#judith anderson

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Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock | 1940

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Propaganda

Judith Anderson (Rebecca, Laura)— ICONIC portrayal of unhinged lesbian Mrs. Danvers!!! So intense and striking an actress whatever she was in.

Charlotte Greenwood (Oklahoma, Parlor, Bedroom & Bath)— Six foot tall QUEEN, super funny, and she was excellent alongside Buster Keaton.

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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Charlotte Greenwood:

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More Charlotte + Buster

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Charlotte in Oklahoma!

she's tall and funny as hell, what more can you ask for!!! + she did a movie with short king buster keaton and their height difference is so sexyyyy

Judith Anderson:

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Rebecca (1940)

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Rebecca | Mrs Danvers through the years

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Mrs Danvers herself, Dame Judith Anderson photographed in 1934.

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Lillian Gish and John Gielgud in Hamlet, which opened at the Empire Theater on October 8, 1936, and ran until January 30, 1937.

Lillian was superb in that role [Ophelia]. Lillian was, in that instance, very much like a dollop of mercury: you could bend or caress or throw her anything, toward anything, and she would automatically conform to that situation or mood. Her understanding of the mental instability of Ophelia was acute: her body language; her tremulous speech—one was aware of the tightrope on which she was walking. Judith [Anderson] was far more experienced in classical theatre. Her mind was a repository of scholarly research. She really knew her Shakespeare. However, she realized that there was nothing quite like Lillian. Call it star power; call it an intuitive understanding of a role; call it alchemy. I don't know. I really don't. But it was magical.

     —John Gielgud

Photo: Florence Vandamm via MCNY

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Alfred Hitchcock’s REBECCA premiered in Miami, FL #OnThisDay in 1940.

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Rebecca (1940) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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Rebecca (1940)

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You're overwrought, madam. I've opened a window for you.

Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock | 1940

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I need everyone to look at these prints of Judith Anderson taken by John Hagemeyer that are literally on the Met Museum of Art website. Where are the people who vowed to vote for people with fascinating faces and interesting noses? Your girl is here!

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I'm still reading Star Trek Movie Memories, and there's an interesting bit on it in how they managed to get the legendary actress Dame Judith Anderson to play a role in Star Trek III: The Search For Spock.

Turns out Nimoy was a man in a mission to get her specifically:

Thanks to Dame Judith's nephew, she ended up with the role after all:

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Rebecca (1940) | dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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Judith Anderson and Vincent Price in 'Laura' (1944).

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Dame Judith Anderson, born 10 Feb 1897, with her Dachshund.