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Dangerous Moonlight (1941) dir. Brian Desmond Hurst

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Eric Portman and Sally Gray inspecting the wine cellars of the Chateau Mouton Rothschild wine estate in Pauillac, Medoc, France, August 1947.

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Who is the hottest old movie woman?

Sheila Guyse

Sally Gray

Voting ended onMar 16, 2024

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Sheila Guyse (Sepia Cinderella)—sheila guyse was a popular actress and singer in the 40s and 50s, appearing on broadway and in several independent films with all-black casts "For several years, Ms. Guyse (rhymes with 'nice') was compared to stars like Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne and Ruby Dee, black actresses who broke through racial barriers. But by the late 1950s she was out of show business, a result of some combination of health problems, a religious conversion and family obligations. [...] 'It wasn’t easy to be a glamorous movie star with people following you for your autograph and now you’re home making pancakes,' [her daughter] Ms. Devin said. 'She did it, but I don’t think it was easy.'" [submitted video below the cut]

Sally Gray (Green for Danger, The Lambeth Walk, The Saint's Vacation)—no propaganda submitted

This is round 1 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

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Sheila Guyse:

Sheila Guyse, Singer and Star in ‘Race Movies,’ Dies at 88 (Published 2014)

Ms. Guyse appeared on Broadway and in so-called race movies of the 1940s and ’50s. She also recorded an album of standards for MGM.

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They Made Me a Fugitive (1947, dir. Alberto Cavalcanti.)

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Obsession (The Hidden Room) (1949) Edward Dmytryk

October 19th 2024

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They Made Me a Fugitive (also known as They Made Me a Criminal; U.S. title: I Became a Criminal) is a 1947 British film noir directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Sally Gray and Trevor Howard. It was written by Noel Langley, based on the 1941 Jackson Budd novel A Convict Has Escaped. Cinematography was by Otto Heller.

“I loved They Made Me a Fugitive," says director Wes Anderson. "The grittiness and the style and the great, great dialogue. It’s very good, and very hard. The violence of the language is much more blunt than you’d ever expect. Trevor Howard is great".

"Another thing that intrigued me about They Made Me a Fugitive was that it always seemed like it was going to veer into pure expressionism," says Anderson. "That expressionist current of feeling combines with the location shooting and the type of story being told, the rawness of it all, to give the movie a documentary-ish flavor. It’s a strange combination. And the dialogue is so graphic and blunt. It’s not just hard-boiled, it’s kind of funny, and I think they meant it to be?”

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(via Film Noir Photos: Light and Shadow: Sally Gray)

Obsession (aka The Hidden Room) (1949)

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obsession |1949|