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Starring: Kevin MacCarthy, Robert Lodge
Directed By: Jamie Lynn Hines

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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0698321123432
Format: Black & White
Number Of Items: 1
Release Date: 1999-10-10
Running Time: 47

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Summary: informative
Comment: basically discussed the case of the Black Dahlia. It is brief and to the point.

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Summary: Excellent Research on the Black Dahlia Case
Comment: It is a great review of the brutal case and current research.I have often wondered if the Black Dahlia event, was really the first murder performed by the Zodiac. There has to be a triangle of terror, linking the three cases of the Jack the Ripper,Black Dahlia, and the Zodiac .London artist Walter Sickert had passed away ,in 1947.He is considered ,by some researchers ,to be the leading Jack the Ripper suspect.And the wealthy ,oddball art patron Dr.George Hodel ,is now suspected of being the BD killer,by even his own son,retired LAPD cop,Stephan Hodel. Beth Short lived in Vallejo(NorCal), as did the leading Zodiac suspect Arthur Leigh Allen. Their houses were three streets apart .In time the cases will show a definative connection between the three directly,i'm sure of this.The film adds more insight and raises many questions of interest for the Black Dahlia case.

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Summary: Tv film- Black Dahlia
Comment: This is info to the reviewer from Marion, Ind who wanted to know if there was ever a film made on The Black Dahlia. Yes there was back in the 70's with Lucie Arnaz . It was a tv film and don't think that it was ever put on VHS. I've been looking for it myself and they don't seem to repeat this film on tv.

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Summary: GREAT DOCUMENTARY
Comment: An exceptional documentary, with dramatized re-enactments. Most chilling is the re-enactment of author John Gilmore interviewing the most likely suspect. This segment, showing Gilmore and the suspected killer talking in a bar is followed by a re-enactment of the murder, as it was presented in Gilmore's book, SEVERED: THE TRUE STORY OF THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER. A fascinating exploration into the twisted and strange Black Dahlia case, one of the most sensational, unsolved murder cases in the history of American crime.

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Summary: Turning up more Dahlia clues
Comment: Recommended for those who have never heard of the Black Dahlia as well as crime buffs. The video contains some details that I have not run across in print. Also, it's fun to see Joseph Wambaugh as narrator!

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"As with Jack the Ripper, it was the press who gave the Black Dahlia her unforgettable moniker."
-Author Joseph Wambaugh on the Black Dahlia

When Elizabeth Short came to Hollywood she was not unlike thousands of other young women, hoping her good looks and a little bit of talent would propel her into the world of the rich and famous. Elizabeth Short did earn notoriety, but in a horrifying way that would come to chill even the most seasoned investigators. Within weeks of her murder, 37 innocent men and women had confessed to the crime. What is it that fascinates us so about the Black Dahlia? What was the dark secret that police kept under lock and key for over half a century? And what kind of person could have committed such a violent, brutal, yet carefully planned and executed crime?

Crime writer Joseph Wambaugh picks up his pen and goes back on the beat with the mysterious case of the Black Dahlia.

A brave new genre in storytelling, Case Reopened fuses history, mystery and scientific research by enlisting the greatest minds in crime fiction to re-examine our most notorious unsolved crimes.