Plucking the Daisy Download and Caps!
And finally, since I keep promising and delaying...
Here are my screen-caps for
Plucking the Daisy! It's a very light and very silly early comedy that BB did that has a throw-away plot that simply serves as an excuse to gt her half-naked (not that the intended audience surely minded, of course) and has paper-thin characters that basically circle around BB, giving her further chances to get half-naked (that that
we mind either!)
Still, BB is young and delight and charming when she hams it up through this entire farcical movie-- her outraged facial expressions are always hilarious, and she plays the most effervescent of all Plucky Manic Pixie Dream Girls-- sometimes brought down by reality but never actually put down for too long. Agnes is easily one of the most charming and efficient characters BB played in her early years, and although she can be kind of silly at times, she's actually got something resembling a functioning brain-stem, which is nice.
It's just too bad she ends up with a complete lout at the end of the movie-- why can't french films ever give BB a nice lover to end up with? She had to go all the way to England to film Doctor at Sea to find someone decent!
Anyway, you can rent the movie from Amazon.com digitally here:
http://www.amazon.com/mademoiselle-...ren?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1332178288&sr=1-5
And now you can
download my 80+ Caps from Mediafire from this link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?p2meb1grfcq8sdr
(Don't worry, the download process is easy and painless and I'm not about to infect your computer. You don't even have a waiting period for it!)
Also, A Few Of My Favorite Caps (Along With Commentary!)
--> Somewhat hilariously, the first outfit BB wears in the movie is an outfit she wore in other pictures, possibly ones promoting this film!
Look at this photo, and tell me this isn't the same outfit! Even the plaid pants are the same!
Pic from this forum.
--> Meeting the first two of her slimy would-be lovers. Sadly, one really isn't much better than the other... Anyway, this costume really emphasizes how innocent she is at the beginning of the movie, even as she escapes being hauled to a convent by her father. See the high neck of her shirt? Believe me, it'll descend later!
--> Speaking with her stuffed piglet in her hand. Cute...! She took a few backstage photos with her sister in this outfit as well.
--> Sadly, she wears much the same dress for the entire movie, with very few change of outfits. I do like the arm-band she added for this "formal" scene, however. Did BB wear a lot of arm-bands otherwise?
--> Wearing what appears to be Hogwart's robe. Quick, BB-- cast
finite incantem and try to will yourself to a better movie!
--> Even BB apparently had doubts about her figure in earlier years...
-->
I'm a little tea-pot, short and stout...
--> BB's seductive dance-- the high-light of the film! Needless to say, gifs will be made! Also, this bodice is a marvel... and back-stage photos show that she was wearing
daisies in its place once she took it off! Needless to say, I'll put those pictures up soon-- or would be grateful is someone else did so as well!
--> One of the few alternate out-fits she wears in the film. Sadly, it's just a simple school-girl costume, although it does emphasize her sweetness and innocence in the film.
--> Whistler's mother after a few rounds of botox. Her sleeping dress for the movie is so cute... I love the little ribbon across the neck!
--> I love her hair-piece for this movie. Close-up, it truly makes her look otherworldly. It would be fantastic for Swan Lake! And of course, she radiates so much vulnerability here...
--> Her last outfit at the end of the movie. Very '50s, very wholesome, very wonderfully bosomy. Anyone know if this was her own clothes or if the costume department picked this out for her? Did she wear this at any other point?
Also, good gravy, they couldn't find a better looking french actor to play her lover? The guy opposite her looks disconcertingly older. Guh!