Otto Preminger on the success of ‘Laura’ (1944) and how the critics viewed it upon release: “Bogdanovich: Have you found, in later years, that the success of Laura, coming so early in your film career, was more of a hindrance with critics than an asset? Preminger: I don’t ever think of anything in terms like those. Besides, Laura became a classic only later on, which is a great satisfaction for me. I got very mixed reviews at first—some really bad ones, in fact. I met one of the reviewers after