#Flora Robson

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BLACK NARCISSUS (1947)

Director: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Cinematography: Jack Cardiff

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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

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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:

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)

Flora Robson:

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Flora Robson would have celebrated a birthday today and she is being honored all day on #TCM #botd

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Deborah Keer and Jean Simmons in Black Narcissus (1947)

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Wuthering Heights (1939) William Wyler

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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.)

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Costume appreciation

FLORA ROBSON in The Sea Hawk (1940).

costume design by Orry-Kelly

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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 ♥️

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Jane Bryan with Flora Robson in We Are Not Alone (1939)

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Flora Robson

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Flora Robson as Queen Elizabeth I in FIRE OVER ENGLAND, directed by William K. Howard. Photo by Howard Coster, 1936 national portrait.

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“I had forgotten everything until I came here.”

Black Narcissus (1947) dir. Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell

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Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) Gabriel Pascal

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