Sweet Dorothy Malone
Here she is, glugging away in Sirk's 1958 The Tarnished Angels. Maybe she's having a presentiment that thirty years or so from this point, she'll be in Basic Instinct.
This terrific picture is part of a wonderful French Sirk box that's the subject of today's Foreign Region you-know-what. At The Auteurs.
Glenn, your DVD reviews are a fiscal menace. The last time we went to Paris you cost me more than 100 euros. I spent all day yesterday avoiding your DVD releases of the year post. And now you torment me with Sirk!
Posted by: Campaspe | January 06, 2009 at 02:03 PM
Jeez, the way things have been going lately, I saw the frame grab and assumed that Dorothy had died.
Posted by: Stephen Bowie | January 06, 2009 at 02:03 PM
@Campaspe: All I can say is, buy now while the exchange rate is still relatively low!
Posted by: Glenn Kenny | January 07, 2009 at 01:10 AM
It's interesting that Billy Gray discussed his working with Sirk. I wonder if he saw the remake of "The Day the Earth Stood Still"?
As for "Interlude", that's one of the few Universal Sirk films I haven't seen. I suspect the production was troubled from the start simply because they could not film Cain's book as written, with the gay relationship,
Posted by: Peter Nellhaus | January 07, 2009 at 08:28 AM