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BLACK NARCISSUS (1947)
Director: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Cinematography: Jack Cardiff
#black narcissus#narciso negro#deborah kerr#david farrar#sabu#flora robson#kathleen byron#sister clodagh#sister ruth#nun#nuns#nunsploitation#technicolor#40s#40s movies#40s cinema#1940s#cinematography#michael powell#emeric pressburger#movie screencaps#movie screenshots#movie frames#film screencaps#film screenshots#film frames#screencaps#screenshots
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Mae West (She Done Him Wrong, I'm No Angel)— Legendary sex symbol. Like 500 vintage iconic quotes and double entendres. "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? " "When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad, I'm better" / "It's not the men in your life that count, it's the life in your men" / "I feel like a million tonight. But one at a time." , "Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution. " / " How tall are you without your horse? Six foot, seven inches. Never mind the six feet. Let's talk about the seven inches! " Look the pictures don't do her justice just watch a compilation and tell me that voice doesn't do it for you
Flora Robson (Fire over England, Sarabande for Dead Lovers)— It's a testament to her power that despite an extensive film career, that a single role has cemented itself firmly in my mind as one of the best. That of Elizabeth I in Five over England
This is round 1 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.
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Mae West:
Her voice! Her body! She was thick as hell and SO confident.
Mae West is often called the queen of the sexual pun or innuendo, she was an early sex symbol and a comedy icon. She also has a quote saying "When I am good, I am very good. But when I am bad I am better!" which is possibly the peak of hot girl energy ever. (Including the clip here)
for an era that didn't have much wiggle room when it came to women that studios wanted in their films, it's refreshing that she was in her late 30s when she skyrocketed to movie fame. she was also curvy and witty and raunchy, an absolute icon!
She is an absolute icon, the OG sex symbol. Every word from her mouth was an innuendo and she was proud of it. I guess one could say she slayed. She got Cary Grant his first acting role, as well. How could you NOT vote for someone who says such iconic stuff as "I do all my writing in bed; everybody knows I do my best work there" or "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." SHE COINED THE PHRASE "IS THAT A GUN IN YOUR POCKET OR ARE YOU JUST HAPPY TO SEE ME?" I LOVE HER!!!
“I created myself and I never put up with sloppy work”-mae west
great short compilation of mae west mae westing:
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She was a SEX GODDESS at a time when that was an extremely scandalous thing to be, and she worked it! She was sardonic, sarcastic, funny...and stacked! Favorite quote (from Night After Night, 1933): Random woman: Goodness! What beautiful diamonds! Mae West: Goodness had nothin' to do with it, dearie.
i personally love this silly production number from one of her lesser known movies
She was arrested for indecency and chose to serve 10 days in prison instead of paying the fine for the publicity, and she claimed that she refused to wear the ugly prison outfits so she wore her silk lingerie the entire time. Also one of the first historybound vintage fashion icons (although vintage for her was the Victorian era)
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#movies#polls#black narcissus#40s movies#emeric pressburger#michael powell#deborah kerr#david farrar#flora robson#requested#have you seen this movie poll
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SHARON TATE as ODILE DE CARAY for ‘EYE OF THE DEVIL’, 1966. 🤍
“SHARON was asked to play this very difficult role, of a rather witchlike person. It was asking a newcomer to do a lot. She takes direction beautifully. Very soon she began to realise that the camera was a friend. ‘Could she do it?’ that was all in our minds. We even agreed that if after the first two weeks, SHARON was not quite making it, that we would put her back in cold storage. We started work. The moment that SHARON appeared on screen in her first rushes, we knew that this wonderful personality was going to make out. We all realised that here was a girl who was tremendously exciting. She had that thing that you cant really explain, star projection. I think this girl is going to be a big star.”
—J. LEE THOMPSON (Director, Eye of the Devil, 1966.)
#sharon tate#sharon marie tate#eye of the devil#old hollywood#1960s#1960s fashion#angelic#swinging sixties#odile de caray#j lee thompson#david niven#deborah kerr#flora robson#edward mulhare#1966#los angeles#hollywood#photography#vintage#aesthetic#girlblogging
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Costume appreciation
FLORA ROBSON in The Sea Hawk (1940).
costume design by Orry-Kelly
#The Sea Hawk#Flora Robson#1940s#40s movies#period costumes#my gifs#userthing#silverscreendames#cinematv#cinemapix#cinemaspast#userstream#filmtvcentral#tvfilmspot#mediagifs#motionpicturesource#periodedit#perioddramaedit#filmedit#costumesource#Orry Kelly
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Remembering Flora Robson on her birthday #botd
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Deborah Kerr-Flora Robson "Narciso negro" (Black narcissus) 1947, de Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger.
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Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier in Fire Over England 1937 ♥️
#old hollywood#beauty#romantic drama#1930s cinema#historical drama#vivien leigh#laurence olivier#flora robson#spanish armada#elizabeth tudor#tudor england#1580s fashion
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Frieda (1947) Basil Dearden
November 10th 2024
#frieda#1947#basil dearden#mai zetterling#glynis johns#david farrar#flora robson#barbara everest#gladys henson#albert lieven#ray jackson
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VIVIEN LEIGH, CLAUDE RAINS, STEWART GRANGER & FLORA ROBSON in SHAW's *Ceasar and Cleopatra*
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The underrated English theatre and film actress, Dame Flora Robson.
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“I had forgotten everything until I came here.”
Black Narcissus (1947) dir. Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell
#black narcissus#1947#emeric pressburger#michael powell#deborah kerr#david farrar#flora robson#kathleen byron#jean simmons#1940s#screencaps#february 2024
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#harry hamlin#sian phillips#ursula andress#maggie smith#movie poster#laurence olivier#flora robson#claire bloom#judi bowker#scontro di titani#clash of the titans
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I’ve just watched the 1939 Wuthering Heights and umm... well... that... Can I even call that Wuthering Heights? I feel like this is one of the many unfortunate pieces of media that created Wuthering Heights as the romance it decidedly is not.
I’d like to say I found Laurence Olivier overly innocent in his portrayal of Heathcliff, but I don’t think there’s any sense in comparing the two. He played the lovelorn romantic hero well enough, and that seems to be what he was told to play.
It was weird seeing Isabella and Catherine cast almost as villains. The tension between the two of them felt like a bigger plot point than Heathcliff and Hindley ever did, and Heathcliff saying out loud that he was going to get revenge every so often cheapened his side of the action a great deal.
They also just kind of forgot about Hindley and Edgar at the end? How did Heathcliff get Thrushcross Grange? Presumably when Edgar died, it went to Isabella and thus to Heathcliff, but this wasn’t very clear. The film wanted to be a cautionary tale against Cathy’s ‘worldliness’ and I guess it did that, at the expense of wilfully butchering the novel.
Flora Robson was excellent to watch though, even if Nelly was utterly watered down.
#emily brontë#wuthering heights#wuthering heights 1939#laurence olivier#merle oberon#flora robson#heathcliff#cathy
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#If they're talking about ration books does it pass the bechtdel test?#Flora Robson#Mai Zetterling#glynis johns
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Flora Robson and Paul Muni in Edmund Goulding’s WE ARE NOT ALONE (1939)
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