The Divine One Strikes Again

[Miss_Winthrop]

I think it's true that women looked like women back in those days and the woman-child look wasn't strived for. Grayson had the type of face that whatever her chronilogical age was, didn't matter IMO. Her face was ageless.  I'll bet she looked 40 at 20 and 40 at 30. Fantastic pictures!  I'm definitely going to have to get that dvd.

[Midnite]

Heather, wow-- thank you so much for posting the info! 

[Julia99]

love the hat! :-*i also love the stand-alone ashtray at the shoe store.what year was this made in?i'm going to guess 1974.i'll look for this at the video store although it looks pretty obscure.thanks heather!

SIHH was made in 1962.

[Julia99]

1962?! boy was i off...the floppy hat was totally giving me 1974 .wasn't ms.hall only in her early 40's when she began on d.s.?that would make her mid 30's when this movie as made...did this woman ever look young?

Grayson was 39 in 1962. .born in 1923 . . .now as to did she ever look young. .how about this?  I posted this a few months ago--

[Heather]

Grayson was 39 in 1962. .born in 1923

But wasn't the movie made the year before? Released therafter...  So technically... Anyhoo...she's a goddess isn't she? She NEVER ages.  LOL 

now as to did she ever look young. .how about this?  I posted this a few months ago--

And what a lovely picture that is indeed. Thanks again, J99!  

[Heather]

Heather, wow-- thank you so much for posting the info! 

Your very welcome Midnite, and everyone else--glad I could help. 

[michael c]

to paraphrase the "divine" bette davis(aka margo channing)in "all about eve"...."miss hall is ageless".

[Misa]

Hey Julia99,

What year was the young Grayson picture you posted taken?

Misa

[Miss_Winthrop]

I wanted to copy this picture to my hard drive but got an error message about copyright.  Can someone explain this to me? Thanks

[Midnite]

I wanted to copy this picture to my hard drive but got an error message about copyright.  Can someone explain this to me? Thanks

Sorry, but the images and photos on the forum aren't downloadable.  To obtain an image that someone has posted you'll need to ask the poster, in this case by sending a PM or email to Julia99.

[Julia99]

What year was the young Grayson picture you posted taken?

unknown.

[Gothick]

Wow--another post-birthday treat for me with this thread.  Heather, those snaps are GORGEOUS!  I agree about Intrator's use of close-ups--one of the *many* reasons why I adore this movie!

Believe it or not, the filming happened around November 1960 (which made Meg Myles' swim sequence a frosty event for the actress).  That means GH was 37 when she did this.

There's a video kicking around fandom of an episode of an early 1950s TV show, Lights Out, in which she had a non-speaking role (but got some good close-ups).  She more than once described herself as a teenager "longing to play the ingenue but stuck with a whiskey-baritone voice... no boobs, no bottom" (I'm only half paraphrasing here).  Even in the early 1940s when she was doing summer stock, she was playing vampy, older woman roles.

G.

[Heather]

Wow--another post-birthday treat for me with this thread.  Heather, those snaps are GORGEOUS!  I agree about Intrator's use of close-ups--one of the *many* reasons why I adore this movie!

I'm so glad you liked them, dear...   I loved this movie for a multitude of reasons as well. I had read (on another board) how some liked the movie but couldn't get over how weird it was. Maybe I'm floating on an odd wavelength, but I didn't think it was that goofy, per say...LOL. Pepe and her support team balanced out the chaos (or at least tried to) that surrounded them IMO...and each character's dialogue (especially Grayson's) was great. Witty, discrete yet wicked at the same time. It reminds me how much I appreciate certain films of this era, and older. 

There's a video kicking around fandom of an episode of an early 1950s TV show, Lights Out, in which she had a non-speaking role (but got some good close-ups).

I'd like to see that too (yeah, it's getting to be a long list...LOL)

She more than once described herself as a teenager "longing to play the ingenue but stuck with a whiskey-baritone voice... no boobs, no bottom" (I'm only half paraphrasing here).

Poor thing. I can sympathize...

[TERRY308]

Thats it!  I have to get the DVD.  Those pictures!  They're great.

[Dawn]

I've obviously been away FAR too long to have missed this thread!  Thanks for the captures and the tech info Heather.   I just love this DVD.  So camp.

Dawn
(another of Grayson's devoted legion)