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The Old Hollywood actress Barbara Stanwyck
My Favourite movies of Barbara Stanwyck : Meet John Doe, Ball of fire, The Lady Eve, Christmas in Connecticut, Lady of burlesque, The mad Miss Manton, Sorry, wrong number, Double indemnity, Breakfast for two and Remember the night. Sources : Pinterest and Tumblr
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My second favourite movie “Les tontons flingueurs” directed by Georges Lautner (1963)
“Les tontons flingueurs” is a French cult movie i love starring Bernard Blier and Lino Ventura. “Ex-gangster Fernand (Lino Ventura) receives a call from a dying friend, a mob boss nicknamed “The Mexican”. The doomed mobster talks Fernand into taking care of some criminal business and looking after his soon-to-be-married daughter. When a longtime mobster…
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The Old Hollywood actress Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur is my favourite actress with Natalie Wood. My favourite movies of her are “You can’t take it with you”, “Mr Deeds goes to town“, “The more the Merrier”, “Easy living”, “History is made at night”, “The devil and Miss Jones“, “A foreign affair”, “Too many husbands”, “The talk of the town”, “Only angels…
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Favourite male characters in Old Hollywood movies
Sources : Pinterest, IMDB and https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-1938-loretta-young-portraits-1107683653
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Favourite quotes in French classic movies (3)
“Drôle de drame” directed by Marcel Carné, 1937, starring Louis Jouvet and Michel Simon : The Bishop (Louis Jouvet) : I said “bizarre, bizarre”? How strange it is… Why would i have said “bizarre, bizarre”? Molyneux (Michel Simon) : I assure you, dear cousin, that you said strange, strange. The Bishop : I said “bizarre”?…
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Favourite screwball comedy movies
Launched in the mid-1930s, screwball comedies were characterized by “satire of American society, romantic conflicts , battles of the sexes, sight gags, sarcasm, plot twists, verbal duels and witty dialogues”.
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Favourite 1940s movies
My top 5 : The ghost and Mrs Muir Meet John Doe, Rebecca, The red shoes and The more the Merrier. Sources : Pinterest, https://m.filmaffinity.com/en/film131671.html, IMDB and https://www.rarefilmposters.com/product/delightfully-dangerous/
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Favourite quotes in old Hollywood movies (2) (Film noir movies)
Marion Parsonnet and Ben Hecht : Gilda’s screenwriters Anthony Veiller : The killers’ screenwriter Billy wilder, Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain : Double indemnity’ screenwriters Sources : IMDB and Pinterest
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The magnificent Carole Lombard
Photo of Carole Lombard by Otto Dyar, photo of the Galeries Lafayette in Berlin and Ilgiz Fazulzyanov earrings (art deco inspired). Carole Lombard was a famous actress who often played in screwball comedy movies (Launched in the mid-1930s, screwball comedies were characterized by “satire of American society, romantic conflicts , battles of the sexes, sight…
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Favourite 1930s movies
My top : You can’t take it with you, Mr Deeds goes to town, It happened one night, Stage door, The thin man, Platinum blonde, Gold diggers of 1933, The gay divorcee, Easy living, The Wizard of Oz and The bachelor father “M” directed by Fritz Lang in 1931 and starring Peter Lorre. “When the…
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Classic Christmas movies
“White Christmas” directed by Michael Curtiz starring Bing Crosby, Vera-Allen and Danny Kaye. “Two singers and dancers become romantically involved with two sisters and join forces with them to save the bankrupt Vermont Inn.” “The shop around the corner” directed by Ernst Lubitsch in 1940 starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan. “Two employees at a…
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Favourite 1950s movies
My top : East of Eden, Band wagon, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, Les grandes manœuvres, Pillow talk, Sabrina, Love in the afternoon, Mogambo ane Les diaboliques
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The Old Hollywood photographer Robert Coburn
Robert Coburn (1900-1990) was a Hollywood photographer who captured the most famous movie stars from the 1930s to 1960s (Rita Hayworth, Gene Tierney, Kim Novak, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper…). For 20 years, he had worked for Columbia studio. He particulary shot the great actress Rita Hayworth ; he was her favourite photographer.
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Favourite Films Noirs (1)
The term of “Film Noir” (literally “black film”) was invented by French film critics after the World War II, in 1946. The first critic who used this term was the French film critic Nino Frank. This kind of movie can be define as “a type of a crime film featuring cynical maleovolent characters in a…
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The Old Hollywood costume designer Jean Louis
The French Jean Louis Berthault (1907-1997) called “Jean Louis” was a Hollywood costume designer who dressed many movie stars but particulary the fabulous Rita Hayworth. The strapless black gown he had done for Rita Hayworth in “Gilda” marked cinema history. He was nominated 14 times and won an Oscar for his creations in “The Solid…
