Pola Negri 1932 by Eric Steichen
Kay Francis by Edward Steichen, 1931. Lowkey Fashion Friday.
Edward Steichen. Portrait of Marlene Dietrich, 1934.
Mary Astor by Edward Steichen, 1932.
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#PolaNegri #KayFrancis #MarleneDietrich #MaryAstor
Offscreen, #KayFrancis had a reputation for racy behavior on her vacations. Warner Bros. reportedly had chaperones assigned to her when she traveled to make sure she behaved herself (it didn’t work!). #TCMParty @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social
Sounds like Pre-Code dialogue to me! #KayFrancis always rocks. #TCMParty @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social
for the defense, 1930.
#williampowell
#kayfrancis
director: #johncromwell
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#moviesky #filmsky #crime #drama #romance
PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme
New cover by Simone Massoni
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#BluRay #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #DiscConnected #Criterion #CriterionCollection #ErnstLubitsch #MiriamHopkins #KayFrancis
#onthisday #onthisdate #otd January 13, 1905 #actress #kayfrancis was born. On this special #podcast listen to a #goldenage of #radio #oldtimeradio #otr #audio #comedy starring Kay Francis. rileyandkimmyshow.blogspot.com/2022/01/podc...
Birthday Remembrances. Today Jan 13, 1905 – #KayFrancis, American actress (d. 1968) was born.
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New review on the blog!
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
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#ernstlubitsch #kayfrancis #30s #classichollywood #romanticcomedy
I just watched "Cynara" (King Vidor, 1932) and rated it 3/10 #Cynara #KingVidor #RonaldColman #KayFrancis #PhillysBarry
Actress Kay Francis in a promotional still for the 1931 pre-Code drama Ladies Man
#KayFrancis #LadiesMan #Actress #Film #Films #FilmActress
#OTD 1932 #TroubleinParadise starring #MiriamHopkins #KayFrancis #HerbertMarshall #CharlieRuggles #EdwardEverettHorton #C.AubreySmith Robert Greig. Directed by #ErnstLubitsch #precode #romantic #comedy trophyunlocked.blogspot.com/2021/07/stub...
Today’s Find: Actress Kay Francis played female physicians in two films, “Dr. Monica” [1934] & “Mary Stevens, M.D.” [1933] Also played Florence Nightingale [1936] tinyurl.com/3usdxas6 #histmed #medicalhistory #medicalfilms #kayfrancis
#onthisday #onthisdate #otd August 26, 1968 #actress #kayfrancis died at 63. On this special #podcast listen to a #goldenage of #radio #oldtimeradio #otr #audio #comedy starring Kay Francis. rileyandkimmyshow.blogspot.com/2022/08/podc...
For Fashion Friday, Kay Francis in a publicity photo for “Mandalay” 1934. The dress is “a day dress of pale pink eyelet embroidery in tunic linen over a petalled skirt of pink organza.”
#fashionfriday #kayfrancis
Of course, something from clothes horse Kay Francis. (And it seems star headdresses were a thing in the 20s - here's Alice White's version, and she looks so cute!) #KayFrancis #AliceWhite #filmsky
Films watched this year: 144 #yearofmovies #dvd #dvdcollection #thecocoanuts #themarxbrothers #groucho #harpo #chico #zeppo #oscarshaw #maryeaton #kayfrancis #margaretdumont #cyrilring #basilruysdael #sylvanlee #comedy #musical #irvingberlin #josephsantley #robertflorey
1937
LEADING ACTRESS
the nominees
Jean Arthur, History is Made at Night
Kay Francis, Confession
Carole Lombard, Nothing Sacred
Barbara Stanwyck, Stella Dallas
#movies #LeadingActress #ActingClips #JeanArthur #KayFrancis #CaroleLombard #BarbaraStanwyck
“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
#RetroView #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril
“One Way Passage” is the 5th of the 6 films Kay Francis starred in with William Powell from 1930 to 1932, the first being “Behind the Make-Up” (1930) and the final was “Jewelry Robbery” (1932)
#MusComEnt #KayFrancis #WilliamPowell #PreCodeApril
Our #MusComEnt & #RetroView leading lady of the week is Kay Francis. A star of stage & the #PreCode screen Kay Francis was the highest-paid & tallest (she was 5’9) actress at Warner Bros in the 1930s. She retired from film & public life in the late 1940s
#PreCodeApril #KayFrancis
Remembering Kay Francis, the glamorous 1930s starlet who lit up the screen in classics like 'Trouble in Paradise' and 'One Way Passage.' Her style and charm made her Warner Bros.' highest-paid actress! #KayFrancis #ClassicHollywood
WINNER
KAY FRANCIS, TROUBLE IN PARADISE
Kay Francis is so unique playing the deliciously delightful Madame Colet. She is so aloof, charming and sexy to boot. A true movie star turn that always impresses me in it's original feeling.
#movies #LeadingActress #KayFrancis
