Today, film director Dorothy Arzner, would have been 107 years old. She was the Rose Troche of her time, the only openly lesbo director in the Hollywood of the 1930s-40s. It's playing with the big boys that impresses me, the 40s were a good time to be a lady if you were blonde, bouncy--usually women didn't get to have "real" professions.
Directing Kathleen Hepburn in Christopher Strong, her character started out as a self-assured single young lady pilot, but succumbed to suicide for the man she loved.
On a lighter note, this film was my favourite. Her real-life lover choreographed the dances.
Directing Kathleen Hepburn in Christopher Strong, her character started out as a self-assured single young lady pilot, but succumbed to suicide for the man she loved.
On a lighter note, this film was my favourite. Her real-life lover choreographed the dances.
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