
Happy Birthday to
Joan Fontaine
94 today
I've been thinking a lot about the Golden age of Romantic cinema recently, so it's seems fitting to celebrate a birthday of one of the great stars of her time, and one of the few legendary beauties still with us. Best remembered for her collaborations with Hitch (Rebecca , pictured, and Suspicion) Joan's look of fragility and grace in the soft focus glow of the 40's is a reminder of what the studio system did best - create stars we could only dream of being.
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Saturday, 22 October 2011
Joan Fontaine
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Thursday, 22 October 2009
Joan Fontaine
Happy Birthday to
Joan Fontaine
92 today
The second Mrs. de Winter has really proved Mrs Danvers and the rest of that strange household wrong by surviving well into her 90's. Last night I dreamed I went to Manderlay...
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Joan Fontaine
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