Edith Norma Shearer

(August 10, 1902 - June 12, 1983)

 

"Somehow or other I always got myself rigged up in something sensational."


A blog dedicated to the Oscar-winning actress Norma Shearer who is known for her performances in: The Divorcee, Private Lives, A Free Soul, Their Own Desire and Marie Antoinette.

 

Run by: Anne, Lea & Ashley


The First Lady of MGM


tracylord: “Damn, she doesn´t wear any underwear in her scenes,” Clark Gable told his friends. “Is she doing that in interest of realism or what?” Gable was at the outset of his career when he made A Free Soul. The dame sans underwear was his boss`s wife, and his befuddlement was understandable.  […] No one did lust on screen like Norma Shearer. She was the complete lady, completely on fire. It was a combination that appealed to Alfred Hitchcock, who looked for Shearer types for his pictures. “Where are the Norma Shearers?” he would say.” Mick LaSalle, Complicated Women 

tracylord:

“Damn, she doesn´t wear any underwear in her scenes,” Clark Gable told his friends. “Is she doing that in interest of realism or what?”

Gable was at the outset of his career when he made A Free Soul. The dame sans underwear was his boss`s wife, and his befuddlement was understandable.  […]

No one did lust on screen like Norma Shearer. She was the complete lady, completely on fire. It was a combination that appealed to Alfred Hitchcock, who looked for Shearer types for his pictures. “Where are the Norma Shearers?” he would say.”

Mick LaSalle, Complicated Women 


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