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

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) 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.