#celia johnson

[citizenscreen]

Dame Celia Johnson (December 18, 1908 – April 26, 1982)

#celia johnson

[slayerbuffy]

Brief Encounter 1945 | dir. David Lean

#* #brief encounter #films #filmedit #filmgifs #moviegifs #classicfilmsource #userlenie #albertserra #uservita #userraffa #uservienna #celia johnson #1k

[normasshearer]

It's such a little while ago, really, but it seems an eternity since that train went out of the station, taking him away, into the darkness. I was happy then.

BRIEF ENCOUNTER 1945, dir. David Lean

#filmedit #filmgifs #filmblr #classicfilmedit #classicfilmblr #classicfilmsource #cinemaspast #cinemaspam #fyeahmovies #uservita #usermichi #ritahayworrth #userelissa #userrutledge #celia johnson #brief encounter #1945 #1940s #*mygifs #*briefencounter #*shaking the bars of my jail cell* WHEN WILL IT END???!!!!!!

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Celia Johnson (Brief Encounter)—She had the most soulful eyes! Like an anime character, it's insane. And she was fantastic in Brief Encounter. I also like that she's relatively ordinary looking, compared to some of the really glamorous Hollywood celebrities? She had an understated beauty, you know? And she's British so horray for national pride, lol.

Hedy Lamarr (Samson and Delilah, Ziegfeld Girl)—Look. I'm sure someone has already submitted Hedy Lamarr because she was spectacularly beautiful, and a very strong lady too: she fled both an abusive marriage AND nazi persecution at a very young age and rebuilt a life for herself pursuing her love for acting all on her own!! Her career as an actress was stellar; while she began acting outside of Hollywood (her very first movie, Ecstasy, won a prize at the Venice Film Festival), she conquered American hearts very quickly with her first movie in the US, Algiers, and then just kept getting better and better. If all this isn't enough, she was also an inventor: her invention of the frequency-hopping spread spectrum radio transmission technique forms the base of bluetooth and has a lot of applications in all kinds of communication technologies. I think that deserves a prize, don't you?

This is round 2 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Celia Johnson:

An argument actually broke out in a film course I was taking, mostly filled with pensioners, because someone called Celia Johnson "not that beautiful" while we were talking about Brief Encounter. I don't understand how anyone can watch that movie and say that, she's got such magnetism and I think she's so gorgeous!!!

This woman set the bar for romantic doomed love and NO ONE has ever bettered it.

Hedy Lamarr:

The only person you can find both on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in the Inventor's Hall of Fame--her radio-frequency-hopping technology forms the basis for cordless phones, wi-fi, and a dozen other aspects of modern life. She was also passionate in her efforts to aid the Allies in WWII (unsurprising for a Jewish-Austrian Emigree to America), and her name served as the backbone for one of the best running jokes in what is possibly Mel Brooks' best movie. Look, Louis B. Mayer apparently believed he could plausibly promote her as "The world's most beautiful woman". Is an entire website full of people going to be less audacious than one Louis B. Mayer? I didn't think so!

Described as "Hedy has the most incredible personal sophistication. She knows the peculiarly European art of being womanly; she knows what men want in a beautiful woman, what attracts them, and she forces herself to be these things. She has magnetism with warmth, something that neither Dietrich nor Garbo has managed to achieve" by Howard Sharpe, she managed to escape her controlling husband (and Nazi Germany) by a) Disguising as her maid and fleeing to Paris or b) Convincing the husband to let her wear all of her jewelry to a dinner, only to disappear afterwards. Also she was particularly clever and helped develop Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum (I can't really explain it but anyway...)

One of the most beautiful women ever in film, spoken by many critics and fans. Beautiful shapely figure, deeper seductive voice, and often played femme fatale roles. She was also brilliant and an inventor. Mainly self-taught, she invested her spare time, including on set between takes, in designing and drafting inventions, which included an improved traffic stoplight and a tablet that would dissolve in water to create a flavored carbonated drink, and much more.

Her depiction of Delilah and Samson and Delilah just lives rent free in my head. The woman was gorgeous.

Gorgeous and brilliant pioneer of modern technology and the middle part.

#hedy lamarr #celia johnson #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old woman #ladies 2

[elinordash]

BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945)

There was a little bridge and a stream and the sun was making an effort to come out, but really not succeeding very well. We leaned on the parapet of the bridge and looked down into the water. I shivered, and Alec put his arm round me.

#brief encounter #briefencounteredit #classicfilmcentral #classicfilmsource #classicfilmblr #celia johnson #trevor howard #filmedit #romancegifs #oldhollywoodedit #minee #old films #userdanahscott #userraffaella #userrobin #omgari #userbarrow #userhollywood #dailyflicks #filmtvdaily #this scene broke something in me

[womansfilm]

Brief Encounter (1945) / Carol (2015)

#interesting. #brief encounter #carol #carol 2015 #david lean #todd haynes #celia johnson #trevor howard #cate blanchett #rooney mara #noel coward #m #parallels #uservienna #uservita #hi guys just wanted to say hi from my cage x

[junior-stargazer-goke91]

Brief Encounter (1945)

Director: David Lean

Cinematographer: Robert Krasker

#classicfilmedit #classicfilmsource #classicfilmblr #oldhollywoodedit #brief encounter #david lean #celia johnson #trevor howard

[maggiecheungs]

“Nothing lasts, really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long. There'll come a time in the future when I shan't mind about this anymore, when I can look back and say quite peacefully and cheerfully how silly I was... No, no, I don't want that time to come ever. I want to remember every minute, always, always to the end of my days.”

Celia Johnson as Laura Jesson in Brief Encounter (1945) dir. David Lean

#brief encounter #david lean #celia johnson #classicfilmcentral #classicfilmedit #cinemaspast #ladiesofcinema #filmgifs #fymovies #filmauteur #oldhollywoodedit #briefencounteredit #ellisgifs #hoooooo boyyyy #queue

[oscar-nominee-tournament]

Oscar Nominee of All Time Tournament: Round 1, Group A

(info about nominees under the poll)

CELIA JOHNSON (1908-1982)

NOMINATIONS:

Lead- 1946 for Brief Encounter

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GEORGE CLOONEY (1961-)

NOMINATIONS:

Lead- 2007 for Michael Clayton, 2009 for Up in the Air, 2011 for The Descendants

WINS:

Supporting- 2005 for Syriana

#oscars #academy awards #oscar winners #oscar nominees #actors #film #celia johnson #george clooney #brief encounter #michael clayton #up in the air #up in the air 2009 #the descendants #the descendants 2011 #syriana 2005 #nominees group a #nominees group a polls

[pinewood-to-hollywood]

Margaret Rutherford as the evil Mrs Danvers co-starred with Celia Johnson in a 1940 stage version of Daphne du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’.

#margaret rutherford #celia johnson #theatre #1940s #rebecca #daphne du maurier #miss marple #english actresses

[severe-intense-gaze]

【movie edit】 Romantic love in David Lean films — BORN TO DIE

Flames of passion, coming shortly.

I don’t want to make it too sentimental so I almost only include happy footages so no motorcycle etc.

#david lean #movieedit #filmedit #brief encounter #lawrence of arabia #doctor zhivago 1965 #Ryan’s daughter #summertime 1955 #madeleine 1950 #classic movies #celia johnson #trevor howard #peter o'toole #omar sharif #julie christie #katharine hepburn #sarah miles

[citizenscreen]

Margaret Rutherford was the first actress to play Mrs. Danvers in Daphne du Maurier’s “Rebecca.”

Here she is playing the part opposite Celia Johnson at Queen’s Theatre, London, 1939-1940.

#margaret rutherford #celia johnson

[gatutor]

Celia Johnson-Trevor Howard "Breve encuentro" (Brief encounter) 1945, de David Lean.

#Celia Johnson #Trevor Howard #David Lean

[normasshearer]

BRIEF ENCOUNTER 1945, dir. David Lean

#*mygifs #*briefencounter #filmedit #filmgifs #filmblr #classicfilmedit #classicfilmblr #classicfilmsource #cinemaspast #userrutledge #ritahayworrth #userelissa #uservita #usergina #celia johnson #brief encounter #david lean #1945 #1940s #finally pulling this out of the drafts...

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Celia Johnson (Brief Encounter)—She had the most soulful eyes! Like an anime character, it's insane. And she was fantastic in Brief Encounter. I also like that she's relatively ordinary looking, compared to some of the really glamorous Hollywood celebrities? She had an understated beauty, you know? And she's British so horray for national pride, lol.

Mary Astor (Scarlet Saint, The Maltese Falcon, Meet Me in St Louis)— She was a silent film star who was temporarily basically blacklisted from talkies because her voice was too low. What else needs to be said?

This is round 1 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut]

Celia Johnson:

An argument actually broke out in a film course I was taking, mostly filled with pensioners, because someone called Celia Johnson "not that beautiful" while we were talking about Brief Encounter. I don't understand how anyone can watch that movie and say that, she's got such magnetism and I think she's so gorgeous!!!

This woman set the bar for romantic doomed love and NO ONE has ever bettered it.

Mary Astor:

She overcame sexism and multiple set backs to have a hell of a long career.

I love the fact in doing research for someone, I find out all kinds of stuff. Mary Astor was one of those who successfully switched from silent to talkies, and was in the 1930, pre code, version of Holiday. Now I love the Katharine Hepburn version, but I'd give my right hand to see this. She's stunning, and a firebrand, and I love her

#mary astor #celia johnson #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old woman #ladies 1

[rwpohl]

brief encounter, david lean 1945

#brief encounter #david lean #1945 #celia johnson #trevor howard #this above all #interlude #summertime #la femme aux bottes rouge #blue velvet #last exit to brooklyn #planbar #buw #essen #landmann #meer is nich #neo rauch