" BackgroundLaura(1944) is one of the most stylish, elegant, moody, and witty classicfilm noirsever made with an ensemble cast of characters.The speech ends with a montage of a closeup of his ranting face delivering powerful and thundering words, superimposed over flames, in many future rallies, as Burden frantically types up further stories about the populist candidate:My friends.He stops on the steps of the building and straightens his tie.She masks herself and ducks behind a news-stand as he stops o buy a paper.She follows him - they both proceed down subway station steps, along with jam-packed throngs of other pedestrians." With one look at his hypnotic stare, she is placed in a trance while he slowly bends down toward her neck.