Comments on: Red-Headed Woman http://thelifecinematic.com/red-headed-woman/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:27:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lauren http://thelifecinematic.com/red-headed-woman/#comment-7913 Lauren Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:43:17 +0000 http://thelifecinematic.com/?p=871#comment-7913 I won't go too far in casting myself as a Harlow apologist, as RHW is probably the first time I've found her at all interesting or effective. I tend to agree with your impressions (particularly lack of sophistication). I'm interested now to find out a bit more about her, though. I won’t go too far in casting myself as a Harlow apologist, as RHW is probably the first time I’ve found her at all interesting or effective. I tend to agree with your impressions (particularly lack of sophistication). I’m interested now to find out a bit more about her, though.

]]> By: Mango http://thelifecinematic.com/red-headed-woman/#comment-7885 Mango Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:36:33 +0000 http://thelifecinematic.com/?p=871#comment-7885 Is she indicative of 30s taste? Maybe. Well said. As for natural Jean, I've seen photos of her sans make-up and sans formality and she looks horrifying. No glamour, no sophistication, no real confidence (my impressions)--she looks like a frightened child in them. I suppose she led the type of tumultuous starlet life most of her peers did (but I wouldn't know, I haven't had the urge to research), and in that way I sincerely empathize with her. Hear real life would probably break my heart. But as it is, it is brutal trying to watch her onscreen. Can I go comment on Waterloo Bridge, or am I still being marked as spam? Is she indicative of 30s taste? Maybe. Well said. As for natural Jean, I’ve seen photos of her sans make-up and sans formality and she looks horrifying. No glamour, no sophistication, no real confidence (my impressions)–she looks like a frightened child in them. I suppose she led the type of tumultuous starlet life most of her peers did (but I wouldn’t know, I haven’t had the urge to research), and in that way I sincerely empathize with her. Hear real life would probably break my heart. But as it is, it is brutal trying to watch her onscreen.

Can I go comment on Waterloo Bridge, or am I still being marked as spam?

]]> By: Lauren http://thelifecinematic.com/red-headed-woman/#comment-7882 Lauren Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:13:03 +0000 http://thelifecinematic.com/?p=871#comment-7882 I agree with you generally about Harlow. This is the first role I liked her in, although at the same time she and the character ARE repulsive. Maybe this is part of the reason why the casting is perfect. She is one of few who could make me find Lil so vile. In fact I wonder if in Stanwyck's hands, say, I would have rooted for her as I did Lily Powers. Hmm, I really wonder. It's impossible to see Harlow's allure now; it seems she was very much of-the-moment where other great ladies of the screen were more classic, sophisticated, simple in a way. The platinum blonde look doesn't work today. The plucked-clean and redrawn eyebrows don't work today. In fact she looked hideous, but I imagine natural-Jean would have been just fine. Her persona also grates on me; the whining, the seductive glances, the now-absurd casting as bombshell. But she's probably more indicative of 30s tastes than any of the other women who reached her iconic status. I agree with you generally about Harlow. This is the first role I liked her in, although at the same time she and the character ARE repulsive. Maybe this is part of the reason why the casting is perfect. She is one of few who could make me find Lil so vile. In fact I wonder if in Stanwyck’s hands, say, I would have rooted for her as I did Lily Powers. Hmm, I really wonder.

It’s impossible to see Harlow’s allure now; it seems she was very much of-the-moment where other great ladies of the screen were more classic, sophisticated, simple in a way. The platinum blonde look doesn’t work today. The plucked-clean and redrawn eyebrows don’t work today. In fact she looked hideous, but I imagine natural-Jean would have been just fine. Her persona also grates on me; the whining, the seductive glances, the now-absurd casting as bombshell. But she’s probably more indicative of 30s tastes than any of the other women who reached her iconic status.

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