#Theodora Goes Wild

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Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas in Theodora Goes Wild (1936) dir. Richard Boleslawski

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Irene Dunne for 'Theodora Goes Wild' (1936).

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Irene Dunne in Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

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Irene Dunne

Theodora Goes Wild

1936

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Theodora goes wild and Irene Dunne wins an Oscar!

Excerpt from an interview with Melvyn Douglas in 1980 Toronto, taken from Conversations with Classic Film Stars: interviews from Hollywood's golden era (2016) by James Bawden and Ron Miller.

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Theodora Goes Wild (1936) Richard Boleslawski

December 8th 2022

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Seen in 2022:

Theodora Goes Wild (Richard Boleslawski), 1936

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Movie Classic Magazine, December 1936.

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sometimes it can be weird to talk about my interests irl because people think I'm pretentious and I don't how to explain I love garbage actually, it's just OLD garbage

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Propaganda

Dorothy McGuire (Swiss Family Robinson, Old Yeller, Gentleman's Agreement)— Kinda the original MILF, but to call her that feels offensive because she always played the most gentle and kind mothers imaginable. She's more like a MILC (mother I'd like to cuddle). She also had a wonderfully soft voice.

Irene Dunne (The Awful Truth, Theodora Goes Wild, My Favorite Wife)— The first time I saw her in Theodora Goes Wild she struck me dumb because who is that BEAUTIFUL woman being so funny and clever??? She was primarily known as a dramatic actress (and believe you me those are muscles she can FLEX, Penny Serenade hurts my feelings) but she’s also one of the funniest screwball leading ladies I’ve ever seen. Her films with Cary Grant are especially charming, but all her characters have this knowing quality in the heart of them that’s so intriguing, and her screwball girlies have this freedom to go after what (or who) they want that is delightfully subversive. I want to be her, I want to fuck her, I want to see every movie she’s ever done, she is a brilliant actress and she is my dream woman.

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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Dorothy McGuire:

Irene Dunne:

irene excelled in screwball comedies, musicals, melodramas...she could do it all. she often played elegant society ladies and brought sparkling charisma and poise for days to anything she did, and sang like an angel (she pursued opera before going into moves), her rendition of jerome kern's "smoke gets in your eyes" in roberta moves me to tears every time.

 A fantastic star of screwball comedies Irene Dunne is an undersung hot woman in my opinion. She rose to fame in her roles alongside the likes of Cary Grant, and was usually the funniest person in her movies. And the hottest.

She's snarky, and quick, prone to rolling her eyes, and eager to trip her counterparts up. In short, she was a devilish, charming, problem of a woman in many of her films, the pinnacle of hotness.

She’s so gorgeous and funny and her way of acting is so fresh and timeless! She’s the complete package of hotness to me with her talents, humor, and, of course, hot looks. I named my left tit after her to hopefully attract even a smidgen of her beauty and charm.

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Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas in Theodora Goes Wild (1936) dir. Richard Boleslawski

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@slayerbuffy tagged me to post my fave first watches of September and I’m cheating bc I watched lives of performers on like October 1st but I had to include it 🙂‍↕️ this isn’t in any order

Cecil B. Demented (2000) dir. John Waters

The Iron Rose (1973) dir. Jean Rollin

Diary of a Country Priest (1951) dir. Robert Bresson

8 1/2 Women (1999) dir. Peter Greenaway

Time of Indifference (1964) dir. Francesco Maselli

Mortu Nega / Those Whom Death Refused (1988) dir. Flora Gomes

Theodora Goes Wild (1936) dir. Richard Boleslawski

Lives of Performers (1972) dir. Yvonne Rainer

I tag ummm @falsenote @kiurit @aspirationalbrand @shesnake @anthonysperkins @gael-garcia

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Theodora Goes Wild (1936) dir. Richard Boleslawski Starring Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas

The author of a controversially racy best-selling book tries to hide her celebrity status from her provincial small-town neighbors, who would be scandalized if they knew. (x)

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Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas for THEODORA GOES WILD (1936), directed by Richard Boleslawski

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Irene Dunne in a publicity photo for film "Theodora Goes Wild" (1936.)