Loretta Young

I enjoy filling reader's requests, having done it four or five times before, but I've always regarded it as somewhat risky when asked to write about a person rather than a film.  I figure the requester likes or admires the actor and what if I don't?  Ick.  Such a conundrum.  But one either ignores the request, which I'm loathe to do, or one just jumps in there.  I'm jumping.  

Visiting Film Noir: They Won't Believe Me

1947 Film Noir

From RKO

Directed by Irving Pichel

Starring

Robert Young

Susan Hayward

Jane Greer

Rita Johnson

Actresses & Presence

A reader made a comment about Gene Tierney saying that he found her looks to be supernatural.  That comment sent me into reams of thoughts about her and then other Golden Age actresses who had a presence that seemed to guarantee their fame and popularity on the silver screen.  Presence can feel supernatural.  For some it might be a dignified manner, a bearing, comportment.  For others it might be an imposing personality.  Isn't it an ability to project ease, poise and self-assurance?  It is usually someone of a noteworthy appearance.