Category Archives: Film costume
Mirrors of a Character: Rita Hayworth in “The Lady from Shanghai”
In The Lady from Shanghai, Rita Hayworth defied expectations with a quiet, precise, icy performance. She is pure noir. Elsa Bannister is the enduring attraction of bad. But she is not necessarily unhuman by nature, but the result of what others have made her. Read More
in Film, Film costume
Comments Off on Mirrors of a Character: Rita Hayworth in “The Lady from Shanghai”
Bonnie Lee and the Leather Jacket Flying Men in Only Angels Have Wings
Cary Grant and Jean Arthur in “Only Angels Have Wings”, 1939 | Columbia Pictures They are men who are staring down death as they are flying dangerous missions over treacherous mountain terrain, come rain, shine or fog. The short … Read More
in Film, Film costume
Comments Off on Bonnie Lee and the Leather Jacket Flying Men in Only Angels Have Wings
Editorial: She’s Earned Those Stripes
Jean Arthur in “The Talk of the Town”, 1942 | Columbia Pictures The Editorial: thoughts, short stories or essays about the world of cinema Nora Shelley is wearing a men’s striped oversized pajamas when the entire town barges … Read More
in Editorial, Film, Film costume
Comments Off on Editorial: She’s Earned Those Stripes
Ruggedly Masculine: Rod Taylor in “The Birds”
Rod Taylor in “The Birds”, 1963 | Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions Who else believes Rod Taylor and his style in The Birds are underrated? Because this is what I think. He is just as underrated as Tippi Hedren and … Read More
