Portrait of Jennie (William Dieterle, 1948)
Halloween 2017: The Ghost of Harry Houdini
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The magician and escape artist Harry Houdini died in Detroit 91 years ago,
on Halloween. Before his death, Houdini had added "spiritual debunker" to
his re...
7 years ago
2 comments:
1948? The tone of this photo is very modern.
It's actually one frame from Dietrle's movie - Joseph Cotton, Jennifer Jones (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040705/). It's been dismissed over the years by some as just eye candy (it certainly is that), but I like it very much. Movies like it, and like the single frame from Malick's The Thin Red Line below can render some amazing stills even without their original context.
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