Spotlight on Gene Tierney

In 1940s Hollywood, few stars embodied the ideal of the “goddess next door” more than Gene Tierney. In the following introduction, critic Imogen Sara Smith explores Tierney’s hypnotic screen presence, which she finds all the more fascinating for its “quality of restraint and reserve.” From her defining roles in LAURA and LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN to her collaborations with Otto Preminger and Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Tierney’s career offers a fascinating glimpse of Hollywood’s golden age.