Who is this movie about, and what happened???
Sounds pretty gross!
2006-08-29 04:30:12 · 10 answers · asked by batmantis1999 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
It is an unsolved murder mystery from LA in 1947.
http://www.bethshort.com
http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/scandals/black_dahlia.html
Be very careful about clicking on links if you are looking to find out more information. There are some very horrific pictures out there.
2006-08-29 04:39:53 · answer #1 · answered by TJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elizabeth Short, better known as the Black Dahlia, was the victim of an infamous murder in 1947. She was born July 29, 1924 and died January 15, 1947.
Short was last seen alive on the evening of January 9, 1947, in the lobby of the Biltmore Hotel at 5th Street and Olive in downtown Los Angeles. She was 22 years old.
On January 15, 1947, her body was discovered in a vacant lot of the 3800 block of South Norton Avenue in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, cut in half at the waist and mutilated. She was interred in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland rather than Medford because her oldest sister lived in Berkeley and because she loved California.
This unsolved murder has been viewed as emblematic of the perception of Los Angeles as a dystopia.
According to newspaper reports shortly after the murder, Short received the nickname Black Dahlia at a Long Beach drugstore in the summer of 1946, as a play on the then-current movie The Blue Dahlia, starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. Los Angeles County district attorney investigators' reports state the nickname was invented by newspaper reporters covering the murder. In either case, Short was not generally known as the "Black Dahlia" in life.
The Black Dahlia murder investigation by the LAPD was the largest since the murder of Marian Parker in 1927, and involved hundreds of officers borrowed from other law enforcement agencies. Because of the complexity of the case, the original investigators treated every person who knew Elizabeth Short as a suspect who had to be eliminated. Hundreds of people were considered suspects and thousands were interviewed by police. Sensational and sometimes inaccurate press coverage, as well as the horrible nature of the crime, focused intense public attention on the case. About 60 people confessed to the murder, mostly men, as well as a few women. As the case continues to command public attention, many people are suggested as the possible killer of Elizabeth Short, much like the Jack the Ripper case.
2006-08-29 11:38:09 · answer #2 · answered by falzalnz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The movie concerns an unsolved murder case back several decades ago. An aspiring actress was brutally murdered and had her body severed in a beautiful house. No one ever found out who or why they killed her. This movie is based on a true story.
And the house that the woman was actually killed (in reality) is the house they used to film America's Next Top Model cycle 6! Creepy!
2006-08-29 11:39:25 · answer #3 · answered by alienhumanhybrid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been trying to get info on this movie ever since I heard a National Public Radio report on it and the history behind it...but I've not been successful.
What I recall from the NPR report, the movie is based on an actual murder case in Los Angeles, back in the 1940's.
Some young movie-star-wannabe is found cut in half and propped up in a grotesque way.
The L.A. police have never found the murderer or the meaning behind the unusual crime.
2006-08-29 11:37:57 · answer #4 · answered by docscholl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a true case. I remember watching a documentry on it years ago. I never forgot it. It was so sick and disgusting what was done to that poor girl. I guess she was an aspiring actress or something. I am interested to see the movie though after watching that documentry. I know they never found the killer but I am sure that they will have a few guesses in the movie.
2006-08-29 11:38:15 · answer #5 · answered by Constant_Traveler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About an actress in the 40,s who was mutilated(cut in half) on a vacant lot
2006-08-29 11:36:58 · answer #6 · answered by havanadig 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
50.s prostitute who always wore black, and a dahlia in her hair who was murdered/ slashed up
2006-08-29 11:37:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I NICE LOOKING WOMAN WAS FOUND SURGICALLY DISMEMBERED WITH HER PARTS ARRANGED IN SOME KIND OF DISPLAY BY THE MURDERER IN A LOS ANGELES PARK BACK IN THE 1950'S.
2006-08-29 11:37:51 · answer #8 · answered by mikeygonebad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will find out and get back to you on that.
2006-08-29 11:35:32 · answer #9 · answered by Unknown 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can go to www.apple.com/trailers to watch the trailer
2006-08-29 17:20:47 · answer #10 · answered by beautiful1749 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋