Down And Out In Hollywood

Devi (1960)

Mark of the Vampire (1935) dir. Tod Browning

NORTH BY NORTHWEST 1959 — dir. Alfred Hitchcock

JOHNNY GUITAR 1954, dir. Nicholas Ray

Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961, dir. Blake Edwards

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S 1961 | dir. Blake Edwards

Cat People 1942, dir. Jacques Tourneur

Anny Ondra (1903-1987) was a Czech film actress. She was married to German boxing great Max Schmeling. She acted in Czech, Austrian, and German comedies in the 1920s; and in some British dramas, most notably Alfred Hitchcock’s The Manxman and Blackmail (both 1929). Ondra formed a production company, Ondra-Lamac-Films, with her boyfriend, director Karel Lamač. Lamac directed her in several silent films, acted with her in films directed by other filmmakers, and continued to work together after her marriage with Max. However, when Blackmail was remade with sound, Ondra’s thick accent was considered unacceptable, so her dialogue was recorded by actress Joan Barry. Anny Ondra made some 40 more films in the sound era, the last in 1957, and in total over 90 films. 

THE RED SHOES (1948) dir. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

Brigitte Fossey and Bruno Cremer Le Bon et les Méchants (The Good and the Bad) 1976 | Claude Lelouch

Folco Lulli and Yves Montand Le Salaire de la peur (The Wages of Fear) 1953 | Henri-Georges Clouzot

SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) dir. Billy Wilder

HUMORESQUE 1946 | Jean Negulesco

Unfaithfully Yours (1948) dir. Preston Sturges

WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966) dir. Mike Nichols

I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters. | The Heiress (1949)

Josephine Baker in Zouzou (1934)