Yup, that's Bogart in the back seat. The movie is one of my all, all, all time favourites - The Big Sleep (1946). The taxi driver is Joy Barlow ,born 18 May 1923 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for The Trespasser (1947). She died on 2 May 1995 in North Hollywood, California, USA.
One of the many things I LOVED about this movie - and the movies of that era - was how women were portrayed. Even a speaking part lasting seconds was portrayed with style and vigour. The unnamed taxi driver was a *real person* with character and a life outside her job. I LOVED the way women of that era were portrayed as (and might well have been IRL) smart, feisty, funny & sexy without either having to pistol whip someone or walk around naked. You know... that had STYLE and Presence. Whereas today...... SHEEEESH!
I'm not sure.... Maybe it was because women of that era were that way? Maybe living through the Depression years and then war work had something to do with it? I'm SURE there must be a book or two on the subject... [muses]
I think women in the Hollywood 'machine' were *very* thin on the ground back then... so it must be something else - historical or cultural I'd guess.
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I recognize Humphrey Bogart but not the woman. She looks a little like Shirley Temple when she was older, but I know it’s not Shirley.
Yup, that's Bogart in the back seat. The movie is one of my all, all, all time favourites - The Big Sleep (1946). The taxi driver is Joy Barlow ,born 18 May 1923 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for The Trespasser (1947). She died on 2 May 1995 in North Hollywood, California, USA.
One of the many things I LOVED about this movie - and the movies of that era - was how women were portrayed. Even a speaking part lasting seconds was portrayed with style and vigour. The unnamed taxi driver was a *real person* with character and a life outside her job. I LOVED the way women of that era were portrayed as (and might well have been IRL) smart, feisty, funny & sexy without either having to pistol whip someone or walk around naked. You know... that had STYLE and Presence. Whereas today...... SHEEEESH!
I wonder why they were portrayed that way. Were the directors or script writers women?
I'm not sure.... Maybe it was because women of that era were that way? Maybe living through the Depression years and then war work had something to do with it? I'm SURE there must be a book or two on the subject... [muses]
I think women in the Hollywood 'machine' were *very* thin on the ground back then... so it must be something else - historical or cultural I'd guess.
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