#Merle Oberon

[davidhudson]

Merle Oberon, February 19, 1911 – November 23, 1979.

#merle oberon #cinema #film #movies

[villetteulogy]

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1934)

'Devilish clever race, the French. The only trouble is...you all go to pieces around the neck.'

#the scarlet pimpernel #leslie howard #merle oberon #filmgifs #filmedit #oldhollywoodedit #classicfilmsource #classicfilmblr #classicfilmedit #dailyflicks #chewieblog #fyeahmovies #romancegifs #everyone looks so gorgeous in this movie #it needs a restoration yesterday #mine

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Merle Oberon (Wuthering Heights, The Scarlet Pimpernel)—She was mixed race (born in India and her mother was Sri Lankan) and still managed to make it in the British and American film industries (by passing) despite a rough start in life and industry racism. She was the first Asian person to be nominated for any Academy Award (best actress in 1935)! She also survived a car accident in 1937 and kept on acting until 1973, despite potentially career-ending facial scars. Also, she met her third husband while they were filming a movie together in 1973 (her last movie and she still looks great!). They fell in love and got married in 1975 when she was 62 and he was 36. She died 4 years later in 1979. Iconic.

Jean Seberg (Breathless, Saint Joan)— Some of us watched À bout de souffle as a lil French undergrad and had the trajectory of our lives changed by Jean Seberg. She IS French new wave!! She is the moment!! She sadly had to work with a lot of shitty directors in her career but even so, she has this magnetic energy whenever she’s on screen. In her personal life, she was also very supportive of civil rights causes, and was even targeted/harassed by the FBI for financially supporting the Black Panther Party.

This is round 3 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.]

Merle Oberon:

Beautiful. Talented. Biracial. Also please refer to the following promo from the aforementioned A Night To Remember, in which she plays the writer George Sand:

Her performances always give off this perfect blend of of being composed, refined, and aloof while still being deeply passionate and I eat it up every time.

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A rare example of a WOC working in lead roles in this era (mostly because she worked very hard to pass as white and had to hide her south asian heritage sadly). She has this very regal vibe but also a simmering intensity—even holding her own as Cathy opposite Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff.

I need all the gothic fans to STAND UP for our cathy!!

She has such a unique face when it comes to old hollywood actresses - a lot of them start to melt together in my brain - but Merle has always stood out to me<3

Jean Seberg:

anyone who plays Joan of Arc is kind of hot by default tbh

she's gorgeous, she's cool, she has the original blond pixie cut

She donated a lot of her money to civil rights organizations such as the NAACP and the black panther party as well as Native American school groups, as a result of this the fbi ran a smear campaign against her and a surveillance campaign which is thought to have led to her suicide tragically.

idk if this is propaganda but the COINTELPRO and the FBI are widely blamed for her death. If the FBI was after her for supporting the Black Panther Party you know she was good

#jean seberg #merle oberon #fuck that old woman #hotvintagepoll #ladies 3 #making the choice to change merle's photo of my own volition because I Know What You People Do When You See A Menswear Contestant #and need to equal the playing field here if jean's showing up in full joust mode

[retro-only-darling]

Merle Oberon photographed for The Scarlett Pimpernel (1934)

#classic hollywood #merle oberon #the scarlet pimpernel #1930s movies #old glamour

[rosepompadour]

MERLE OBERON in THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1934) She was giddy, excitable, in love with the idea of love. She brought poetry to life with her innocent romantic glamour; nobody who knew her went untouched by her or would ever be quite the same after she had gone. - Princess Merle: The Romantic Life of Merle Oberon

#absolutely hilarious face-wise #merle oberon #the scarlet pimpernel #the silver screen #*

[screengoddess]

Merle Oberon

#Merle Oberon #vintage #classic hollywood #1940's #actress #vintage hollywood #old hollywood

[citizenscreen]

Merle Oberon and Norma Shearer at the Biltmore Bowl for the Hollywood Victory luncheon on March 7, 1942.

#merle oberon #norma shearer #old hollywood

[warningsine]

"Wuthering Heights" (1939) // Jackie and Shauna on "Yellowjackets"

#wuthering heights #yellowjackets #yellowjacketsedit #shauna x jackie #jackie x shauna #jackieshauna #shaunajackie #jackie taylor #shauna shipman #tvedit #filmedit #Heathcliff #Catherine Earnshaw #william wyler #Laurence Olivier #Merle Oberon #sine's gifs #q

[gatabella]

Merle Oberon and Myrna Loy during a live benefit broadcast of Bundles for Britain on New Years Eve, 1940

#merle oberon #myrna loy #claudette colbert #ronald colman

[diioonysus]

eyes of the past

#theda bara #anna may wong #greta garbo #marlene dietrich #nina mae mckinney #elizabeth threatt #merle oberon #josephine baker #maylia fong #lupe valez #you can kinda of tell this is inspired by gloryhorroor's horror eyes #history #beauty #photography #vintage #vintage photography #old hollywood #i tried to give different women #women in history #tw: scopophobia

[hellostarrynightblr]

Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) dir. Harold Young

#the scarlet pimpernel #1934 #1930s #adventure #period film #romance #oldhollywoodedit #classic hollywood #leslie howard #merle oberon #harold young

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Merle Oberon (Wuthering Heights, The Scarlet Pimpernel)—She was mixed race (born in India and her mother was Sri Lankan) and still managed to make it in the British and American film industries (by passing) despite a rough start in life and industry racism. She was the first Asian person to be nominated for any Academy Award (best actress in 1935)! She also survived a car accident in 1937 and kept on acting until 1973, despite potentially career-ending facial scars. Also, she met her third husband while they were filming a movie together in 1973 (her last movie and she still looks great!). They fell in love and got married in 1975 when she was 62 and he was 36. She died 4 years later in 1979. Iconic.

Thelma Todd (Monkey Business, Horse Feathers)— A comedy great who could go toe to toe with the Marx brothers. Watching her in horse feathers made middle school me feel things. Unfortunately, she died tragically, so I'd be careful when looking up pictures of her - there are a good number of crime scene photos mixed into the results. Overall a lovely lady 😊

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.]

Merle Oberon:

Beautiful. Talented. Biracial. Also please refer to the following promo from the aforementioned A Night To Remember, in which she plays the writer George Sand:

Her performances always give off this perfect blend of of being composed, refined, and aloof while still being deeply passionate and I eat it up every time.

Linked gifset

A rare example of a WOC working in lead roles in this era (mostly because she worked very hard to pass as white and had to hide her south asian heritage sadly). She has this very regal vibe but also a simmering intensity—even holding her own as Cathy opposite Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff.

I need all the gothic fans to STAND UP for our cathy!!

She has such a unique face when it comes to old hollywood actresses - a lot of them start to melt together in my brain - but Merle has always stood out to me<3

Thelma Todd:

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She was both the beautiful and charismatic lead and a comedic star that deserves her place beside her frequent co-stars, Laurel and Hardy.

#thelma todd #merle oberon #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old woman #ladies 2

[freddie-my-love]

Fred Astaire with Humphrey Bogart and Merle Oberon, photographed by Bill Dudas, ca. 1942

#fred astaire #humphrey bogart #merle oberon #1942 #40s #old hollywood #movies

[rosepompadour]

MERLE OBERON on the beach, c. 1938

#merle oberon #the silver screen #* #the most beautiful girl who ever lived #someone once asked me what i thought of the scarlet pimpernel and i just said 'the movie about merle's face?' #he laughed and said he felt the same way #i love all my classic hollywood girls but we need to stop acting like beauty peaked with marilyn #has anyone EVER #before or since #come close to merle? #non #this was IT #also her shoes are positively fabdabulous

[classic-hollywood-glam]

Merle Oberon

#merle oberon #vintage #old hollywood #classic hollywood

[citizenscreen]

William Wyler’s WUTHERING HEIGHTS enjoyed its premiere in Hollywood, California on March 24, 1939 #OnThisDay

#wuthering heights #laurence olivier #merle oberon #old hollywood #classic movies