#michael redgrave

[hotvintagepoll]

This is a three-way poll. Only one of these men will continue to the third round of the bracket.

Propaganda

Turhan Bey (The Climax, Arabian Nights, Prisoners of the Casbah)—Turkish matinee idol who actually got to break out of the mold of "sinister racist villain parts" to play romantic leading men

Bela Lugosi (Dracula)—no propaganda submitted beyond this link to a Tumblr gifset and this link to a Tumblr photo

Michael Redgrave (The Lady Vanishes)—my beautiful bisexual hot linguist geek dandy nerd. I'm specifically nominating him for "The Lady Vanishes," but how can you not love him in this—it's a strikingly modern performance, not a whiff of old school macho masculinity; he starts the movie as a bit of a cad, thoughtless and self-absorbed, but the second our heroine's in trouble he's attentive, he's helpful, he's running around speaking languages and helping her with international spycraft shenanigans and just being so funny and warm and JOYOUS. (and again. he is SO bisexual. see the picture [attached below]). he's hot in the debate club twink kinda way and i've never wanted to smooch an idiot more

This is round 2 of the bracket. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage man.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

"BISEXUAL."

#michael redgrave #bela lugosi #turhan bey #round 2 #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old man

[idlesuperstar]

for @cinemaocd on the occasion of her birthday, some favourite swoonsters in jammies or robes or other glorious nightwear <3

#cinemaocd #anton walbrook #cary grant #michael redgrave #basil rathbone #ralph richardson #gary cooper #joel mccrea #david niven #errol flynn #brian aherne #herbert marshall #gregory peck #me trying to remember people's proper names and not nicknames #two things: why do I always wait until the last minute to do jen's birthday gifset and then panic for a theme #and HOW have I never done a jammies one before???????? #my wee gifs

[citizenscreen]

Remembering Sir Michael Redgrave on his birthday #botd

#michael redgrave

[mametupa]

#The Lady Vanishes #classics #Alfred Hitchcock #Gilbert #Iris Hendersson #Margaret Lockwood #Michael Redgrave

[sheiladelaney]

John Gielgud / Maurice Evans / Michael Redgrave / Ian McKellen / Derek Jacobi / Fiona Shaw / Mark Rylance / Ben Whishaw / David Tennant as King Richard II. 

#*mine #shakespeare #william shakespeare #richard ii #theatre #john gielgud #maurice evans #michael redgrave #ian mckellen #derek jacobi #fiona shaw #mark rylance #ben whishaw #david tennant #performing arts

[elliedearest]

Has anyone ever told Shane Madej from @wearewatcher that he looks a bit like Michael Redgrave in The Lady Vanishes?

He could easily dress up as him for Halloween! And Sarah could dress up as Iris Henderson!

See? It would be perfect!

#the lady vanishes michael redgrave #shane madej #watcher entertainment #michael redgrave #musings #the lady vanishes is such a good and silly movie

[dadsinsuits]

Michael Redgrave

#suitdaddy #suiteddaddy #suit and tie #suited daddy #men in suits #silverfox #suitfetish #three piece suit #waistcoat #suited men #suited grandpa #suitedman #suit daddy #suited man #buisness suit #suitedmen #british man #british men #actors #Michael Redgrave

[grusinskayas]

Secret Beyond the Door (1947) dir. Fritz Lang

#secret beyond the door #joan bennett #michael redgrave #fritz lang #1947 #1940s #* #on the avenue i'm taking you to 42nd queue

[scenephile]

I seemed to float like a feather blown to a place where time had stopped

#Secret Beyond the Door #Fritz Lang #joan bennett #michael redgrave #film noir #psychological thriller #Celia Lamphere #Mark Lamphere #scenephile #film quotes #movie quotes #movie scene #film scene

[pinewood-to-hollywood]

Acting dynasty patriarch Sir Michael Redgrave.

#michael redgrave #english actors #british cinema #1940s #knitwear

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Michael Redgrave (The Lady Vanishes)—my beautiful bisexual hot linguist geek dandy nerd. I'm specifically nominating him for "The Lady Vanishes," but how can you not love him in this—it's a strikingly modern performance, not a whiff of old school macho masculinity; he starts the movie as a bit of a cad, thoughtless and self-absorbed, but the second our heroine's in trouble he's attentive, he's helpful, he's running around speaking languages and helping her with international spycraft shenanigans and just being so funny and warm and JOYOUS. (and again. he is SO bisexual. see the picture [attached below]). he's hot in the debate club twink kinda way and i've never wanted to smooch an idiot more

Cary Grant (The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, Bringing Up Baby, Charade)—My Golden Age of Hollywood professor, who was very outwardly gay himself, put it this way: Even though Grant's sexuality was kind of an open secret in Hollywood, the public couldn't know in any real way. But anybody could see that there was a queerness about him, so he was casted for roles where he physically embodies his masculinity in a non-explicit but queer way. Bringing Up Baby is famous for the scene where Grant wears a frilly robe (pictured below, but what people don't always realise is that he plays kind of an awkward nerd in that movie. He's a hot awkward scientist in a grand robe!!! Hot!!! In The Philadelphia Story, one of my famous movies of all time, he plays C. K. Dexter Haven, a rich, sarcastic, supposedly abusive guy. And yet, what we see is this laid back, dandy-ish figure, who absolutely does not feel threatened when a woman he supposedly loves (Katharine Hepburn) starts having feelings for, and hooks up with another guy (James Stewart). He lets a drunk Stewart into his office and helps him get his job back! Obviously that is the script and not the actor, but the whole film, and that scene in particular, shows him having this very queer attitude of openness toward Hepburn and Stewart, which is only amplified by the casting of Grant and his portrayal of the character. Anyway, this is not an essay arguing for The Philadelphia Story to be considered a queer film, all I will say is: he's super hot in it.

This is round 3 of the bracket. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage man.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Michael Redgrave propaganda:

"BISEXUAL."

"It feels unjust to submit the entirety of The Lady Vanishes as propaganda, so I'd just like to very politely point everyone to 56:30 of this link, where we get a very nice view of Michael Redgrave's ass I MEAN his lilting, fine-tuned twinkish beauty"

Cary Grant propaganda:

The link to the above mentioned frilly robe scene from Bringing Up Baby: "I just went gay all of a sudden!"

last minute cary grant propaganda: the last few paragraphs of that new vanity fair article about him and randolph scott that just came out 2 days ago on cary's birthday where he calls it "gravity collapse" and "love at first sight" and says their souls touched and and and i'm actually sharing this mostly because it makes me emotional but also because a vote for archibald is a vote for love. this is my message. apologies for sounding mildly insane.

#cary grant #michael redgrave #fuck that old man #hotvintagepoll #round 3 #polls that pick me up and fling me out the window

[womansfilm]

Connecting Rooms (1970)

#bette davis #michael redgrave #connecting rooms #connecting rooms 1970 #m #something about these movies that give older actors a subpar script and then rely on their performances & the context of their careers to #lend a sort of unearned weight.... #like i think it's a fair/interesting thing to play off of but can u please just give them better material first

[citizenscreen]

Googie Withers and Michael Redgrave in a production of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1958.

#googie withers #michael redgrave #hamlet #1950s

[mametupa]

#The lady Vanishes #classics #Alfred Hitchcock #Iris Hendersson #Gilbert #Margaret Lockwood #Michael Redgrave

[mariocki]

Law and Disorder (1958)

"Right, now listen boys, it's all lined up: we're getting rid of the judge."

"What?"

"Knock off a judge? You must be raving, we'll spend the rest of our lives in clink."

"Here, let me out!"

"We don't have to touch him. Police are gonna arrest him."

"Oh, that's better. Thought we'd turned nasty."

#law and disorder #1958 #british cinema #charles crichton #t.e.b. clarke #michael redgrave #robert morley #ronald squire #joan hickson #lionel jeffries #elizabeth sellars #brenda bruce #jeremy burnham #george coulouris #meredith edwards #harold goodwin #john le mesurier #allan cuthbertson #michael trubshawe #sam kydd #john paul #minor brit comedy whose irreverence and slightness is really a strength; there isn't a lot to this‚ but it's honestly #so charming and so feather light that you can't help but be kind of swept along with it. a lot of what works rests on Redgrave's shoulders #in a beautifully measured turn as an unrepentant con artist who views increasingly long stretches in prison as a fair trade for the money #he can make and put away for the betterment of his son (who of course‚ knowing nothing of his father's 'work'‚ chooses to pursue a #career in the law). Morley at first appears to be playing the same kind of larger than life cartoonish buffoon he so often did but to the #credit of the film his character is revealed to have more nuance and more depth than expected in the final act. the supporting cast is wall #to wall brit character acting legends and that was the main appeal for me; nearly every speaking role is taken by someone of note‚ even if #(as in the case of permafave Alfie Burke) it's literally just 30 seconds of screentime. disposable fluff at the end of the day‚ but a #delightful kind of fluff‚ and a moreish kind‚ like cotton candy.

[velvet4510]

#alfred hitchcock #hitchcockmovies #old movies #classic cinema #old hollywood #black and white movies #1930s movies #1940s movies #1950s movies #north by northwest #vertigo #rear window #to catch a thief #rebecca 1940 #the 39 steps #the lady vanishes #james stewart #grace kelly #kim novak #michael redgrave #laurence olivier #joan fontaine #cary grant #ingrid bergman #eva marie saint #madeleine carroll #margaret lockwood #robert donat #movie polls #vintage movies