15 August 2016
Miriam Hopkins' Amazing Expressions of Barely Contained Terror
First, a point of comparison. The very flirty and sexy (and very pre-code) Hopkins at the start of the film.
Much more after the jump...
In its pre-code cut, the 1931 DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE was the best-acted, best- written, and most mature horror film of the 30s. Especially for the performance of Miriam Hopkins as the horribly abused Ivy. Here are a series of her expressions, which are where most of her acting goes in this as she's mostly terrified to talk back to him.
Till recently, censors left only 5 minutes of her in the film, which is a goddamn shame; it's better than Bergman later in the same role, in my view. Which I nevertheless also like. partly because of its resonance with her daughter playing Dorothy Valens in BLUE VELVET.
Something I probably should have had a look at for the very similar scene with Schilgoch in the most recent LULU. Definitely something to study for later chapters though; very related.
Especially this horrible, terrified smile she wears like the last scrap of protection from him she has.
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First, a point of comparison. The very flirty and sexy (and very pre-code) Hopkins at the start of the film.
Much more after the jump...
Till recently, censors left only 5 minutes of her in the film, which is a goddamn shame; it's better than Bergman later in the same role, in my view. Which I nevertheless also like. partly because of its resonance with her daughter playing Dorothy Valens in BLUE VELVET.
Something I probably should have had a look at for the very similar scene with Schilgoch in the most recent LULU. Definitely something to study for later chapters though; very related.
Labels: 1930s, acting!, film, horror, my influences
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