![]() ![]() He chooses her clothes and hairstyles, shows her off on his arm, but never seems to have any real physical contact with her. He insists he loves Laura, but there appears to be no actual love affair. ![]() Outwardly fey, Waldo is a variation on the stock "gay" Hollywood character seen at a time when homosexuality was hinted at but never really acknowledged. It's no surprise then that Webb walks off with the film, but his character is significant in other ways. And Andrews is your basic Dick Tracy - colorless, but solid and honest. Tierney, here, is luminous as always, but hardly unsympathetic. If anything, it is a bridge between the standard romantic dramas of the '30s and '40s and the far darker truly noir films, such as "Double Indemnity," in which the main characters are either weak, desperate, or truly evil. ![]() I'm not sure if "Laura" truly qualifies as a film noir, although it certainly looks the part. ![]()
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