Grace Kelly, "To Catch a Thief," 1955. |
Grace Kelly only starred in about a dozen films; three of them were for Hitchcock. I prefer her roles in "To Catch a Thief" and "Rear Window," where she gets to play something of an accomplice to the main male characters, as opposed to "Dial M for Murder," where she is the target. But in all of these films she is smart, beautiful, and of course "classy." I don't know how else to put it.
Jean Harlow, "The Public Enemy," 1931. |
"The Public Enemy" was a big film for Harlow, as it was for Cagney. His big scene is where he shoves the grapefruit in his girlfriend's face. He's coming up in the (gangster) world; all she does is nag nag nag. So he ditches her. Why not? He's got Jean Harlow waiting in the wings. They make a good on-screen couple. Both brash and photogenic, with similar penetrating eyes.
Something I forget about "The Public Enemy" - it takes place in Chicago. Except for a few stock footage shots of the El, streetcars, and a stockyard, though, and a reference to Kedzie street here and there, it's hard to tell.
Something I forget about "The Public Enemy" - it takes place in Chicago. Except for a few stock footage shots of the El, streetcars, and a stockyard, though, and a reference to Kedzie street here and there, it's hard to tell.
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