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Simone Simon in Olivia (1951) dir. Jacqueline Audry

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OLIVIA (1951) dir. Jacqueline Audry

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"Olivia" (1951) original press kit <333

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CINEMATIC PARALLELS Olivia (1951), dir. Jacqueline Audry Amateur (1994), dir. Hal Hartley

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Okay for 1951 the period costuming in Olivia is stunning? And the silhouettes of bodices and skirts, though very clearly worn over 20th century undergarments, were pretty historically adequate for the late 19th century if we ignore the bullet bras and girdles?

According to Wikipedia, the real life inspirations for Mlle Julie and Mlle Cara split in 1883, which is right around where I was guessing the film was set based on bustle and skirt styles. It’s just always so refreshing to see research behind costuming, as opposed to a lot of “Victorian” costuming in the late 20th (and 21st let’s be real) film/tv. Half of the evening gowns looked straight out of a fashion plate from Godey’s—and they damn well might’ve been! (Or any notable French women’s magazine of the era, I do not speak French so I only have English publications on the top of my head. I think Le Mode Illustree was one? I might be making that up.)

Also, Wikipedia needs to uh. Subtitle their entry for the novel anything else. Even if it is the author’s last name, this was a sucker punch to read:

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Mädchen in Uniform (1931) dir. Leontine Sagan

Olivia (1951) dir. Jacqueline Audry

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Olivia (1951) Jacqueline Audry

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Mari Asato Fatal Frame | Fleur Jaeggy Sweet Days of Discipline | Jacqueline Audry Olivia | Peter Weir Picnic at Hanging Rock

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Dany Robin-Fernand Gravey-Bernard Blier "L´école des cocottes" 1958, de Jacqueline Audry.

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EDWIGE FEUILLÈRE : LA GRANDE DAME DU SEPTIÈME ART

Avec son élégance naturelle, la comédienne a su conquérir aussi bien le milieu du théâtre que ceux du cinéma et de la télévision. De Lucrèce Borgia aux Dames de la côte, de L’aigle à deux têtes au Blé en herbe, retour sur un parcours d’exception. Edwige Cunati-Koenig voit le jour le 29 octobre 1907 à Vesoul, en Franche-Comté. Son père, un ingénieur italien, est catholique ; sa mère est issue…

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I wanted to hear the sound of your voice. | Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide

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Simone Simon in Olivia (1951) dir. Jacqueline Audry

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OKAY SAPPHICS WE ARE SETTLING THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL

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Frank Villard and Danièle Delorme in Gigi (Jacqueline Audry, 1949)

Cast: Danièle Delorme, Yvonne de Bray, Gaby Morlay, Jean Tissier, Frank Villard, Paul Demange, Madeleine Rousset, Pierre Juvenet, Michel Flamme, Colette Georges, Yolande Laffon, Hélène Pépée. Screenplay: Pierre Laroche, based on a novel by Colette. Cinematography: Gérard Perrin. Set decoration: Raymond Druart. Film editing: Nathalie Petit-Roux. Music: Marcel Landowski.

The print I saw of Jacqueline Audry’s Gigi was not very good, the images having shifted into high contrast with little variation in the grays, so that the subtitles were often an unreadable white on white. But anyone familiar with either the Colette novella or the 1958 Lerner and Loewe musical version directed by Vincente Minnelli would have little trouble following the story. It’s a movie that retains much of the charm and a little of the bite of the original, and Danièle Delorme is a fetching Gigi, the girl raised to be a grande horizontale who wins the heart and hand of the wealthy Gaston Lachaille (Frank Villard). Delorme and Villard don’t erase memories of Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan in the musical, but they have their own contributions to make, especially Villard, who is particularly strong in the scenes in which Gaston comes to realize the true nature of his feelings for Gigi. You sense his rising queasiness when she accepts his proposal to become his mistress, especially in the scene in the private room at the restaurant where they are about to consummate their relationship. When she naively asks why the couches in the room have slipcovers and when she chooses his cigar by rolling it between her fingers as she has been taught, the full obscenity of the situation becomes apparent to him. It has been apparent to us from the moment at the beginning of the film when we meet his uncle, Honoré, whom Jean Tissier plays as far more a dirty old man than the elegant Maurice Chevalier did in the musical. Which is not to say that the movie’s moral stance is heavy-handed: Director Audry has a very light touch, the product of a close collaboration with Colette. There are some wonderful period touches throughout the film, including Gaston’s automobile, Aunt Alicia’s (Gaby Morlay) telephone, and the bathing machine that is pulled by a mule into the waves at Deauville. The movie also reminded me that Gigi is a nickname for Gilberte, which is also the name of Swann’s daughter and the narrator’s first infatuation in Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu. There’s also a scene in which Gigi plays hide-and-seek with other schoolgirls in the park, that echoes for me Albertine and her little band of girls in À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs. Proust was only two years older than Colette, and the Recherche and  Gigi very much share the same milieu.