All four films are quite obscure and finding copies was a treasure hunt that took me to several gray market dealers. These films - “The Night of June 13” (1932), “Private Scandal” and “Such Women Are Dangerous” (both 1934), and “Scandal Street” (1938) - were a trial and my congratulations to anyone who stuck with me through those posts. The Making of “Laura” Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | | Part 12 So far, we have looked at the early writing career of “Laura” novelist Vera Caspary and four murder mystery films made between 19 based on variations of a story titled “Suburb,” which Caspary sold to the studios eight times before Paramount told her to knock it off. In case you just tuned in, I’m using Louella Parsons’ May 15, 1944, item on Rouben Mamoulian being replaced as the director of “Laura” to take a meandering look at the making of the film, which was released in Los Angeles in November 1944, several months after another noir classic, “Double Indemnity,” which was shot in late 1943 and released in August 1944.
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