“Seventh Heaven” (1937) — Director Henry King with stars Simone Simon and James Stewart. I watched this version instead of the original 1927 silent with Janet Gaynor and now I believe I chose poorly. I’ll have to try the original after this one has faded from my mind.
#oldhollywood #jamesstewart #simonesimon #seventhheaven
Remembering Simone Therese Fernande Simon (1910-2005), the mesmerising French actress, born in Marseille #OnThisDay. She worked memorably as bewitching characters for Robert Wise, Max Ophuls, Jean Renoir and William Dieterle, and was extraordinary as the sympathetic Serbian cat woman Irena in Jacques Tourneur's masterful #CatPeople (1942) and, in ghostly form, its exquisite sequel #TheCurseOfTheCatPeople (1944).
#SimoneSimon #FrenchActress #ClassicHorror #HorrorMovies #1940sHorror #HorrorNoir
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79 years ago:
The Curse of the Cat People (US)
Amy, the young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed, befriends her father's late first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.
1944-04-01
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/28436
#TheCurseoftheCatPeople #RobertWise #SimoneSimon #KentSmith #JaneRandolph #RKO #Horror #Film
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I just watched Cat People (1942, Jacques Tourneur) and rated it 7/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_People_%281942_film%29?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastadon #CatPeople #JacquesTourneur #SimoneSimon #ValLewton
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#AccaddeOggi muore nel 2005 l’attrice francese #SimoneSimon indimenticabile protagonista de Il Bacio Della Pantera
https://www.desordre.it/desordre/2005/02/addio_a_simone_.html
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Tasked with overseeing a low budget horror cycle to compete with Universal's comparatively lavish series, former Selznick right hand man #ValLewton produced a disarmingly adult chiller about an elegaic, empathetic, doomed immigrant (#SimoneSimon) who transforms when aroused. Mundane workplaces, stylish brownstone apartments and Central Park serve as backdrops for scenes of suggested terror, and #JaneRandolph is stalked in two of the most influential (and understated) horror sequences of...
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Today in classic horror film history: on December 5, 1942 Cat People premiered in New York City. Here's some original Simone Simon art!
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@darkcorners3 Great films!
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