura after falling in love with the portrait. I also love Gene Tierney and to be fair it's hard not to love her. Not only is her performance incredible in this but her beauty is as well. Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb and Vincent Price also all gave excellent performances. Definately in my top 5 for Film Noir. I would also recommend The Big Sleep (1946) and The Maltese Falcon (1941) both starring Humphrey Bogart as Private Detectives.

Party on Marty. Enjoying your classic reactions.

Tierney & Price also played a couple the following year in the deeply disturbing 'Leave Her to Heaven'.

"Out of the Past", "Double Indemnity", "Farewell, My Lovely." These are worth a look. Here's a fact: Director Otto Preminger was a holy terror when it came to actors.

If you want to see an example of Vincent Price's singing, he plays the bad baronet in a performance of Gilbert & Sullivan's Ruddigore. You can do a search of KZfaq typing in his name and "Ruddigore" in the search bar. (I admit, not one of the best productions of this operetta.) One notable song was the famous patter song, which certainly taxes a singer's diction: "Ruddigore 45 So it really doesnt matter"

Marty, I'm making it my mission to help you with name pronunciation where I can. Otto Preminger, name ending, pronounced "ger", as in ginger.

Waldo isn't in advertising at any point: he's a celebrity journalist and broadcaster and Laura wants him to endorse the product so that she, as a working in advertising, can get a leg up in her company.

Otto Preminger (soft g sound like ginger) was a larger than life character who directed many films. He had an affair with Gypsy Rose Lee the famous stripper and fathered a son with her. Lee went public with her son’s paternity and Otto embraced Erik (who looks exactly like him.) out of wedlock births were scandalous back then. (See Loretta Young and Clark Gable.) I really enjoy your reactions. Casablanca and The Apartment. 👍🏻

Enjoyed your reaction as always ! In terms of your observation that all actresses from these older movies appear gorgeous, I think that because they are so feminine.

14:01 Since it was released during WW2, the scene with her getting a new hairdresser and new clothes was considered too frivolous.

Interesting to see Vincent Price in a different kind of role before he got typecast as the king of schlock horror movies.

Ann was played by stage legend Judith Anderson, who became famous for bringing "Medea" to life on Broadway. You can also see her as the chilling Mrs. Danvers in "Rebecca", which I definitely recommend. The theme, "Laura" has lyrics: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ab-qmtSU0d_aqGQ.html. Clifton Webb is so good here; he plays variations of Lydecker, some more benign, some less, though, I think, not any of them with his fate here. He also played one of my father's favorite characters, a denigrating genius of a babysitter, Mr. Belvedere, in a series of movies beginning with "Sitting Pretty" (yes, there was a tv series decades later featuring this character). He had been a dancer and something of a sex object when he was a younger man; and there's a terrific song featured in "It's Always Fair Weather", sung by the great Delores Gray, where she winds up by singing she had a guy "who's Marlon Brando and Clifton Webb combined": kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q6hde7pmkp_Sd3k.html

It's one of the Top 5 Noir!

46:43 He's put her on a pedestal. He won't let her come down to be one of ordinary women arm in arm with an ordinary man. Doesn't matter if that's what she wants

Maybe Price's comment about her "odd beauty" referred to her famous overbite.

Hey Marty, if you're into old movies like this, why not watch your namesake move "Marty" from 1955 staring Ernest Borgnine? Won the Oscar for Best Picture that year....

Thanks. Lots of great info. Love this film.

Hey Marty, I'm new to your channel. I am enjoying your reactions to some old favorites. I think you would very much enjoy the film Gilda, starring Rita Hayworth.

You succeeded and running a very good classic movie

I really like your reactions please keep up the good work. I would like to suggest your next Noir film Gilda, Rita Hayworth as the title. Trivia fact, Fred Astaire claimed thar the best female dancimg partner he evee danced with wasn't Ginger Rogers, but Rita.

Love this film! Highly recommend The Man Who Knew Too Much and Meet John Doe. 2 films hardly ever reacted to on KZfaq but they are fantastic.

Just found two youruve videos of Vinvent singing. Couldnt copy the links but do a search - you'll enjoy them.

It was really enjoyable watching you engage with this wonderful movie. I think you'd really appreciate Tierney in "Leave Her to Heaven" as well. Talk about creepy!

What a treat! Thanks for sharing your reaction to one of my favorite films! I love this cast so much and the dialogue is so deliciously witty and sardonic. But also sad and romantic. Your poison-suspecting tangents were fun as well. 😗🙂

"They are not allowed to go along with the detective." I don't think so - what do I know? - but they wouldn't have a story sometimes if they didn't break the rules as needed.

You are Mr Lydecker!!!😮

I LOVE this film. I second everything you say. the acting is first-rate. the script is excellent. the characters are interesting. the score. the direction. it all works beautifully together. it is a great old-time Hollywood movie. LAURA does everything I want a film to do. it takes me away. it keeps me on my toes. it surprises me. I never knew what the next move would be. I find it both romantic, and nostalgic when I watch. I love the sexy and gentle love story that gene tirney and dana andrews play out in this film. LAURA reminds me of a dear old friend passed away about a year and half ago. This friend introduced me to this film, and many other older glorious films. He also taught me about different styles of acting. Several of those styles are in this film. I miss him always. but I have been especially missing him over these past few weeks. Marty--you must watch ALL ABOUT EVE and SUNSET BOULEVARD asap. like really asap!!!! you will adore both films. they both came out the same real. and watercrrss.there are things in both films that will knock you out. and talk about great acting and great scripts!!! wowie wow! I love your channel! thanks for posting!!!

You should watch Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid!

Love this movie

Movie was based on a book of the same name, which I've never read, but I suspect had the time to really flesh out the detective's obsession with the painting. I think the movie is excellent but one thing that annoys me is that it is part of this long pattern in Hollywood productions where people fall in love almost immediately upon meeting. Led to a lot of heart-aches in an era of strong taboos against divorce, when ordinary people came to think this was the norm and put it in practice. Here, it isn't Laura herself but her image in oil, which if you think about it, is sort of creepy. But at least we now know where Waldo was.

Not one of my favorite movie. I do love the cast.