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Woodward's hair!

posted 13 years ago by fanaticita
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Was it just the dvd or did it look like she had gray hair????? It was awful -her hair that is; she was great.

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[–] BILLYBOY-10 11 years ago

Platinum blonde, just like Jean Harlow thirty years prior. Stylish back then.

[–] DracTarashV 11 years ago

It looks good on the poster, but not so much in the film.

Hey there, Johnny Boy, I hope you fry!

[–] davidwile 9 years ago

Hey folks,

Joanne Woodward's platinum blonde hair has always been most appealing to me.

Best wishes,
Dave Wile

[–] EliotTempleton 9 years ago

Not any different than La Monroe's in Let's Make Love, released the same year.

[–] jprhedd 9 years ago

It was gray. It jumped out at me since my sister also had that color when she was 20. It was popular back then.

[–] RobbieCalifornia 9 years ago

Gray? Never! It was called silvery blonde. Clairol even came out with a color called Extra-Lite Silver Blonde because so many women loved Woodward's hair color in the film.

Joanne Woodward could pull it off, it would have looked ghastly on many other actresses. Marilyn Monroe looked great in tnis shade as well.

[–] Lyrakill 9 years ago

ARGH. Platinum blonde is NOT grey. It's a very, very pale shimmery-blonde; neither grey nor white. Blonde. Also sometimes called "champagne."

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[–] kindheart02 9 years ago

It was dreadful. It did look gray. I've seen her in other films and the hair was fine. Must've been a bad dye job.

[–] mamacassfan 9 years ago

The beginning of the film showed Woodward with pretty blonde hair. Later when marriage became shaky the hair became "old lady blue".

[–] Lola_Bedworthy 8 years ago

Kim Novak had the same hair color in "Bell, Book, and Candle" which was released around the time as "From The Terrace." About a half dozen women at the party where Alfred met Mary sported. similar shades, including Barbara Eden, who was dancing with Newman when the scene opened.

Depending upon lighting, Woodward's hair appeared to be silvery platinum blonde to champagne and IMO she looked luminous.

[–] RobbieCalifornia 8 years ago

It was platinum blonde, and I've seen it described as silver, or platinum gray. It seems to change color according to the light.

Anyway it looks smashing on Woodward who was a wonderful actress as well as a great beauty. Paul Newman was gorgeous and got even better looking as he got older.

The film was surely just a paycheck for Newman and Woodward who were both just starting their great careers.