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INTRODUCTION |
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HER
STORY |
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QUOTES |
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TRIVIA |
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NICKNAME |
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GALLERY |
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CURIOS |
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VOX
POPULI |
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SHOP |
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LINKS |
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FILMS |
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BOOKS |
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WALLPAPERS |
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E-CARDS |
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MAGIC |
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SORCERESS |
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VAULTS |
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The December issue of Photoplay of 1934 quoted Miss Shearer on the subject
of sex: "It should figure in every film-- never be regarded in terms of
vulgarity-- it should be approached subtly, suavely." Asked about the two
most varied roles she interpreted from a sex angle, she went on to say: "The
girl in He Who Gets Slapped, my first role at MGM, and Jan Ashe in
A Free Soul."
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"I had to marry a man bigger and more important in every way than I was
myself. Only in such a marriage could I live without a sense of being
cramped and compressed."
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"I think women are
more romantic than men, but on the other hand, men are more sentimental than
women."
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These very special color postcards add yet another dimension to the magic
of Norma Shearer. Norma's lovely image was also used for cigarette cards
and other trade cards issued by manufacturers to stiffen packaging and
advertise their products. And of course magazines often used color tinted
version of Norma's black and white photographs to add just that little
extra. Examples of all these images are shown below.
As stunning as she is in classic black and white, color adds another layer
of charisma to this stunning Leading Lady.
[ click here to return to Norma's
galleries ]
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In 1934, during the release of
The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Norma Shearer and George Arliss headed a
poll as England's favorite film players according to 1,250,000 filmgoers.
Shearer's popularity in Britain was to reign for a few years to come.
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