Dave Karger Intro - The Blue Gardenia (1953)

Blue Gardenia, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) No Shoes

Director Fritz Lang and cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca get busy when creepy artist Harry (Raymond Burr) forces himself upon inebriated Norah (Anne Baxter), whom he's taken on a rebound date, in The Blue Gardenia, 1953.

Blue Gardenia, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Nat "King" Cole

Heroine Norah (Anne Baxter) and randy Harry (Raymond Burr) dine while the excellent house pianist Nat "King" Cole performs the tune by Bob Russell, Lester Lee and Nelson Riddle for which the film is named, in Fritz Lang's The Blue Gardenia, 1953.

Blue Gardenia, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Dear Norah

Long takes and a quick rebound as Norah (Anne Baxter) sits down to dine with a letter from her boyfriend in Korea, then takes a call from Harry (Raymond Burr), worrying roommate Sally (Jeff Donnell) in Fritz Lang's The Blue Gardenia, 1953.

Blue Gardenia, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) -- Open, Switchboard

Opening title credits and the introduction of columnist Casey (Richard Conte), operator Crystal (Ann Sothern) and sketch-artist Harry (Raymond Burr), then star Ann Baxter as Norah, and Jeff Donnell, the third roommate, in Fritz Lang's Noir The Blue Gardenia, 1953.