my strange joy, my tender night

Holiday — 1938, dir. George Cukor

Katharine Hepburn as Tess Harding Woman of the Year (1942), directed by George Stevens

Super 8 film of Grace Kelly on vacation in 1955

Grace Kelly as Frances Stevens in To Catch a Thief (1955)

VIVIEN LEIGH in WATERLOO BRIDGE — 1940

Grace Kelly in 'Rear Window' (1954) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Marilyn Monroe at a press conference at the Savoy Hotel in London, 1956

Les Choses de la Vie (1970), Claude Sautet

I Dream of Jeannie The Lady in the Bottle | 1.01

I Dream of Jeannie Always on Sunday | 2.02

I Dream of Jeannie Always on Sunday | 2.02

I Dream of Jeannie Guess What Happened on the Way to the Moon? | 1.03

marilyn monroe with Vivien Leigh and laurence olivier At London Airport in 1957

But then the road trip, I think what happened is that the look of Carol freed up as they sort of meshed as one does when one falls in love, you lose those boundaries, that sense of your domain and your lover’s domain….so Carol’s style was more informed by Therese’s style. There was a liberation, I think, that happened visually as well as psychologically - Cate Blanchett

Rooney Mara + Cate Blanchett @ Carol Premiere (BFI London FF)

“In production, this was the first time they did kiss. And both actresses will make note of the fact that I didn’t say “cut” for a long time. [Laughs] And they kept going. I was sort of enthralled watching. It was the first time Cate and Rooney made out in front of me. And I couldn’t say “cut.” I didn’t want to put them in an awkward position. I think I ultimately did.” - Todd Haynes