A stock story and handling keep The Blue
Gardenia from being anything more than a
regulation mystery melodrama, from a yarn
by Vera Caspary. Formula development has
an occasional bright spot, mostly because Ann
Sothern breathes some life into stock character and quips.
Anne Baxter is a telephone operator who
believes she committed murder when she was
drinking away the tears of a broken romance.
Too much rum with Raymond Burr, a licentious artist, has blacked out her memory and
when she reads a newspaper account of his violent death, she naturally thinks she did it
while fighting for her honor. Richard Conte,
all-powerful newspaper columnist, masterminds the disclosure of her identity strictly to
get an exclusive, but falls in love with her and
has to uncover the real killer.
Baxter and Conte do what they can but
fight a losing battle with the script while Burr
is a rather obvious wolf. Nat 'King' Cole is
spotted to sing the title tune, written by Bob
Russell and Lester Lee.
2 STARS OUT OF 5
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