randyishere Posted April 18, 2009 George, the blonde in the Sherlock Holmes film The Woman In Green is the talented Hillary Brooke. She plays in other noirs as well such as Heatwave, Jane Eyre, Strange Woman, Alimony, Strange Impersonation, ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
george1212 Posted April 19, 2009 thank you - googled - now shes on my desktop-love high tech! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 20, 2009 Barbara Stanwyck in "Double Indemnity", Jane Greer in "Out of the Past", and Claire Trevor in "Born to Kill". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Lady Eve Posted April 24, 2009 (Obviously) I love Barbara Stanwyck - and the same re: Claire Trevor...Rita Hayworth in *Gilda* has too much heart for a true femme fatale...I've always been intrigued by Jane Greer in *Out of the Past* - those big, luminous eyes, that gorgeous face, very low-key in her machinations. She gets my vote. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WiseJake237 Posted April 25, 2009 Marie Windsor in The Killing. So bitter, heartless, greedy, and destructive - but the character is fantastic in an amazing movie. If you haven't seen this, you should. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrroberts Posted May 6, 2009 Overall, Barbara Stanwyck gets my vote for the best femme fatal, but Jane Greer did in both Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas in the same film. No one can top that. Honorable mention, Jean Simmons in Angel Face. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 7, 2009 And Greer should get extra credit becuse the two guys she did in, Mitchum and Douglas, were both off-the-charts on the macho meter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terrence1 Posted May 7, 2009 All of you have mentioned loads of great actresses, and they all made quite an impression in film noir. Definitely Claire Trevor and Marie Windsor are toward the top of that list. But, I must confess, there's only room for one at the very top: the wonderful Barbara Stanwyck. Just look at her work in "Double Indemnity," "Strange Love of Martha Ivers." and "Blowing Wild." When she threw Anthony Quinn into an oil well at the conclusion of "Blowing Wild", there was such hatred in her eyes! She was the greatest. Terrence. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 8, 2009 Stanwyck may not belong with the others on that list because she had a much broader, and greater reputation, than just for film noir. She was great in comedy (The Lady Eve, Ball of Fire, etc. ),and drama (Stella Dallas, Sorry Wrong Number ,etc.) Actresses such as Marie Windsor and Claire Trevor were primarily known for film noir. So comparing Stanwyck with them is sort of like comparing apples and oranges. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terrence1 Posted May 8, 2009 Thanks for your comment, Finance. You are absolutely right about that. Stanwyck proved time and again that she could do it all. It's true that both Marie Windsor and Claire Trevor did other things---both made a lot of westerns, and Claire even did a couple of comedies, where she was excellent. But by and large, those two are remembered for their femme fatale roles. Well done! Terrence. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 9, 2009 Speaking of Stanwyck doing it all--we've been talking about Capra on another thread---Are you aware that Stanwyck starred in more Capra films than any other actress? (including Jean Arthur) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bronxgirl48 Posted May 9, 2009 > {quote:title=LaDolceVita wrote:}{quote} > Please post your favorite Femme Fatal and why. Let's see who is voted as the most loved or most loved to be hated Femme Fatal!! It could very well be Anne Baxter in GUEST IN THE HOUSE. The entire movie is on YouTube. All I can say to everybody is, check it out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pujeba Posted May 9, 2009 All those great actresses in the roles mentioned are perfect examples of femme fatales...let's not forget Gene Tierney in Leave Her to Heaven. When she sits in that boat and watches the teenaged Darryl Hickman drown, I get chills just thinking about it. And to commit suicide just to set up her husband to take the blame for her death...yikes, that's pure evil! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnbabe Posted May 9, 2009 Garbo without a doubt, every film she is a femme fatal, only she expresses the part each differently in each film, wow Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 11, 2009 Yes, "Leave Her to Heaven" is often cited as a film noir even though it was in color, and did not have an urban setting. All good film noirs should have a femme fatale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daria Posted May 11, 2009 My favorite "femme-fatale" is Dolores Gray. Although she is not at all associated with the film noir idiom, her performance of "Thanks a Lot but No Thanks" from the musical "It's always Fair Weather" is the most overt expression of the female's dominion over the male in cinema. This is a campy and funny number. As it starts, the viewer expects to see a typical "boy chases girl" dance number. But unexpectedly the girl begins to kill off all the boys as they pursue her. She seals their fate as she shoves them down trapdoors, guns them down, and blows them up with dynamite. It's unusual but very torrid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
traceyk65 Posted May 11, 2009 --Marlene Dietrich as Concha Perez in The Devil is a Woman (the title says it all), as Erika von Schlutow in A Foreign Affair and as Lola Lola in The Blue Angel --Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie in The Letter. She totally ruins her husband--takes his money, his dreams his pride, then throws her love for Hammond up in his face. In addition, she makes her lawyer go totally against his principles in defending her--destroys his image of himself as a decent man. --Joan Bennet as Kitty March in Scarlet Street Poor Edward G Robinson! Did that man ever get a break?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pujeba Posted May 16, 2009 Okay, for a b/w film noir then: how about Rita in Welles' The Lady from Shanghai? Or maybe Lizabeth Scott in Too Late for Tears? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 17, 2009 Definitely Rita. I saw it again this morning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MsMerlina Posted May 21, 2009 Without a doubt - Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity....and yes, Barbara in just about any movie of this genre!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poinciana Posted May 21, 2009 One of my favorites, on the lighter side, is beautiful Anne Francis in Susan Slept Here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
traceyk65 Posted May 21, 2009 Also Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie-- She completely destroyed every man in her path. Hammond she killed outright, she destroyed her husband financially and mentally and finally her lawyer--him she may have messed up worst of all. She destroyed his integrity and his sense of himself as an honorable man. As much as I love Davis in the movie, the character was despicable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites