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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 12, 2017 22:13:42 GMT
Yvonne De Carlo perfect as a black widow, Anna in Criss Cross (1949) Schemer...
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Post by petrolino on Dec 12, 2017 22:21:42 GMT
Ruthless... Lizabeth Scott, Too Late For Tears (1949) Scott put the fatale into femme with her second film noir for Byron Haskin. Her checked dress and beret in the movie, when she's looking out over the river, inspired some of Todd Haynes costume ideas for 'Carol' (2015). Scott has worn checks and berets before ...
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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 12, 2017 23:35:22 GMT
Gothic Googie Withers , as Pearl Bond in the moody period drama, the debut feature for director Robert Hamer Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) Adulterous...
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Post by koskiewicz on Dec 13, 2017 23:48:54 GMT
...gimme Rebecca Romijn from the film "Femme Fatale" any day of the year...!!!
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 14, 2017 0:05:09 GMT
Veronica Lake has two grenades in her bra in So Proudly We Hail. Dames don't come any more fatale than that.
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Post by spiderwort on Dec 14, 2017 1:44:08 GMT
Great thread, Planet. So many wonderful ones have already been mentioned (Stanwyck is my all-time favorite). But here are a few more (with two repeats; can't help myself): Jane Greer in Out of the PastRita Hayworth in The Lady From ShanghaiBarbra Stanwyck in The Strange Love of Martha IversGene Tierney in Leave Her to HeavenLouise Brooks in Pandora's Box
I'm dying to get Jane Russell in here, but I don't think she was ever really a femme fatale.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 14, 2017 8:01:11 GMT
Great thread, Planet. So many wonderful ones have already been mentioned (Stanwyck is my all-time favorite). But here are a few more (with two repeats; can't help myself):
I'm dying to get Jane Russell in here, but I don't think she was ever really a femme fatale. Thanks spiderwort ...A marvellous collection of stills, great to see Louise Brooks, they really do speak a thousand words, those captured timeless moments are great to reflect upon and highlight the wonder and beauty of classic film ... Jane Russell... maybe as Belle Starr Montana Belle (1952) ?
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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 14, 2017 8:06:54 GMT
"You're wide open, Joe. I can see into you without looking. " Marie Windsor posed for a now a famous set of publicity shots for her role as seductive Edna in... Force of Evil (1948)
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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 14, 2017 8:16:02 GMT
Devil Girl from Mars (1954) an independent low budget British Sci-fi film tells the tale of Nyah a female alien commander sent from Mars to acquire human males to replace their dying male population. Patricia Laffan
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Post by london777 on Dec 15, 2017 3:59:04 GMT
Ruthless... Lizabeth Scott, Too Late For Tears (1949) I always thought she was most unattractive and too self-evidently a wrong'un to work as a femme fatale. My father always called her "Old Skullface". Thank goodness I did not inherit his scathing attitude.
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Post by london777 on Dec 15, 2017 4:44:48 GMT
I have been watching some more obscure films lately, several with femmes fatales played by actresses new to me: Framed (1947) dir Richard Wallace Janis Carter is the bad girl, with Glenn Ford (miscast) and Barry Sullivan. Carter looks most unlike a femme fatale. More like the headmistress of a girl's school. Framed
A Life at Stake (1955) dir Paul Guilfoyle (another one for spiderwort's actor-turned director thread). The femme fatale was Angela Lansbury of all people, only 30 but already looking too matronly to ensnare me, let alone the young and handsome hero. A Life at Stake
Poodle Springs (1998) is a TV movie directed by Bob Rafelson. James Caan at 58 plays an ageing Philp Marlowe married to a nymphet. I did not mind the age gap as I have grown inured to that watching Woody Allen films, but at least Woody does not attempt to portray an action hero as well. The femme fatale was Julia Campbell, a TV actress. Avoid this one. Poodle SpringsWhistle Stop (1946) dir Léonide Moguy. Ava Gardner (aged 24) causes havoc in her home town, not by being evil but just by looking stunning and being indecisive before finally opting for wastrel George Raft (aged 51). Poor choice, Ava. Whistle StopThe Scarlet Hour (1956) dir Michael Curtiz. A late and low-budget film noir. Carol Ohmart, a new name to me, is excellent as the femme fatale. Apparently she was another of the "next Marilyn Monroes". I liked this movie because it is resolved by a moral choice rather than a hail of bullets. The Scarlet Hour
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Post by Doghouse6 on Dec 15, 2017 7:51:24 GMT
A Life at Stake (1955) dir Paul Guilfoyle (another one for spiderwort's actor-turned director thread). The femme fatale was Angela Lansbury of all people, only 30 but already looking too matronly to ensnare me, let alone the young and handsome hero. A Life at Stake
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Scarlet Hour (1956) dir Michael Curtiz. A late and low-budget film noir. Carol Ohmart, a new name to me, is excellent as the femme fatale. Apparently she was another of the "next Marilyn Monroes". I liked this movie because it is resolved by a moral choice rather than a hail of bullets. The Scarlet HourOnscreen, Lansbury was always mature beyond her years, but those '50s bobs did no one over 25 any favors. She did look sufficiently "fatale" - old west style - in The Harvey Girls. Carol Omhart had everything needed in looks and attitude, but never found her way into enough quality projects. She was pretty "fatale" in more ways than one in House On Haunted Hill.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 15, 2017 19:42:59 GMT
Don't be fooled by that Angel Face (1953) Jean Simmons as Diane Tremayne
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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 15, 2017 20:09:13 GMT
Mae West created the original comic femme fatale. In 1927 she was sentenced to 10 days for "corrupting the morals of youth", a backlash from the conservative outcry following her Broadway play "Sex". Leading numerous men astray, Lady Lou is always ready to accept valuable jewels and gifts, no questions asked , for favours... She Done Him Wrong (1933)...
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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 15, 2017 20:37:14 GMT
Natasha Fatale character from the classic animated TV show The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (1958-64) May have been satire but the negative characterization of a Russian femme spy was typical of the nasty stereotype fed to us kids during the Cold War. I find it interesting to note that with over 100 Soviet Union era classic films on my shelves, I cannot think of one film that has femme fatale as a main protagonist ? ...
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Post by petrolino on Dec 15, 2017 22:35:36 GMT
Rita Hayworth
Jessica Rabbit
'Gilda'
Betty Boop
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 16, 2018 21:03:51 GMT
Mexican Actress and dancer Ninón Sevilla, is a knockout playing saloon singer Aurora in Sensualidad (1951) this is one formidable femme fatale Ninón Sevilla, was a Cuban-born Mexican film actress and dancer, active and popular during the golden age of Mexican cinema. She was considered one of the greatest exponents of the Rumberas film genre. The Rumberas film represented and portrayed a social view of Mexico of the 1940s and 1950s. Specifically the film stories were of women's lives, those considered as sinners and prostitutes, Women who challenged and those who flouted the moral and social conventions of their time. Still pics , also from Sensualidad (1951) Lookout when I get out !
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Post by koskiewicz on Mar 16, 2018 22:24:43 GMT
...how about Hedy Lamarr in "Samson & Delilah"
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Post by morrisondylanfan on Mar 17, 2018 22:20:20 GMT
Along with all of the other great names/photos featured in this awesome thread,I'll include these dames: Florence Marly Krakatit (1948) The Damned (1947) Simone Signoret: Les diaboliques (1955)
Casque d'Or (1952) And since she is my profile pic Michèle Mercier in Retour de manivelle (1957)
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 18, 2018 6:44:47 GMT
Wonderful additions, beautiful stills, excellent films ! Many Thanks morrisondylanfan . I have not seen Michèle Mercier in Retour de manivelle (1957) so excited for this rec , in the cart... You will have to have deep pockets to claim this greasy-spoon waitress, this Fallen Angel... Sultry Stella
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