Walk of Fame Movie Adventures: Shock (1946) and Lynn Bari

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Lynn Bari and Vincent Price in Shock.
Michael Dunne and Frank Latimore in Shock.

What if seeing a stranger murder someone made you CRAY-ZEE??? And the only doctor who could help you turns out to be the murderer??? If this happens to you, you’re probably a character in a film noir.

Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Lynn Bari's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Lynn Bari.

Wikipedia says Lynn Bari “specialized in playing sultry, statuesque man-killers.” She’s more of a “get a man to be a killer” here, but close enough. Her real name is Marjorie Fisher, and I can totally see a parallel world where Marge Fisher specializes in playing the sassy friend to the romantic lead. She worked on at least 113 films over 20 years, so she kept busy.

It’s hard to find posters to mimic for titles as generic as this. I ended up making something that matches the layout of the original, but that’s about it.

A fake poster for Shock mimicking the poster for Point Break
I also got lazy and used Photoshop’s “automatic color” thing, which is why her hair fades to black and white.
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