#Martita Hunt

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

May Whitty (The Lady Vanishes, Gaslight, Bill of Divorcement, Suspicion, Mrs Miniver)—Wonderful character actress who light up every film she's in. First actress to be invested as a Dame in 1918 started her career on stage with Sir Henry Irving, [editor's note: the propaganda abruptly cuts off post-comma. The propaganda vanishes]

Martita Hunt (Great Expectations, Anastasia)—The original Miss Havisham - hot mad old lady for the win!

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.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

#martita hunt #may whitty #gilf rights #hotvintagepoll #ladies 1 #fuck that old woman

[weirdlookindog]

The Brides of Dracula (1960)

#the brides of dracula #peter cushing #martita hunt #yvonne monlaur #david peel #1960s horror #1960s movies #1960 #terence fisher #hammer horror #hammer films #poster

[metaforadohomeminvisivel]

#The Brides of Dracula #hammer horror #vampires #lesbian vampires #Peter Cushing #Doctor Van Helsing #Yvonne #Martita Hunt #Freda Jackson #1960 #60s #horror aesthetic #horror movies

[cineclub84]

#21 Anna Karenine, 1948 📼

#1948 #anna karenine #Anna Karenina #Uk movies #England movies #London film #uk #40s #vhs #collection vhs #vhs tapes #vhs collector #vhs collection #cinema #cinephile #film #movies #physical media #Julien Duvivier #Lev Tolstoi #Vivien Leigh #Kieron Moore #Ralph Richardson #Sally Ann Howe #Niall MacGinnis #Martita Hunt #Michael Gough #Hugh Dempster

[screamscenepodcast]

Hammer Horror tries to strike Gothic gold again with THE BRIDES OF DRACULA (1960, Fisher)!

With three different writers, the film's seams show despite the heavy lifting from stars Peter Cushing, Yvonne Monlaur and David Peel.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 23:59; Discussion 33:47; Ranking 57:12

#podcast #the brides of dracula #dracula #horror #horror of dracula #hammer horror #hammer productions #terence fisher #jimmy sangster #peter bryan #edward percy #anthony hinds #peter cushing #martita hunt #freda jackson #david peel #yvonne monlaur #jack asher #alfred cox #malcolm williamson #andree melly #fred johnson #vampire #classic horror #SoundCloud

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

#So Evil My Love #Ray Milland #Ann Todd #Geraldine Fitzgerald #Leo G. Carroll #Raymond Huntley #Martita Hunt #Raymond Lovell #Moira Lister #Roderick Lovell #Lewis Allen #1948

[machetelanding]

#the brides of dracula #horror #movies #1960 #1960s #peter cushing #freda jackson #martita hunt #yvonne monlaur #terence fisher #hammer films #british horror #movie posters

[myfavoritepeterotoole]

Becket (1964) directed by Peter Glenville

Peter O'Toole as King Henry II

Martita Hunt as Empress Matilda of England

Pamela Brown as Queen Eleanor

#peter o'toole #martita hunt #pamela brown #becket

[twittercomfrnklin2001-blog]

So Evil My Love

There are times watching Ray Milland’s attempts at more serious roles I wish they had been played by Cary Grant, though in the case of Lewis Allen’s SO EVIL MY LOVE (1948, Criterion Channel, TCM, archive.org), it would have required Grant to go against the types to which he increasingly confined himself. When Milland’s con artist dabbles in villainy, he’s quite good, though Grant would have been more charming. When he has to play scenes with an ulterior motive, however, he mugs outrageously (I shudder to think of the effect on Western civilization had he ever co-starred with Joan Crawford). I don’t think Grant would have been that obvious. At least he couldn’t have fallen into that singsong line delivery Milland keeps using to indicate deep emotion. But even he couldn’t have pulled off the sudden character change required in the film’s last act, when things seem to be going dreadfully soft for a moment. Milland is a turn-of-the-century artist and art thief who spots an opportunity when missionary’s widow Ann Todd nurses him through a bout with malaria during an ocean voyage from Jamaica to London. He puts the moves on her to win free lodging, but when he discovers she has a rich, unhappily married childhood friend (Geraldine Fitzgerald), he sees a lucrative opportunity for blackmail. Since this is “gaslight noir” (film noir set in the Victorian era), you know things aren’t going to go well. It’s going to be all shadows and duplicity. The surprise is that the seemingly noble Todd takes to chicanery like a natural. The script plants the seeds of that in the first shot, when she stands on the ship in the middle of a storm because she finds it exhilarating. This is one glacial blonde with a hot, seething inner life. She’s basically a combination of the two female archetypes in film noir, the Madonna and the whore. Todd is quite wonderful, pulling on her deeper, husky tones to create a woman whose life is a series of regrets. And her innate intelligence plays up the film’s interrogation of female roles in a stifling patriarchal society. There’s also strong work from Fitzgerald as a woman driven to alcoholism by her husband’s coldness, Martita Hunt as his steely mother, Leo G. Carroll as a philosophical private detective and Hugh Griffith as the coroner leading an inquest into matters you’ll have to discover for yourself.

#film noir #gaslight noir #ann todd #ray milland #martita hunt #hugh griffith #leo g. carroll #Geraldine fitzgerald #lewis allen

[thealmightyemprex]

Fairy Tale June:The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

So today we are actually going with a big movie ,a George Pal extraviganza

In this 1962 film we follow Willhem Grimm (Laurance Harvey), a fanciful dreamer,and Jacob Grimm (Karl Bohem ) a down to earth scholar ,as the pair is supposed to write down the family history of a Duke (Oscar Homolka) ,Willhelm gest distracted by fairy tales ,which he realizes no one has written down .....Thats the main story,what makes the film unique....is it also adapts three classic Grimms fairy tales :The dancing Princess follows a woodcutter (Russ Tamblyn) who uses an invisible cloak to discoverthe mystery to why a princess(Yvette Mimeux) always has destroyed shoes ,the Elves and the Shoemakers follows a old cobbler (Also played by Harvey ) who gains the help of some elves (voiced by Stan Freberg,Dallas Mikkinion and Thurl Ravinscroft ) and the Sining Bone where the cowardly and egotistical Sir Ludwig (Terry-Thomas ) tries to take credit for slaying a dragon that was actually slain by his servent Hans (Buddy Hackett )

SO this film is done by George PAl,producer of many Sci Fi and fantasy films ,probabbly best known for his HG Welles adaptations ,War of the Worlds and the Time Machine.In fact I kind of see this film as a spirtual follow up to his musical version of Tom Thumb ,which also had Russ Tmablyn and Terry-Thomas (In fact as well as playing the Woodsman,Tamblyn also plays Tom Thumb in a climatic sequence I will get to later ),and I think oversall,while I enjoy parts of Tom Thumb.....This film is better.HOWEVER it is still uneven to the point I didnt know if I liked or disliked it tillI was near the end,and even then.....I had to think about it

The movie is kind of two movies ,it is a bio pic about the Grimm Brothers AND a anthology of fairy tale ,and at first.....I was kind of wishing it was just the fairy tales ,and even then they arent immune to the big problem of the movie.....IT drags ,the pscing is very slow,I guess to make it 2 hours

We are gonna go by segments :

The main Grimm Brothers story on its own is dull ,it didnt feel substantial to me at first ,just Willhelm messing up and setting up the fact they will eventually write down the fairy tales ....HOwever what made it work was the performances ,LAurance Harvey was really lovable as the dreamer Willhelm,Karl Boehm is believable as the serious Jacob,and Oskar HOmolka is scene chewingly fun as the unpleasent Duke,with other good performances coming from MArtita Hunt ,Barbra Eden,Claire Bloom and Walter Slezak ....What also works is the ending which I will go into later

The Danicng Princess is fun ,showing some great physicality by Russ Tamblyn in both stunts and dancing.Now in the fairy tale its 12 Princesses but for this segment it makes sense to streamline it to one.The Highlight of this one is Jim Bakus as the murderous yet jovial King (Aided by him doing the Mr Magoo voice)

The Elves and the Shoemaker was my least favorite part of the film ,Harvey is good,but the segment was a lil dull and I willl be frank ,while I love stop motion and shall praise some later ....THE ELVES ARE FREAKY AND CREEPED ME OUT (However did notice one of them was the Yawning Man from Tom Thumb that was cute )

The Singing Bone is both the darkest and funniest tale and by far my favorite part of the film .Terry-Thomas was a comedic genius and here is perfectly cast as a villainous knight who lets his servent do all the heavy lifting .Buddy Hackett is also very fun as the unlikely hero ,I never knewI wanted to see Scuttle fight a dragon but I am glad it exists .The best part of the d scene IS the dragon,brought to life through some brillaint cartoony stop mostion,this beastie has a ton of personality,being very bored and hungry,focused on killling the two main characters ,and I love the design which is a mixture of eastern and western dragons with jewl encrusted scales

But the scene that sold me on the movie and why I reccomend the movie is Willhelms dream:Spoilers Willhelm gets very sick and in a fever dream sees Snow White and the seven dwarfs,a Giant,the Frog Prince,Tom Thumb, Rumplestiltskin,and other fairy tale characters ,who convince him to not only lived but write down their stories .Its a very sweet and emotional scene ,and I particularly like comedian Arnonald Stangs take on Rumplestiltskin as a bad tempered mean guy (I kind of wish he got his own segment ).

For all the flaws of the movie,I did enjoy it ,and if you can find it,I reccomend giving it a watch

@ariel-seagull-wings @angelixgutz @autistic-prince-cinderella @amalthea9 @scarletblumburtonofeastlondon @princesssarisa @filmcityworld1 @the-blue-fairie @theancientvaleofsoulmaking @themousefromfantasyland

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Martita Hunt (Great Expectations, Anastasia)—The original Miss Havisham - hot mad old lady for the win!

Margaret Rutherford (Blithe Spirit, The Importance of Being Earnest, the 60s Miss Marple films)—Margaret Rutherford was a fantastic comic actress who also serves as an inspiration to anyone who feels they’re too old to pursue their dreams - she didn’t start acting professionally until her Kate 40s, but was eventually made a Dame!! Queen of oddball female characters, she is a delight to watch in every scene, and always has big lesbian energy. If you don’t think she’s hot you’re just being cowardly. Also this: [link to PopMatters article]

This is round 2 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.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Martita Hunt:

Margaret Rutherford:

#margaret rutherford #martita hunt #gilf rights #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old woman #ladies 2

[weirdlookindog]

The Brides of Dracula (1960) - French Poster

#the brides of dracula #peter cushing #martita hunt #yvonne monlaur #david peel #1960s horror #1960 #1960s movies #terence fisher #hammer horror #hammer films #horror movie poster

[byneddiedingo]

Joanna Pettet and David Hemmings in The Best House in London (Philip Saville, 1969)

Cast: David Hemmings, Joanna Pettet, George Sanders, Dany Robin, Warren Mitchell, John Bird, William Rushton, Bill Fraser, Maurice Denham, Wolfe Morris, Martita Hunt, Marie Rogers. Screenplay: Dennis Norden. Cinematography: Alex Thomson. Production design: Wilfred Singleton. Film editing: Peter Tanner. Music: Mischa Spoliansky.

Is there anything worse than a sex comedy that's neither sexy nor funny? Well, maybe a sex comedy predicated in part on the toxically masculine idea that sex workers choose their occupation because of the sex and not because they need work -- in short, that any woman would become a prostitute if it just meant having a lot of sex all the time. Philip Saville's The Best House in London endorses that notion. Joanna Pettet plays Josephine Pacefoot, a character based on, or rather parodying, the real-life Josephine Butler, a 19th-century English social reformer who, in addition to campaigning for women's rights, sought an end to human trafficking. In the movie, her campaign is ridiculed: The women she's trying to take off the streets and tech marketable skills are recalcitrant, constantly slipping back into prostitution as easier, more lucrative, and from the film's point of view more fun, with the result that the streets of Victorian London are crowded with hookers. This plays into the schemes of Walter Leybourne (David Hemmings), who persuades the British Home Secretary (John Bird) to allow him to establish an opulent bordello that will cater to the cream of English society and thereby ease the street traffic. The brothel is an enormous success and thereby becomes a target for Pacefoot's campaign, in which she is aided by Benjamin Oakes (also Hemmings), who is serving as a sort of publicist for her cause. The inevitable clash between the brothel and the reformer, and between the two characters played by Hemmings, forms the main plot. But that story is overlaid with subplots, one about the secret parentage of Leybourne and Oakes -- the justification for the double casting of Hemmings is that they are secretly half brothers -- and another, almost unrelated to the rest of the film, about Leybourne's assisting a pioneering aeronaut, Count Pandolfo (Warren Mitchell), in the construction of a giant dirigible. Meanwhile, the film is littered with cameo appearances of eminent Victorians: Dickens, Tennyson, Swinburne, Elizabeth Barrett, Darwin, Oscar Wilde, Lord Alfred Douglas, and fictional ones like Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. (One of the few successful jokes in the film comes as invitations to the brothel opening are being sent out; when Dr. Jekyll's name comes up, someone says they'd better send him two.) The movie is cavalier about chronology: It doesn't seem to matter, for example, that Lord Alfred Douglas was born in 1870, the year that Dickens died. Still, the messiness of the plotting and insouciance about history matter less in the end than the fact that most of the comedy falls flat, the sex is of the nudge-nudge, wink-wink order, and the underlying premise of the film is distasteful.

#The Best House in London #Philip Saville #Joanna Pettet #David Hemmings

[cineclub84]

Anna Karenine, 1948

Malgre tous ses efforts pour resister, Anna Karenine va succomber a la passion que lui voue le futur epoux de sa soeur, l'officier Alexei Vronski. Le mari d'Anna s'apercoit de sa liaison et menace de divorcer. Anna rompt, mais ne peut supporter la vie sans son amant. Ils partent a Venise, mais vite nostalgique de leur pays ils retournent a Moscou et Anna se rend compte que Vronski se detache d'elle.

Très belle adaptation du célèbre roman de Léon Tolstoï. Oubliant l'intrigue parallèle avec Levine pour ne se focaliser que sur Anna Karénine et sa descente en enfer. Outre l'adultère le film est aussi une magnifique description des relations conjugales dans la Russie de la fin 19ème. Les amants s'aiment mais Anna Karénine ne peut garder soin sang froid et la paranoïa devient une torture. Vivien Leigh est splendide et incarne à la perfection les méandres de la passion. Ralph Richardson est aussi excellent en mari trompé. Le noir et blanc sied magnifiquement au romanesque et à l'austérité de l'histoire. Un chef d'oeuvre.

Ana Karenine (1948) - Trailer

#Anna Karenina #Drama #1948 #40s #film #movies #cinema #cinephile #Uk #British #British movies #England #Julien Duvivier #Lev Tolstoi #Vivien Leigh #Kieron Moore #Ralph Richardson #Sally Ann Howe #Niall MacGinnis #Martita Hunt #Michael Gough #Hugh Dempster #London Film #Youtube #anna karenine

[stellabystarlight12]

Martita Hunt   Janaury 30, 1896 - June 13, 1969

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

#becket #richard burton #peter o'toole #john gielgud #donald wolfit #martita hunt #pamela brown #peter glenville #1964