#kathleen byron

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KATHLEEN BYRON in BLACK NARCISSUS (1947)

#black narcissus #kathleen byron #perioddramagif #periodramaedit #perioddramasource #tvfilmcentral #tvfilmsource #tvfilmdaily #filmtvdaily #moviegifs #classicfilmedit #classicfilmblr #uservita #userelissa #usersuzanne #* #not tk #my gifs #movies

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Kathleen Byron (Black Narcissus)— After Sister Ruth (her character) leaves the convent and encuntifies herself, she’s extremely hot in a very crazy, dangerous looking way. The director said she was cast because she had “a dreamy voice and great eyes like a lynx.” What more can you want

Francine Everett (Dirtie Girtie from Harlem U.S.A., Paradise in Harlem)— she wasn't known as 'the most beautiful women in harlem' for nothing. star of many an all-black film. not to mention one of her raised eyebrows eviscerates me

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.]

Francine Everett propaganda:

Harlem beauty with charisma out the wazoo, never had as big of a Hollywood career as she should have because she refused to take demeaning or stereotyped roles.

#francine everett #kathleen byron #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old woman #ladies 1

[somerandomrecluse]

BLACK NARCISSUS (1947)

Dir. Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell

#Black Narcissus #Emeric Pressburger #Michael Powell #David Farrar #Kathleen Byron #DailyFlicks #FilmGIFs #ClassicFilmSource #Classicfilmblr #1940s movies #My post #GIF #Same Sister Ruth same

[normasshearer]

KATHLEEN BYRON as Sister Ruth in  BLACK NARCISSUS (1947) dir. Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell

#*mygifs #filmedit #filmblr #filmgifs #classicfilmedit #classicfilmblr #oldhollywoodedit #classic hollywood #old hollywood #classicfilmsource #cinemaspast #uservita #userelissa #usersuzanne #kathleen byron #black narcissus #emeric pressburger #michael powell #1947 #1940s #help i'm so attracted to her

[pinewood-to-hollywood]

Kathleen Byron, better known as the disturbed Sister Ruth in 'Black Narcissus', at home in her Knightsbridge flat in 1949.

(Photo: filmsofthefifties.com)

#kathleen byron #black narcissus #1940s #vintage fashion #nostalgia #sister ruth #powell and pressburger

[horror-aesthete]

Black Narcissus, 1947, dirs. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

Kathleen Byron as Sister Ruth

#horror aesthetic #horror movies #black narcissus #kathleen byron

[alpineshepherdlass]

thanks to Criterion Collection for the reminder to watch Kathleen Byron on her birthday in BLACK NARCISSUS (1947), a transcendent masterpiece that defies description. the Criterion Channel includes commentary by Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese that I have yet to listen to (!!)

#black narcissus #powell and pressburger #kathleen byron #martin scorsese #criterion channel #criterion collection

[enterfilm]

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1946)

“A weak mind isn't strong enough to hurt itself. Stupidity has saved many a man from going mad”

#a matter of life and death #stairway to heaven #a vida o muerte #michael powell #emeric pressburger #david niven #kim hunter #roger livesey #raymond massey #abraham sofaer #richard attenborough #kathleen byron #robert coote #marius goring #film #cine

[escapismthroughfilm]

#59

#black narcissus #1947 #michael powell #emeric pressburger #deborah kerr #kathleen byron #david farrar #jean simmons #1940s cinema #cinematography #movie screenshots #movie screengrabs #movie frames #movie screencaps #movie #movies #cinematography appreciation #escapism through film #the beauty of cinema #films #himalayas #nuns #10 frames from film

[yetihideout]

#black narcissus #deborah kerr #Kathleen Byron #lipstick #nuns

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You may think you’re goth and metal as fuck…but you will never be Kathleen Byron in Black Narcissus

#kathleen byron #black narcissus #powell and pressburger #sister ruth

[autumncottageattic]

North & South 1975  is a British television historical drama

The serial is based on the 1855 Victorian novel North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell and takes place in the years surrounding the Great Exhibition of 1851.

#North & South 1975 #british tv-series #elizabeth gaskell #book adaptation #Rosalind Shanks #Patrick Stewart #Rosalie Crutchley #Robin Bailey #Norman Jones #Kathleen Byron #historical drama #costume drama

[hotvintagepoll]

propaganda for the Literal Angel Kathleen Byron because I can’t believe she’s losing!! She had an austere and authoritative screen presence that makes for such intriguing watching in each of her films as the walls around her characters inevitably crumble. In A Matter of Life and Death (1946) she plays an angel clerk of sorts, and each time she smiles you feel blessed by her relatively small role. She is iconic in Black Narcissus (1947) of course, controlling each part of Sister Ruth’s mental downfall with admirable precision, but before I saw her in that I watched The Small Back Room (1949) in which she supports David Farrar’s lead. Byron grounds the film and the relationship with such effortless grace and almost steals the more gritty film with her presence: simultaneously down-to-earth in attitude and otherworldly in beauty. I can’t wait to see more of her work from her younger period: The Scarlet Thread (1951) doesn’t quite do her justice.

Kathleen Byron vs Francine Everett

#propaganda #kathleen byron

[sugarwhitedeath]

sister ruth from black narcissus for @damphair

#luv this movie truly #black narcissus 1947 #sister ruth #kathleen byron #art

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A Matter of Life and Death (Stairway to Heaven) (1946) Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

December 26th 2022

#a matter of life and death #stairway to heaven #1946 #michael powell #emeric pressburger #david niven #kim hunter #marius goring #roger livesey #robert coote #kathleen byron #raymond massey #joan maude #abraham sofaer #edwin max #richard attenborough #lois maxwell #john longden #powell and pressburger #the archers #favourite

[tudorcostume]

Anne Seymour's Red Gown (Young Bess, 1953).

#Kathleen Byron #Anne Seymour #red #young bess #tudor gown #tudor dress #tudor costume