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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Mar 23, 2024 21:51:51 GMT
I bumped into this well-done video on YT showcasing the crazy mixed-up life and career (and demise) of actress Veronica Lake. It's not only informative, but chock-full of some great still photos - many of which are pure art. Even if you're not a VL fan (and, NGL, I'm not, really) enjoy:
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Post by politicidal1 on Mar 23, 2024 23:15:37 GMT
Well, that stinks. Did not know she was only 50 when she died.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 23, 2024 23:51:56 GMT
I knew she was a schizophrenic but that’s about it. Will watch later. Thanks.
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Post by petrolino on Mar 24, 2024 3:43:17 GMT
I'll bookmark this to watch, thanks. If I'd been a minor character in a film noir, I'd no doubt have been one of those poor saps that was a "simp" (to use the edgelord parlance) for one of her femme fatales. If I'd been sent to war, she'd have been my pin-up girl on my poster on the wall (should I have been lucky enough to have a wall to call my own).
Cary Grant & Veronica Lake
I had a couple of framed pictures of her on my bedroom wall growing up (I framed these myself using cheapo A4 clip frames I bought in a local thrift store). |
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Post by petrolino on Mar 24, 2024 4:12:30 GMT
Well, that stinks. Did not know she was only 50 when she died.
She was a brilliant woman in some regards, did a lot for children in her neighbourhood in later life, and was a pioneering aviator.
Please overlook the unsubstantiated gossip being thrown around in the video by an over the top, melodramatic narrator, such random smears are typical in today's world. If she ruffled a few feathers back then, then good for her, this is egomaniacal, testosterone-fuelled Hollywood after all, land of "man-made stars".
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Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 24, 2024 9:33:36 GMT
I'll bookmark this to watch, thanks. If I'd been a minor character in a film noir, I'd no doubt have been one of those poor saps that was a "simp" (to use the edgelord parlance) for one of her femme fatales. If I'd been sent to war, she'd have been my pin-up girl on my poster on the wall (should I have been lucky enough to have a wall to call my own).
Cary Grant & Veronica Lake
I had a couple of framed pictures of her on my bedroom wall growing up (I framed these myself using cheapo A4 clip frames I bought in a local thrift store). Nice photos. Any idea who the other lady is? She’s lovely. |
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Post by petrolino on Mar 31, 2024 0:57:51 GMT
I'll bookmark this to watch, thanks. If I'd been a minor character in a film noir, I'd no doubt have been one of those poor saps that was a "simp" (to use the edgelord parlance) for one of her femme fatales. If I'd been sent to war, she'd have been my pin-up girl on my poster on the wall (should I have been lucky enough to have a wall to call my own).
Cary Grant & Veronica Lake
I had a couple of framed pictures of her on my bedroom wall growing up (I framed these myself using cheapo A4 clip frames I bought in a local thrift store). Nice photos. Any idea who the other lady is? She’s lovely.
I think it's model Betty Hensel. The man on the right is filmmaker André De Toth.
Betty Hensel & Cary Grant
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Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 31, 2024 7:38:23 GMT
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Post by timshelboy on Mar 31, 2024 16:38:42 GMT
Yes a Minor Noir icon in her movies with Alan Ladd.
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Post by politicidal1 on Apr 4, 2024 16:49:49 GMT
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on May 2, 2024 5:25:21 GMT
I wonder whatever became of her? I can find very little info on her.
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 2, 2024 6:39:16 GMT
I didn’t know she’d lived in Ipswich for a while.
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