How To Sit And Manage Your BDE At The Same Time : Katharine Hepburn Edition

So this happened…

Greta Garbo photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1946

Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in Flesh and the Devil (1926) dir. Clarence Brown

Favourite classic movie kisses: Fallen Angel (1945)

Dana Andrews and Linda Darnell

Dir: Otto Preminger

SLIPPING IT PAST THE CENSORS IN 1945

Stella: “I like the way you talk.” Eric: “I like the way you dance.”

Somebody needs to give a big shiny medal to Joseph LaShelle –cinematographer and, quite frankly, my hero. If not for his clever lighting and camera angle this risqué open-mouthed kiss might have ended up on the cutting room floor. 

Here’s the plot: smooth-talking drifter Eric (Dana Andrews) has been chasing streetwise Stella (Linda Darnell) ever since she walked into the diner and kicked off her shoes. Stella initially gave zero fucks about Eric and his empty wallet, but somehow he’s managed to charm her into going dancing. 

These two characters are so well matched in their seduction skills. It’s like watching two heavyweights go head-to-head, except, y’know, sexier and without all the punching and stuff. So it makes sense that when they eventually kiss, it’s going to be gooooooooood. Was there tongue? Was there an awkward boner? I guess we’ll never know for sure…

Build up: ♡♡♡♡ Romance: ♡ Chemistry: ♡♡♡♡♡ Beauty: ♡♡♡♡♡ Technique: ♡♡♡♡

Official CelluloidSnogs™ rating: 20/25, there was totally tongue tho.

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Elizabeth Taylor, Venice, Italy (1950)

Katharine Hepburn, New York (1934)

Bette Davis, Hollywood (1939)

Greta Garbo, Capri (1955)

The Duchess of Langeais screen-test by William Daniels, 1949.

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JOAN FONTAINE as Lisa Berndle in LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (1948) dir. Max Ophüls

It’s a pity you have to grow up.

Rebecca (1940) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

“Elliot I want to — I want to, but I can’t,” Benson sighs.

Greta Garbo on the set of Camille, 1936