Laura, a 1944 film noir, tells the story of a police detective, investigating a woman's murder, who falls in love with her portrait. It stars Gene Tierney as Laura, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price and Judith Anderson. Adapted from Vera Caspary's novel by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt and Ring Lardner Jr. (uncredited).
The Portrait of a Young Bride, also known as Laura, is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giorgione, c. 1506. It is housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna, Austria.