For someone that has watched the original "Laura" over 100 times, I tried to watch this...even with my favorite George Sanders, I can't get through this. Just too dedicated to the perfection of the original.
Me too! Laura is my go to movie when I just want to fall sleep listening to lyrical voices. I adore the captivating voice of the great Vincent Price. I didn’t know this version of Laura existed. George Sanders voice is also spectacular, particularly his work in Disney’s The Jungle Book. Glad to know there are other crazed fans of Laura.
George Sanders always played the role of charismatic gentlemen/crooks, perfectly! From The UK, i thank you for sharing this great Film Noir with us. xxxxx
Wowsy! Well, for those of us who haven't seen the original "Laura" for years, this was an exciting reminder. Great acting by G. Sanders and Dana Wynter. As a recent "Noir" film buff, I found myself constantly imagining Robert Stack's part being played by George Raft! 😁 Similar acting style, but I missed Raft's intensity and that menacing voice (more lively in his earlier films and also missing his smooth dance moves). Raft would have tucked in his hankie before telling Lydecker: " You like being unconscious", followed by a knockout punch in the face. Thanks for this gem. 😁
I don't know, I wonder if the Robert Stack part would be better played by, I don't know, someone like Dana Andrews? This version seems SO unnecessary, no matter what a rat GS makes.
It doesn't match the beauty and quality of the original, still it is cozy and entertaining. It gives us a chance to see how a different director and different actors handle the material. Thank you for posting! :-)
oh, I could watch George Sanders reading a phone book out loud and I'd be still mesmerised. Anything with him must be great, or rather, he is always great, no matter what he is in.
I hate to say this, as I LOVE George Sanders so very much, but late in his career he did some really crappy movies... however, his freaking amazing voice never waned. ❤️
Scott Forbes & Robert Stac, I have died and gone to heaven. I love these two actors and it was directed by John Brahms, for television no less. If quality television programming of this extent still existed, I would watch television Thank you so much for the upload.
Nothing can ever be as good as the original 1944 film classic. I will say I was surprised that is was as good as it was. I was especially impressed w/ Dana Wynter . She brought her own sensitivity & glowing presence to the part. Robert Stack being considered ," too wooden..." I just thought he brought that to all his characters. McPherson's character always seemed that was part of his personality. I agree w/ you about George Saunders, he was perfect as Waldo. One of my all time fav. films.(1944). This did it justice
I had no idea there had been a remake of “Laura”. True It doesn’t have the same tension as the original but I still love it. Good casting. Especially George Sander’s and his sexually ambiguous delivery of Lydecker. As for Laura...it’s difficult to cast someone as compelling as inaccessible yet sensual as Gene Tierney. Had we not already been seduced by her...Dana Winters would have been fine. She’s a good actress but (forgive my sexism) she just doesn’t smolder”. I especially like the direction. Almost feels like watching a stage production. Very clever.
I must say, that the actress who plays Laura is not a patch on Gene Tierney, she completely lacks GT charisma, love George Sanders, but the rest of the cast was much better in the original version. This is a very enjoyable movie in it's own right, but remakes are very rarely as good, or better than the originals...
Because this was before the studio decided to release most of their older films to television, beginning in 1956 (to local stations, starting with a "package" of pre-1949 movies through National Telefilm Associates).
@@johnkearns4790 I also saw the several remakes of “Ten Little Indians” by Agatha Christie and none equal the original. God have mercy if rhey try to remake Casablanca. I’ll scream!
Okay, I’m a big fan of both Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews and Laura is one of my favorite movies. However, this only pales when compared to the original. George Sanders is one of my favorites (he dominated All About Eve) and Dana Wynter was a great actress and beauty in her own right. While I prefer the original, this is superb television!
"I am one of the most widely misquoted men in America"..., I agree with both ptashkaful and Adele, Thanks for the upload of this alternate, abbreviated TV version...
First of all thank you for this. I'd heard of this production and the 1968 Truman Capote production. Robert Stack, he seems to be well into his Elliott Ness character a full four years before "The Untouchables" debut...I expected him to call for Rico and Youngblood at any moment. I ADORE George Sanders, but sadly he must have needed the money at this point. Finally, ironic that the female lead actress was Dana Wynter and in the 1944 original version the male lead is Dana Andrews....and in the 1944 original the producer was OTTO PREMINGER and in this 1955 version the producer is Otto???? forget his name.
@@dwightburns6699 I totally agree ! I looked her up just now and was surprised to learn she was married to actor Richard Long from '67 until his death in '74. And reportedly is a good friend of Clint Eastwood's since their days as Universal contract players in the 50s. Clint cast her in some of his own films later on. THANKS for your comment !!
They made a TV movie version of this about 13 years later. Sanders and Stack re-enacted their 1955 roles, and I believe it was movie length. Laura was portrayed by Lee Raziwill, credited as Lee Bouvier. She was a relative of Jackie Kennedy, and she was bad. She was no Dana Wynter, let alone Gene Tierney.
The acting was excellent but the script and production can't compare to the original 1944 version directed and produced by Otto Preminger. There was a haunting quality to the original. Plus the character of Anna Treadwell, Laura's aunt - played by the great Judith Anderson. Also, I think the Shelby character, played by Vincent Price, was much more interesting than the guy who played Shelby here. If you can watch the original do so!
George Sanders would have been a seamless fit in the original movie. Clifton Webb was a bit unbelievable as a romantic interest for a young woman. Maybe Sanders was too young to play the older man in the 1940’s. But evil spirited, manipulative, elitist ! He was the perfect nasty guy in Rebecca. Robert Stack was miscast in this.
This version of "Laura" was made in 1955, eleven years after the original movie. In 1968 another television remake of "Laura" appeared, also with Robert Stack and George Sanders. Lee Radzwill played Laura. Lee was the younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy. Farley Granger ("Strangers on a Train", "Rope") played Shelby Carpenter. Sexy Arlene Francis also appeared in the role Judith Anderson played in the movie. The producer of the new version was the ambitious David Susskind ("Open End", "East Side West Side", "NYPD", "Fear on Trial"). The director was John Llewellyn Moxey ("The Night Stalker" pilot with Darren McGavin). The screenplay was co-written by Truman Capote. Truman Capote could have made a good Waldo. It would have interesting if Susskind had been able to get his pal George C. Scott to play Mark McPherson. Robert Stack was 36 in the first TV version and 49 in the second. Stack would be one of the stars of "The Name of the Game" two years later.
Robert Stack and George Sanders reprised these roles for a 1968 TV version that starred Lee Radziwell (Jackie Kennedy's sister) as Laura. I haven't seen it, but I know it's not a lost film because back around 1979, a friend of mine mentioned having just seen it on tv in a letter to me. So, someone somewhere probably has a video of it to upload.
Thankyou for sharing. I've only seen the original with gene Tierney. I love that one and Robert stack came on my favorite show of unsolved mysteries so this is a lovely find.
George Sanders is a favourite, absolutely fantastic actor. The movie is closer to the novel. if you ever want a wonderful read, Heady Lamar's Autobiography is a hoot, one of her husbands was George Sanders.
George Sanders is the best in this Laura. But the other two characters playing Laura and the detective can't hold a candle to Gene Teriney and Dana Andrews.
Indeed ! And he starred as Simon Templar ("The Saint") in a handful of screen mysteries for the RKO studio. Aso while at RKO he also starred as "The Falcon", a character a lot like "The Saint". When he left RKO, George's real life brother (actor Tom Conway) took over the role. Amazing how much George & Tom sounded alike; though they didn't look much alike.
Thank you for uploading. Maybe playing Detective MacPherson got Robert Stack the role of Elliot Ness. Wynter/Stack/Sanders are perfect. Scott Forbes is good, but the role of Shelby needed someone more louche/oily/villainous. Robert Wagner was under contract to 20 Century Fox and would have been great. He'd do "A Kiss Before Dying" the following year. Would have been nice if they could have fit in Laura's Aunt (Ann Treadwell) somewhere, somehow. Would have been a nice twist/hommage to have had Gene Tierney, still under contract, to do the honors.
I have never liked Robert Stack (he as wooden as an oak tree). But I actually think that George Saunders is better cast in in the version than Clifton Webb was in the original.
English actor Scott Forbes played Shelby Carpenter in this version. Scott Forbes gave a terrific performance a year later as Jim Bowie in 76 episodes of a 1956-58 series, made by the producers of "Wyatt Earp".
Very interesting your introduction specially in regard to George Sanders for whom I feel the same admiration. Webb's acting in former "Laura" is considered a must and is rather risky to think otherwise but histrionic and affeminate, misogynist features in that character, would fit well for a man who kill the woman he says he loves. You refers to Robert Stack as wooden actor, but I feel the same about Dana Andrews acting in first "Laura" and I think for that similarity Stack was the choice. Since I saw earlier movies with Andrews, I realize he is a more versatile actor.
Thank you for your comment.It is always interesting to compare interpretation of famous roles with different actors. If you do not mind English subtitles you could watch the famous actor Anton Walbrook on this channel in a German TV version of Laura from 1962 in the role of Waldo. In my mind something in between Clifton Webb and George Sanders.
I was confused for a minute because I didn't remember Robert Stack being in this movie, but I have the one with Jean Tierney. I didn't know they had made another one.
Not bad, for a remake ... Stark is truly fantastic, perhaps with a much more fleshed-out interpretation than Dana Andrew's, Gene Tierney was the best, and so was Vincent Price as Carpenter. and Sanders is always a joy to watch with his oleogenous evil!
Wow I never knew of this version.....I love the 1944, Gene Tierney version,,,,,, For those film buffs, this version was from The 20th Century-Fox Hour....which was a TV series, 1955-57, An anthology of mini-features, new productions largely consisting of hasty retreads of successful 20th Century Fox movies......you won't find it listed as Laura to any of the stars in this version.
The original film Laura from 1944 by Preminger is very difficult to get on you tube and they are usually distorted versions. However I was surprised that the film company 20th Century Fox has uploaded the whole film on archive org on their own web page archive.org/details/LauraNtsc Very difficult to understand why this nice and clean version cannot be uploaded on you tube considering that most things on arch org should be in public domain.So you could compare this short TV version with the original one above and I have also a German version on this channel with subtitles for even a third film version of Vera Caspary's novel. So you could compare three different Lauras and three different Waldos, all very famous thespians!
How right you are ! Many years ago the Fox Movie Channel showed episodes from that 50s program, including this version of "Laura". Wonderful to see it again after all these years. It's OK...can't really compare to the 1944 original. Though George Sanders is XLNT as Waldo Lydecker....reminded me very much of his "Addison DeWitt" character from 1950's "All About Eve".
During the original telecast, after "Laura" had ended, host Joseph Cotten interviewed Jean Simmons on the set of Fox's latest theatrical feature, "Hilda Crane", and presented an excerpt from that movie.
How many versions are there of Laura? One version had the song 'I See Laura' whih people sang ( sometime in the late 1940s. One version with Richard Boone.
How "convenient" that Waldo goes into a long winded dialogue , about his motive . Just to give the detective time to run back into the house to save Laura. lol
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This one obviously slipped over from a parallel universe while everyone was sleeping.
Interesting redux of Laura 1944. TV version done over a decade later still uses some of the original furniture. Those bookcases in Waldo Lydecker's apartment also appeared in many FOX films including How To Marry A Millionaire. Also, that mirror over the mantle appeared in everything since sound including Millionaire to Vally Of The Dolls. Robert Stack was quite a famous stud in Hollywood. His best friend John F. Kennedy and he didn't miss a star or starlet in tinseltown, in fact the star of the original Laura, Gene Tierney was a major love of JFK's. She might have become Mrs. K had she been Catholic. None of that matters today, the first lady poses nude now, no biggie.
I took a break from watching wonderfully written and acted British films to watch this American version. What detective wouldn’t check her apt before leaving to search for him elsewhere ?!
I wish George Sanders would have played Lydecker in the 1944 version. Even at a younger age, he still would have been far more fitting for the role than the other Lydecker actor.
You are right. According to imbd this was a TV version (long 2h) from 1968 with Robert Stack and George Sanders again in the same roles as in this version and Truman Capote was involved in the script of Vera Caspary's novel. I don't think the 1968 version is easily available, at least not on UA-cam. However,John Brahm, the director of this short TV version from 1955,seemed to have a great talent for short movies.I recommend his fantastic brilliant short version of Joseph Conrad's "Secret Sharer" with James Mason available on UA-cam ua-cam.com/video/x94VM2E0gp4/v-deo.html
I HAD VIEW THE ORIGINAL AND THIS ONE I ENJOY TOO! BUT THE ORIGINAL WAS SO MORE EXCITING, BECAUSE OF THE OLDER MALE ACTORS AND THE YOUNG WOMAN ACTRESS., THE ONE PLAYING THE CHARACTER OF LAURA]!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😮😮😮😮😅😅😅😮😅😮
Preminger was awesome and my favorite Preminger movie is Stalag 17. The original had a great score as well. However, Laura is my second favorite Gene Tierney movie after The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (with awesome score by Bernard Herman). Leave Her to Heaven is a great movie. Jeanne Crain, Cornell Wilde, Vincent Price, and Gene of course. They just don’t make real elegant stars like Gene anymore. Her, Hedy Lamarr, Joan Bennett, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake, Vivian Leigh, Ann Baxter, etc. and later Virna Lisi, Claudia Cardinale, Sophia Loren, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Brigette Bardot, Liz Taylor, and Marilyn Monroe. Not too many now with that old class and glamour. Now, even the attractive ones come across as trashy.
Lo siento que no hay en espanol.Pero quizás automaticamente traducida prueba descargar www.opensubtitles.org/en/subtitles/6367075/the-20th-century-fox-hour-a-portrait-of-murder-en y despues prueba translatesubtitles.co/
I liked Dana Andrews in the part, as well as the others...and there were parts that I liked better than the original rendition....but it was too short!
Interesting remake. I love George Sanders and Robert Stack. I have never heard of Scott Forbes as far as I know. I do like him in his part better than Vincent Price. That being said, everyone is correct. Gene Tierney is stunning. The back story sets you up to appreciate her performance as Laura. Dana Wynter is attractive. It's funny, there was always so much hype about Laura, I refused to watch it until a few years ago. It is simply a beautiful film. There were lots of things that were annoying in it, but the music playing kept you going through it. I had seen Gene in Leave Her To Heaven and that kept me from wanting to watch Laura.
I didn't know about this production of one of my favorite films/TV shows, "Laura". It wasn't as good as the original Dana Andrews/Gene Tierney/Clifton Webb version, but it's better than the Lee Radziwill version. All three are very good.
@@seglora7219 I saw the original way back in the mid 1960s. I think the reason why the Radziwill version is hard to find is it was so AWFUL! Lee Radziwill was terrible in the role of the beautiful Laura. She was a terrible actress, and, if my memory is accurate, she was mocked and was ridiculed for her effort. She probably made sure this video was made impossible to find! That's my memory and opinion on why it's not available these days.
@@elainesmith7512 Thank you for the reply.Explains that it is not available which is a shame as the other actors might have been better and interesting to compare.
@@seglora7219 You're welcome, but the fact that I am able to recall after over 50(1968) years how AWFUL Lee's performance was should tell you something. I have read that the only copy available is at the Paley Media Center on a request only basis. I don't remember Robert Stack's, Farley Granger's or any of the other's performances because she was so AWFUL. In fact, it was comical!🤦♀️🤢 I hope you get to see it someday.
@@elainesmith7512 Many thanks.Now we know the reasons for the single copy around. I know Americans are not keen of subtitled foreign films but there is another TV version from Germany of Laura available on this channel with Anton Walbrook(from Gaslight)as Leydecker and the reknown German actress Hildegard Knef as Laura.
For someone that has watched the original "Laura" over 100 times, I tried to watch this...even with my favorite George Sanders, I can't get through this. Just too dedicated to the perfection of the original.
Me too! Laura is my go to movie when I just want to fall sleep listening to lyrical voices. I adore the captivating voice of the great Vincent Price. I didn’t know this version of Laura existed. George Sanders voice is also spectacular, particularly his work in Disney’s The Jungle Book. Glad to know there are other crazed fans of Laura.
Same. Original was amazing, this one...not so much.
let me see if i got this right, laura was a hoe?
I tried. I couldn't finish it. Some things, like classic movies, should just be left alone.
Totally agree with you. The original Laura is unbeatable. I never tire of watching it. This is a cheap imitation.
George Sanders always played the role of charismatic gentlemen/crooks, perfectly! From The UK, i thank you for sharing this great Film Noir with us. xxxxx
Wowsy! Well, for those of us who haven't seen the original "Laura" for years, this was an exciting reminder. Great acting by G. Sanders and Dana Wynter.
As a recent "Noir" film buff, I found myself constantly imagining Robert Stack's part being played by George Raft! 😁 Similar acting style, but I missed Raft's intensity and that menacing voice (more lively in his earlier films and also missing his smooth dance moves). Raft would have tucked in his hankie before telling Lydecker: " You like being unconscious", followed by a knockout punch in the face.
Thanks for this gem. 😁
I think you mean Dana Andrews in Laura 1944 by Preminger
@@seglora7219 Sorry! Did I mix up the two Danas?
I don't know, I wonder if the Robert Stack part would be better played by, I don't know, someone like Dana Andrews? This version seems SO unnecessary, no matter what a rat GS makes.
It doesn't match the beauty and quality of the original, still it is cozy and entertaining. It gives us a chance to see how a different director and different actors handle the material. Thank you for posting! :-)
Perfectly said.
I consider myself a fairly knowledgeable film fan, but I have never seen, or even heard of, this version of "Laura." Thanks for putting it up.
oh, I could watch George Sanders reading a phone book out loud and I'd be still mesmerised. Anything with him must be great, or rather, he is always great, no matter what he is in.
George Sanders's vocal delivery is truly inimitable; although I have tried a weak attempt or two after one too many....
I hate to say this, as I LOVE George Sanders so very much, but late in his career he did some really crappy movies... however, his freaking amazing voice never waned. ❤️
I have a notion to second that emotion ! He had one of the GREATEST voices ever ! Such a fine actor !
Yes he is
I like him too but this movie is awful. I may just be spoiled by the original.
George Sanders is brilliant as always.
I dislike him and adore him at the same time.
Interesting remake with major wonderful actors. Thanks for posting this film. I didn't know it existed.
Nothing beats the original but I do love Robert stack as he played on my favorite show
Scott Forbes & Robert Stac, I have died and gone to heaven. I love these two actors and it was directed by
John Brahms, for television no less. If quality television programming of this extent still existed, I would watch television
Thank you so much for the upload.
If you love Stack so much why can’t you even spell his name right?
I really enjoyed this movie. Robert Stack, Dana Wynter, George Sanders, Scot Forbes, gave terrific preformances. Good script.
Nothing can ever be as good as the original 1944 film classic. I will say I was surprised that is was as good as it was. I was especially impressed w/ Dana Wynter . She brought her own sensitivity & glowing presence to the part. Robert Stack being considered ," too wooden..." I just thought he brought that to all his characters. McPherson's character always seemed that was part of his personality. I agree w/ you about George Saunders, he was perfect as Waldo. One of my all time fav. films.(1944). This did it justice
Remember, this is made-for-tv vs. HOLLYWOOD ...
I totally agree!
I had no idea there had been a remake of “Laura”. True It doesn’t have the same tension as the original but I still love it. Good casting. Especially George Sander’s and his sexually ambiguous delivery of Lydecker. As for Laura...it’s difficult to cast someone as compelling as inaccessible yet sensual as Gene Tierney. Had we not already been seduced by her...Dana Winters would have been fine. She’s a good actress but (forgive my sexism) she just doesn’t smolder”. I especially like the direction. Almost feels like watching a stage production. Very clever.
WOW it's a fantastic great movie that I enjoyed watching a lot without commercials too
Thanks for the upload SEGlora
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Thanks for posting! I've been looking for this for nearly 20 years.
Well, a short entertaining drama👍! I enjoyed the dialogues, it kept my interest to watch until the end🙂. Thank you
Happy Wednesday! Thanks for the upload. 23/2/2023 London UK 🇬🇧
Spot on about Saunder's. Have always been a great fan. For that matter all you write is spot
on.
George Sanders was an acting god. Loved seeing his take on Waldo.
i enjoyed watching this remake....not that good but im glad Ive now seen it. TY for providing this interesting George Sander project.
Robert Stack actually knew about guns. He set two skeet shooting records and was national champion.
OMG, I had no idea there was a remake, thank you for uploading.
I must say, that the actress who plays Laura is not a patch on Gene Tierney, she completely lacks GT charisma, love George Sanders, but the rest of the cast was much better in the original version. This is a very enjoyable movie in it's own right, but remakes are very rarely as good, or better than the originals...
here here! sooo happy about this upload, thank you!!!
It's really a TV show, an episode of 20TH CENTURY FOX PRSENTS which was a whole series of remakes for TV of Fox films.
Thank you, good to know!..
You can't see the original because it is blocked. It has a huge light in the center, that ruins the screen. They want money for that one.
This just doesn’t make it. When they make such a great movie like the 1944 version why try to remake it??
Because this was before the studio decided to release most of their older films to television, beginning in 1956 (to local stations, starting with a "package" of pre-1949 movies through National Telefilm Associates).
You’re absolutely right! If it isn’t Gene Tierney, it isn’t “Laura”!😘🙏💕💜✡️🕊✝️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙋♀️🌹
I totally agree with you
@@johnkearns4790 I also saw the several remakes of “Ten Little Indians” by Agatha Christie and none equal the original. God have mercy if rhey try to remake Casablanca. I’ll scream!
Because…….well, George Sanders!
for me gene Tierney is The laura
Amen to that !! :-)
Me too. And the whole cast couldn't be beat
Agree.
I do like original best, but I like this one for shortness, when I want to fall asleep faster
Okay, I’m a big fan of both Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews and Laura is one of my favorite movies. However, this only pales when compared to the original. George Sanders is one of my favorites (he dominated All About Eve) and Dana Wynter was a great actress and beauty in her own right. While I prefer the original, this is superb television!
"I am one of the most widely misquoted men in America"..., I agree with both ptashkaful and Adele, Thanks for the upload of this alternate, abbreviated TV version...
Excellent upload thank you very much
Thank you, George Sanders isa favorite.
Thank you for posting this.
First of all thank you for this. I'd heard of this production and the 1968 Truman Capote production. Robert Stack, he seems to be well into his Elliott Ness character a full four years before "The Untouchables" debut...I expected him to call for Rico and Youngblood at any moment. I ADORE George Sanders, but sadly he must have needed the money at this point. Finally, ironic that the female lead actress was Dana Wynter and in the 1944 original version the male lead is Dana Andrews....and in the 1944 original the producer was OTTO PREMINGER and in this 1955 version the producer is Otto???? forget his name.
Original film was the best. 100%.
Stack is a combination of every trait a cop is supposed to possess. He lumbers,even keeps his hat on and pauses more than Gary Cooper.
That was great . One punch and Stack laid out Sanders. I dont know Tierney looked good but Dana Wynters is no slouch
Robert Stack was awesome n sooo Eliot Ness from the Untouchables T.V. Series!!! VERY good movie, always enjoyed George Sanders.
Good one. Thanks
"Lydecker you must enjoy being unconscious !"
Best line in the film!
I never knew Robert Stack played the detective.I’ve only seen Dana Andrew’s version of Laura.
Nothing can compare to Gene tierney's beauty
I agree 100 per cent !!
@@jubalcalif9100 Mara Corday is a great looking gal....
@@dwightburns6699 I totally agree ! I looked her up just now and was surprised to learn she was married to actor Richard Long from '67 until his death in '74. And reportedly is a good friend of Clint Eastwood's since their days as Universal contract players in the 50s. Clint cast her in some of his own films later on. THANKS for your comment !!
She's not credited. Is she (G Tierney) in this film? Quickly forwarded in the film and never saw her?
gene is in the 1944 version- not this one
I love Sanders in every film I've seen him in
As I do when I take off my hat, you make a good point !! :-)
Agreed - he is unique, quite talented, unusually good looking, fine actor, and unbeatable accent and delivery.
S exactly
They made a TV movie version of this about 13 years later. Sanders and Stack re-enacted their 1955 roles, and I believe it was movie length. Laura was portrayed by Lee Raziwill, credited as Lee Bouvier. She was a relative of Jackie Kennedy, and she was bad. She was no Dana Wynter, let alone Gene Tierney.
Lee Bouvier Radziwill was Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy's sister.
@@bluecollarlit Which is probably the only reason she got the role. Teaming her with Stack and Sanders, two fine actors, made her look worse.
"Thank heaven for that!"...nice one Mr. Stack
The acting was excellent but the script and production can't compare to the original 1944 version directed and produced by Otto Preminger. There was a haunting quality to the original. Plus the character of Anna Treadwell, Laura's aunt - played by the great Judith Anderson. Also, I think the Shelby character, played by Vincent Price, was much more interesting than the guy who played Shelby here. If you can watch the original do so!
Very well done 👍🏾
At least Laura is alive. I am glad I don't have to only look at a painting
Three days and the area around door is spotless.
George Sanders would have been a seamless fit in the original movie. Clifton Webb was a bit unbelievable as a romantic interest for a young woman. Maybe Sanders was too young to play the older man in the 1940’s. But evil spirited, manipulative, elitist ! He was the perfect nasty guy in Rebecca. Robert Stack was miscast in this.
This version of "Laura" was made in 1955, eleven years after the original movie. In 1968 another television remake of "Laura" appeared, also with Robert Stack and George Sanders. Lee Radzwill played Laura. Lee was the younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy. Farley Granger ("Strangers on a Train", "Rope") played Shelby Carpenter. Sexy Arlene Francis also appeared in the role Judith Anderson played in the movie. The producer of the new version was the ambitious David Susskind ("Open End", "East Side West Side", "NYPD", "Fear on Trial"). The director was John Llewellyn Moxey ("The Night Stalker" pilot with Darren McGavin). The screenplay was co-written by Truman Capote. Truman Capote could have made a good Waldo. It would have interesting if Susskind had been able to get his pal George C. Scott to play Mark McPherson. Robert Stack was 36 in the first TV version and 49 in the second. Stack would be one of the stars of "The Name of the Game" two years later.
Robert Stack and George Sanders reprised these roles for a 1968 TV version that starred Lee Radziwell (Jackie Kennedy's sister) as Laura. I haven't seen it, but I know it's not a lost film because back around 1979, a friend of mine mentioned having just seen it on tv in a letter to me. So, someone somewhere probably has a video of it to upload.
Thankyou for sharing. I've only seen the original with gene Tierney. I love that one and Robert stack came on my favorite show of unsolved mysteries so this is a lovely find.
George Sanders is a favourite, absolutely fantastic actor. The movie is closer to the novel. if you ever want a wonderful read, Heady Lamar's Autobiography is a hoot, one of her husbands was George Sanders.
Elliot Ness...Robert Stack...always the serious actor
George Sanders is the best in this Laura. But the other two characters playing Laura and the detective can't hold a candle to Gene Teriney and Dana Andrews.
I somehow wound up with George Sanders cigarette case about 16 years ago.
Trivia: George Sanders had earlier starred in Laura director John Brahm's Film Noir classics The Lodger (1944) & Hangover Square (1945).
Indeed ! And he starred as Simon Templar ("The Saint") in a handful of screen mysteries for the RKO studio. Aso while at RKO he also starred as "The Falcon", a character a lot like "The Saint". When he left RKO, George's real life brother (actor Tom Conway) took over the role. Amazing how much George & Tom sounded alike; though they didn't look much alike.
Thank you for uploading. Maybe playing Detective MacPherson got Robert Stack the role of Elliot Ness. Wynter/Stack/Sanders are perfect. Scott Forbes is good, but the role of Shelby needed someone more louche/oily/villainous. Robert Wagner was under contract to 20 Century Fox and would have been great. He'd do "A Kiss Before Dying" the following year. Would have been nice if they could have fit in Laura's Aunt (Ann Treadwell) somewhere, somehow. Would have been a nice twist/hommage to have had Gene Tierney, still under contract, to do the honors.
I have never liked Robert Stack (he as wooden as an oak tree). But I actually think that George Saunders is better cast in in the version than Clifton Webb was in the original.
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I thought that he was perfect as the host of Unsolved Mysteries, though.
Leave well enough alone...I love the original
English actor Scott Forbes played Shelby Carpenter in this version. Scott Forbes gave a terrific performance a year later as Jim Bowie in 76 episodes of a 1956-58 series, made by the producers of "Wyatt Earp".
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Very interesting your introduction specially in regard to George Sanders for whom I feel the same admiration. Webb's acting in former "Laura" is considered a must and is rather risky to think otherwise but histrionic and affeminate, misogynist features in that character, would fit well for a man who kill the woman he says he loves. You refers to Robert Stack as wooden actor, but I feel the same about Dana Andrews acting in first "Laura" and I think for that similarity Stack was the choice. Since I saw earlier movies with Andrews, I realize he is a more versatile actor.
Thank you for your comment.It is always interesting to compare interpretation of famous roles with different actors. If you do not mind English subtitles you could watch the famous actor Anton Walbrook on this channel in a German TV version of Laura from 1962 in the role of Waldo. In my mind something in between Clifton Webb and George Sanders.
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I was confused for a minute because I didn't remember Robert Stack being in this movie, but I have the one with Jean Tierney. I didn't know they had made another one.
George Sanders and Robert Stack also worked together a few years later in the Andrew Stone production of "The Last Voyage".
Love all the actors, but this film is a shadow of the original.
Not bad, for a remake ... Stark is truly fantastic, perhaps with a much more fleshed-out interpretation than Dana Andrew's, Gene Tierney was the best, and so was Vincent Price as Carpenter. and Sanders is always a joy to watch with his oleogenous evil!
There’s no comparison-to the original- none!
Interesting to see a different take from the movie version.
Wow I never knew of this version.....I love the 1944, Gene Tierney version,,,,,,
For those film buffs, this version was from
The 20th Century-Fox Hour....which was a TV series, 1955-57, An anthology of mini-features, new productions largely consisting of hasty retreads of successful 20th Century Fox movies......you won't find it listed as Laura to any of the stars in this version.
The original film Laura from 1944 by Preminger is very difficult to get on you tube and they are usually distorted versions. However I was surprised that the film company 20th Century Fox has uploaded the whole film on archive org on their own web page archive.org/details/LauraNtsc
Very difficult to understand why this nice and clean version cannot be uploaded on you tube considering that most things on arch org should be in public domain.So you could compare this short TV version with the original one above and I have also a German version on this channel with subtitles for even a third film version of Vera Caspary's novel. So you could compare three different Lauras and three different Waldos, all very famous thespians!
Thank you for the link to the archive! I was able to watch the original there(for free). I had never heard of the site before, either. Very helpful. 😊
This segment was edited out and replaced with Lydecer, Clifton web spoke a similar exposition
Originally telecast on "THE 20TH CENTURY-FOX HOUR" on October 19, 1955.
How right you are ! Many years ago the Fox Movie Channel showed episodes from that 50s program, including this version of "Laura". Wonderful to see it again after all these years. It's OK...can't really compare to the 1944 original. Though George Sanders is XLNT as Waldo Lydecker....reminded me very much of his "Addison DeWitt" character from 1950's "All About Eve".
During the original telecast, after "Laura" had ended, host Joseph Cotten interviewed Jean Simmons on the set of Fox's latest theatrical feature, "Hilda Crane", and presented an excerpt from that movie.
How many versions are there of Laura? One version had the song 'I See Laura' whih people sang ( sometime in the late 1940s. One version with Richard Boone.
How "convenient" that Waldo goes into a long winded dialogue , about his motive . Just to give the detective time to run back into the house to save Laura. lol
This one obviously slipped over from a parallel universe while everyone was sleeping.
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955-1957)
A Portrait of Murder
Interesting redux of Laura 1944. TV version done over a decade later still uses some of the original furniture. Those bookcases in
Waldo Lydecker's apartment also appeared in many FOX films including How To Marry A Millionaire. Also, that mirror over the mantle appeared in everything since sound including Millionaire to Vally Of The Dolls. Robert Stack was quite a famous stud in Hollywood. His best friend John F. Kennedy and he didn't miss a star or starlet in tinseltown, in fact the star of the original Laura, Gene Tierney was a major love of JFK's. She might have become Mrs. K had she been Catholic. None of that matters today, the first lady poses nude now, no biggie.
Get out more often, lol
@@oluhamilton2121 I apologize for having knowledge!
No need, your are informative. Didn't know Tierney and JFK were boinking.
She was married to Oleg Cassini then. A Catholic president could never have had a previously divorced wife back then.
I took a break from watching wonderfully written and acted British films to watch this American version. What detective wouldn’t check her apt before leaving to search for him elsewhere ?!
I wish George Sanders would have played Lydecker in the 1944 version. Even at a younger age, he still would have been far more fitting for the role than the other Lydecker actor.
A great movie.......wow
Where’s the other half of movie?
There is no other half.This is an abridged TV version.
I never saw this version. Very strange.
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Wasn't there another version with Lee Radziwill playing Laura? I may have it mixed up with something else.
You are right. According to imbd this was a TV version (long 2h) from 1968 with Robert Stack and George Sanders again in the same roles as in this version and Truman Capote was involved in the script of Vera Caspary's novel. I don't think the 1968 version is easily available, at least not on UA-cam. However,John Brahm, the director of this short TV version from 1955,seemed to have a great talent for short movies.I recommend his fantastic brilliant short version of Joseph Conrad's "Secret Sharer" with James Mason available on UA-cam ua-cam.com/video/x94VM2E0gp4/v-deo.html
@@seglora7219 THANKS for all the info about the 1968 TV version ! Sounds fascinating ! I'd sure love to to see it !
I HAD VIEW THE ORIGINAL AND THIS ONE I ENJOY TOO! BUT THE ORIGINAL WAS SO MORE EXCITING, BECAUSE OF THE OLDER MALE ACTORS AND THE YOUNG WOMAN ACTRESS., THE ONE PLAYING THE CHARACTER OF LAURA]!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😮😮😮😮😅😅😅😮😅😮
It wasn't Otto Preminger but it wasn't bad. Cast was quite good. Lacking is Raskin's haunting theme. Thank you.
Preminger was awesome and my favorite Preminger movie is Stalag 17. The original had a great score as well. However, Laura is my second favorite Gene Tierney movie after The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (with awesome score by Bernard Herman). Leave Her to Heaven is a great movie. Jeanne Crain, Cornell Wilde, Vincent Price, and Gene of course. They just don’t make real elegant stars like Gene anymore. Her, Hedy Lamarr, Joan Bennett, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake, Vivian Leigh, Ann Baxter, etc. and later Virna Lisi, Claudia Cardinale, Sophia Loren, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Brigette Bardot, Liz Taylor, and Marilyn Monroe. Not too many now with that old class and glamour. Now, even the attractive ones come across as trashy.
Great remake of the original...outstanding!!!
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Not a patch on the original. That is being shown on Talking Pictures on Thursday.
Is this movie only 43 minutes
Does anyone know where I could find the Lee Radziwill 1968 version of Laura?
VERY good question ! I'd like to see that myself !
I think this version was for live TV in the 1950s...
i truly wish they would show the early made for tv version starring jackie o s sister lee raziwill i saw it 1 time .....
The original with Clifton Webb is superior. This is very lackluster.
Good one
How is this movie only 45 minutes long in this version?
This is a TV version
This looks to be adapted from the stage play, adapted by Vera Caspary from her novel.
Did Bob Stack ever take of his hat?
A truncated version of the original but not bad at all.
I agree that it's not bad...but they certainly had to revise the script to lot to fit it into the one hour running time !
I liked Dana Andrews in the part, as well as the others...and there were parts that I liked better than the original rendition....but it was too short!
I don't know why Clifton web played Lydecker. This actor was married to a Gabor I don't recall his name but will look it up.
Only 43 minutes long ?
Interesting remake. I love George Sanders and Robert Stack. I have never heard of Scott Forbes as far as I know. I do like him in his part better than Vincent Price. That being said, everyone is correct. Gene Tierney is stunning. The back story sets you up to appreciate her performance as Laura. Dana Wynter is attractive. It's funny, there was always so much hype about Laura, I refused to watch it until a few years ago. It is simply a beautiful film. There were lots of things that were annoying in it, but the music playing kept you going through it. I had seen Gene in Leave Her To Heaven and that kept me from wanting to watch Laura.
The 20th Century-Fox Hour with subtitles.
Russian subtitles has been added as an extra option CC
I didn't know about this production of one of my favorite films/TV shows, "Laura". It wasn't as good as the original Dana Andrews/Gene Tierney/Clifton Webb version, but it's better than the Lee Radziwill version. All three are very good.
Thanks for the reply. Interesting that someone has seen the Radziwill version as this version seems impossible to view now or to get hold of a copy.
@@seglora7219 I saw the original way back in the mid 1960s. I think the reason why the Radziwill version is hard to find is it was so AWFUL! Lee Radziwill was terrible in the role of the beautiful Laura. She was a terrible actress, and, if my memory is accurate, she was mocked and was ridiculed for her effort. She probably made sure this video was made impossible to find! That's my memory and opinion on why it's not available these days.
@@elainesmith7512 Thank you for the reply.Explains that it is not available which is a shame as the other actors might have been better and interesting to compare.
@@seglora7219 You're welcome, but the fact that I am able to recall after over 50(1968) years how AWFUL Lee's performance was should tell you something. I have read that the only copy available is at the Paley Media Center on a request only basis. I don't remember Robert Stack's, Farley Granger's or any of the other's performances because she was so AWFUL. In fact, it was comical!🤦♀️🤢 I hope you get to see it someday.
@@elainesmith7512 Many thanks.Now we know the reasons for the single copy around. I know Americans are not keen of subtitled foreign films but there is another TV version from Germany of Laura available on this channel with Anton Walbrook(from Gaslight)as Leydecker and the reknown German actress Hildegard Knef as Laura.