#jetta goudal
William Boyd, idolized as the rugged Hopalong Cassidy, began his career as a romantic and marcelled leading man in the costume dramas of Cecil B. De Mille and D.W. Griffith. Here he is in Griffith’s Lady of the Pavements, 1929, with Jetta Goudal and Lupe Velez.
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Jetta Goudal ❤
women in history | archetypes | vamps
→ female vampires were considered to be seductresses who sucked the blood dry from males. this terrified a male dominated hollywood at the time because vamps challenged the social norms. they were overly sexual and aggressive (or so explained by columnists at the time). this archetype would later morph into title of femme fatale.
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