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The Blue Gardenia (Original title)
Date: 1953 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Directed by: Fritz Lang

Production company billing: ©1953 Blue Gardenia Productions, Inc.; 26 March 1953; LP14427 Warner Bros. Pictures presents
Synopsis: Story of a telephone operator who believes she has committed a murder during an evening when she was drowning her sorrows over a broken romance.

Genre:
Drama
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (12)
In: Classic Images n285 March 1999  Page: 36
Title: Sam Rubin's classic clinic: classic vintage videosAuthor: RUBIN, Sam Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review of video release.

In: Classic Images n285 March 1999  Page: 41
Title: Video tape reviewsAuthor: KLEPPER, Robert Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review of video release.

In: Positif n405 November 1994  Pages: 74-92
Title: Dossier: Fritz LangLanguage: French
Description: An hommage to Fritz Lang, including discussion on the films HANGMEN ALSO DIE, MINISTRY OF FEAR, CLOAK AND DAGGER, THE BLUE GARDENIA, WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS, BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

In: CineAction! n13/14 Summer 1988  Pages: 74-82
Title: Seeing by Glimpses: Fritz Lang's The Blue GardeniaAuthor: PYE, Douglas Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Analysis of BLUE GARDENIA and Lang's play on the spectator's perceptions

In: Today's Cinema v81 n6878 3 Nov 1953  Page: 7
Title: [Today's Cinema - v81 n6878 3 Nov 1953: no known title]Language: English

In: Kinematograph Weekly n2419 5 Nov 1953  Page: 21
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2419 5 Nov 1953: no known title]Language: English

In: Variety 18 Mar 1953
Title: [Variety - 18 Mar 1953: no known title]Language: English

In: Motion Picture Herald v190 n11 14 Mar 1953  Page: 1758
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v190 n11 14 Mar 1953: no known title]Language: English

In: The Film Daily v103 n55 23 Mar 1953  Page: 14
Title: [The Film Daily - v103 n55 23 Mar 1953: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v20 n239 December 1953  Page: 175
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v20 n239 December 1953: no known title]Language: English

In: Motion Picture Herald v189 n10 6 Dec 1952  Page: 26
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v189 n10 6 Dec 1952: no known title]Language: English

In: Today's Cinema v79 n6646 3 Dec 1952  Page: 9
Title: [Today's Cinema - v79 n6646 3 Dec 1952: no known title]Language: English


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (9)
Title: Film noir
Author: Pettey, Homer B.  Pages: xiii, 225 pages
Description: Includes a list of selected book chapters on film noir.

Title: Critical theory and film: rethinking ideology through film noir
Author: VIGHI, Fabio  Pages: viii, 175 pages

Title: Sexual visuality from literature to film, 1850-1950
Author: DENISOFF, Dennis  Pages: x, 223 p.

Title: L.A. noir: nine dark visions of the City of Angels
Author: HARE, William  Pages: v, 241 p.

Title: Noir, now and then: film noir originals and remakes (1944-1999)
Author: SCHWARTZ, Ronald  Pages: xiv, 214p.

Title: Women in film noir
Author: KAPLAN, E. Ann  Pages: vii-ix, 238p.

Title: Shades of noir: a reader
Author: COPJEC, Joan  Pages: 300p.

Title: Women in film noir
Author: KAPLAN, E. Ann  Pages: 132 pages

Title: Women in film noir
Author: KAPLAN, E. Ann  Pages: 129p.