. . . would have to be sitting down under a sunlamp to get tan! That fact alone put me in a great mood to watch the rest of this film. They must have put some white powder on him to make him look pale in that first scene so that his "natural" coloring would show through.
I asked the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.
I couldn't tell the difference in black and white. Happens to me a lot though.
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My goodness, I'm surprised you couldn't tell especially in the scene when Lucy arrives home. He's so dark he almost looks like he's in black-face. When he speaks his teeth are so white they look like they've been artificially whitened for effect. The lighter suit color he's wearing also accentuates his darker skin tone. Then when he's standing near anyone else, especially when he's next to Armand it's very noticeable how much darker he is. If you ever get a chance to see the movie again, you'll see what I mean.
shareHis perpetual tan has always kind of irked me. I think it is definitely noticeable even in black and white. That's one thing that's always kind of bugged me about him. It just seems superficial.
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That's really interesting.
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I think when he started in black and white films actors either had to wear loads of make-up for the camera or they could be tanned. He chose the latter and stuck to it I guess.
Several biographies I've read suggest that he also liked women who wore little or no make up as he felt it masked their natural beauty. It's one of the reason Grace Kelly was one of his favourite co-stars, because he felt she was natural and unpretentious.... although I guess she could afford not to wear make-up! :)
I've never noticed that Cary Grant is tan in all his black and white films. The color ones...yes. but, not really the b/w ones. I just notice that he is consistently gorgeous, in b/w or color!
shareYou are correct. In Grant's very first film (in 1932 with Mae West) he wore makeup and hated it and the way it made him look. After that first film he tanned himself and never wore ANY makeup in ANY film for the rest of his career.
Also correct that he preferred women who wore little or no makeup. No coincidence that his two favorite co-stars were Grace Kelly and Ingrid Bergman.
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Actually the reason Grant maintained his tan was because he didn't like to wear make up, because HE felt that was superficial.
Guess you can't win! ;-)
His perpetual tan has always kind of irked me. I think it is definitely noticeable even in black and white. That's one thing that's always kind of bugged me about him. It just seems superficial.I don't understand why his being tanned should bother you. As far as I know the guy lived in LA where it's sunny most of the time. After growing up in the dreariness of the UK, he was probably out soaking up the sun and enjoying the outdoors every chance he got.
Good point. I didn't think about all that.
shareThey told Him He was only allowed 15 minutes, but, He told Them He was going to lay under there until He got tanned. First time Anyone lays in a tanning bed, or out in the Sun, They can't lay there more than 20 minutes tops, or else They would burn. So, He must have had the tan, because the more a Person is under a heat lamp, or out in the Sun, They get browner, and browner.
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