 Originally, "Laura" ran in "Colliers" from October to November 1942 as a seven-part serial titled "Ring Twice for Laura".Houghton Mifflin republished "Laura" in book form the next year; afterwards, Caspary sold the film rights to Twentieth Century Fox, resulting in a 1944 hit movie starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews.In 1946, Caspary sold the story for a fourth time, this time co-writing a theatrical version with George Sklar.