Day 03: Favourite Romantic Role Gertrude “Gertie” Lawrence, DaphneI know that Da

Day 03: Favourite Romantic Role

Gertrude “Gertie” Lawrence, Daphne

I know that Daphne was a bit of a [expletive] to Gertie in this film, and that she didn’t realize that Gertie was her one true love until after Gertie had passed away, but during their romantic time together, I was smitten by their relationship. Gertie was a firecracker, a care-free/free-spirited American actress who loved life, loved love, and was super delicious. Sex appeal oozed from her pores, and she knew it. The only reason I choose DaphneoverPortrait of a Marriage is because Vita and Violet’s love affair was toxic and unstable (not that Gertie and Daphne didn’t have problems), but V & V’s infatuation for one another was borderline psychotic and I feel like they were deeply hurting so many of their loved ones in the process of their torrid affair, whereas Gertie and Daphne’s relationship was open and flexible and mostly fun. Plus, who doesn’t love watching Gertie lounge about in her silk bathrobe, painting her finger nails that deep, ruby red, sunbathing on the patio with that outrageously large hat, and making love in the afternoon to the daughter of the man she was formerly having an affair with, am I right? I mean, that’s some steamy shit right there.