06-24-2020, 03:10 AM
Holy shit, man...
Sooo, lately I've been down a rabbit hole of classic actresses...
A trend for me in life, I explain here:
"Gene Tierney: Most beautiful classic actress of all time"
https://www.sectual.com/thread-17132.html
Earlier today I was talking about Gene Tierney, and I mentioned I'd be commentating on this '70s Veronica Lake interview.
I just think later life interviews with these 1940s hollywood actresses are fascinating...
Veronica Lake died 2 years after this interview, here's her Wiki page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Lake
I think there's a big difference between Gene Tierney and Veronica Lake, just as people... as personalities.
I feel like Veronica Lake has "swagger" (lol), and Gene Tierney is just over the top modest and sort of self-deprecating.
Veronica Lake will admit that she knows she was insanely beautiful, but she's still likable when she does it... because let's face it, both these women did possess otherworldly beauty that set them apart from everyone else.
Even Gene Tierney, innocent as she was, knew that the degree of beauty was intense like a burning sun...
People go so far as to say that their beauty was standing in the way of them being taken seriously, being given different types of roles, being given more honors, etc.
I dunno if I agree with that.
A basic part of film in general is to be immortalized.
The height of their perfect beauty was immortalized on film.
But regardless of any of that, Veronica Lake is saucy...
High level, definitely hardcore and intense.
She's bewitching, even as she sits 2 years from death on this interview...
Still enchanting, and it's clear that she has a lot of depth.
I love Dick Cavett and I think he's great... I don't have any true complaints about him, especially knowing how much he loved Janis Joplin.
But I do agree with some of the comments I've read from people stating they were displeased with his style of interviewing Veronica...
They just felt he could have been more serious.
I mean who knows, maybe he was having an off day or just didn't understand the magnitude of her importance.
There are no other Veronica Lake interviews... and especially not later in life.
It was a major historical honor for him to be the host.
4:30 I just feel like she's chill as fuck. I definitely get the 'hang out and chat for hours' vibe from her and I love it.
She's just so... fucking amazing.
I just keep thinking it again and again as I watch this, it's making me pretty fucking lit.
6:23 damn this is so fascinating... cuz honestly, I've been collecting Veronica Lake photos since like 2004, but I've only seen one of her movies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Married_a_Witch
You wanna talk about fucking iconic...
IMO her most iconic role and I gotta point out, it's basically a comedy movie...
It's a 1942 film, so IMO that makes it a pretty early standard comedy.
But there's also This Gun For Hire (1942)...
This is classic film noir... maybe people would argue that this is her most iconic role.
Quote:Lake was best known for her femme fatale roles in film noirs with Alan Ladd during the 1940s
*shrug*
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e7/f0/3e/...eea0d7.jpg
That hot, hot heat though.
Classic hollywood actresses were the shit dude, check out the super hi-res photos sometime:
https://www.doctormacro.com/Galleries.htm
https://www.doctormacro.com/Movie%20Star...-Annex.htm
https://www.doctormacro.com/Movie%20Star...-Annex.htm
https://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Lake,...od)_02.jpg
https://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Lake,...ica_09.jpg
It's fuckin' unbelievable...
https://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Lake,...ch)_03.jpg
Take a hard look at her:
https://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Lake,...ica_14.jpg
https://imgur.com/a/K2q8lYp
Bitches these days have gotten sooo out of hand with the makeup and the fakeness.
Veronica was natural.
So was Gene Tierney.
6:45 she is sooo dominant. Both Gene Tierney AND Veronica Lake's interviews have been hard to watch, for SO MANY reasons... they're just so intense. The Presence. The LEGEND.
It's all too much.
7:00 so they start talking about Howard Hughes, which is pretty hardcore. Mae Brussell (one of my all time favorites) wrote an article about Hughes and discussed him in depth on her talk radio show...
http://www.maebrussell.com/Mae%20Brussel...ticle.html
This links Veronica Lake and Gene Tierney together via Howard Hughes...
Quote:Tierney's friend Howard Hughes paid for Daria's medical expenses, ensuring the girl received the best care. Tierney never forgot his acts of kindness. Daria Cassini died in 2010, at the age of 66.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Tierney
VERY interesting!
7:28 she's just one of those people you could talk to for hours and she's so saucy and entertaining.
8:30 I feel like it's pretty fucking clear what she meant...
Either Dick was too stoned, or not stoned enough.
Don't get me wrong, there are ways I could critique her too...
But why bother? I think she's perfect with the good and the bad...
I would rather be fascinating and different than be beautiful and boring.
Gene Tierney was definitely the more humble of the two, and I think being that way is generally preferable.
It's too bad nobody seems to be able to strike the perfect balance between humbleness and confidence.
11:00 maybe Dick was scared of Veronica. ROFL!!!
It's certainly easy to be in love with her.
So glad I watched this interview tonight, I feel enriched.
