Norma Shearer in He Who Gets Slapped (1924) dir. Victor Sjöström
The Ephraim Enterprise, Utah, January 25, 1935
Movies about spinsters! That was a thing. How dare they?! But there are some good ones though. The Heiress, Now Voyager, Summertime …
I admit it, I’m into spinsploitation films.
"Judy and I used to laugh all the time when we worked together so she used to be a very gay and gloriously funny girl ... i like to say that because everybody after her death is always calling me - some journalist - and say 'what a tragedy' but she usually brought joy to everybody, and in her early days was a glorious gay girl"
“Everyone has a right to privacy. It is both undignified and irrelevant to discuss one’s emotions and attitudes in public - unless they have some bearing on one’s work.” – Vivien Leigh
they need to let me make movies
Philosopher in Meditation painted by Rembrandt (1606 - 1669)
It is what it is *throws up*
A Summer Place, Delmer Daves, 1959.
“She’s like catnip to every cat in town.”
ELIZABETH TAYLOR in BUTTERFIELD 8 (1960).