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Gene Tierney (Laura, The Ghost and Mrs Muir, Leave Her to Heaven)— The class, the elegance. The way she walks into frame and immediately all focus is on her. She had a pretty lengthy struggle with mental health that she describes in her book, which I think made her all the more sensitive in portraying characters like in leave her to heaven. Also she dumped JFK so
Moira Shearer (The Red Shoes)— Moira Shearer is one of the most awe-inspiring dancers ever put to screen. Watching her performance in 'The Red Shoes' changed my fucking life. When I saw her in 'Peeping Tom' it was one of the most anxiety-inducing experiences I've ever had watching a film. Moira Shearer was not only an actress who can make you feel, she's an actress who can make you feel *desperately afraid* for her. An all-time favourite for horror, dance, and just her /presence/, man.
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Gene Tierney:
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The entire plot of Laura is that a guy has to become completely obsessed with a woman after just seeing her portrait. This only works because Gene was cast in the role. I 10000% believe anyone could fall in love after seeing her face.
Those eyes! Just look at those eyes! She’s at her hottest in Leave Her To Heaven— I literally want her to ruin my life.
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Absolute grade-A babe, she is the perfection incarnate.
Gene Tierney was beautiful, poised, intense. I associate her with roles where she was murderous or an intelligent woman being patronized to - like a woman on the edge! As far as I am concerned, she deserved to do whatever she wanted.
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She had a slight overbite which was amazingly sexy, and a throaty voice that was very memorable as well. She’s terrific in Laura, which reminds me I should watch it again.
EYES!! Her diabolical acting in Leave Her to Heaven is just perfect, Rosamund Pike definitely took notes for her Gone Girl from her.
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Oscar-nominated and simply one of the most beautiful women to ever walk this Earth.
Absolutely stunning. In Leave Her to Heaven, she reaches Rosamund-Pike-in-Gone-Girl levels of “holy fucking shit?!?!?!” She had a fling with JFK in the ‘40s and also dated the exes of Rita Hayworth and Hedy Lamarr (Prince Aly Khan and W. Howard Lee, respectively). Sadly, her daughter was born with a disability (during a time in which there were few good mainstream options for disabled children and their parents), likely because of a fan who was sick with measles and went out of her way to meet Tierney (who was pregnant) anyway. Topical! Sure would be good if people stayed home when they were sick! Anyway, she was also a Republican, which sucks. Laura and Leave Her to Heaven are great viewing though.
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Moira Shearer:
[editor's note: if your TWs include death, body horror, or general freaky stuff, go forward with caution with the videos. Enjoy!]
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Scottish flame-haired professional ballerina who made a successful move into films with ballet classic "The Red Shoes" and several other films. The best way to convey her beauty and grace is to see her in motion so gifsets are attached.
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Please check her out as Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann, it's one of my favourite examples of automata ballet and she's so awesome in it
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Her performance in 'The Red Shoes' (if you ever have the opportunity to see this on the big screen, TAKE IT.)
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orlaite · 4 months
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THE RED SHOES (1948) | dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
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Why do you want to dance? Why do you want to live? Well, I don’t know exactly why, but uh... I must. That’s my answer too. THE RED SHOES (1948)
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davisbette · 1 year
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The Red Shoes (1948) — dir. Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
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musicalfilm · 11 months
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moira shearer as “olympia” in the tales of hoffmann (1951)
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THE RED SHOES (1948) dir. Emeric Passburger & Michael Powell
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roseillith · 6 months
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THE RED SHOES (1948) dir. EMERIC PRESSBURGER, MICHAEL POWELL
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davidhudson · 2 months
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Moira Shearer, January 17, 1926 - January 31, 2006.
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Red Shoes (1948).
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The Red Shoes (1946)
Directors: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Cinematographer: Jack Cardiff
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rosepompadour · 1 year
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She is a sweet fairy princess out of make-believe.
Cecil Beaton on Moira Shearer, Ballet (1951)
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nostalgc · 6 months
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The Red Shoes, (1948).
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orlaite · 4 months
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THE RED SHOES (1948)
dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
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citizenscreen · 2 months
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Moira Shearer in a Sadler's Wells production of the Ballet “Cinderella,” at Covent Garden in 1948.
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blacknarcissus · 6 months
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Vers vôtre destin, en extase.
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) & The Red Shoes (1948)
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gatabella · 8 months
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Maria Callas arriving at Orly airport, Paris, 1950s
"I adore the overemphasized eyes and lips that Maria Callas, Margot Fonteyn, and Moira Shearer laid on before a performance, and which I always admired in black-and-white images growing up. They still haunt my memories as I prep for a show."
-Dita von Teese
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20thcenturystarlet · 1 year
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Moira Shearer’s ballet costume in The Red Shoes (1948) dir. Powell & Pressburger
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