in conclusion, housemates

[kindkit]

It seems today is going to be the day when I post enough to make up for the almost two weeks since I last posted.

So. This photo of Cary Grant lighting Randolph Scott's cigarette with his own (on the beach, in the twilight) may be the most romantic image I have ever seen.





There's a slightly larger version here.



And this was a publicity photo! Arranged and paid for by the studio, which wanted to emphasize the supposedly un-Hollywood-like quiet domesticity of Grant and Scott's lives as housemates. It's got to be the definition of "hiding in plain sight," and I imagine the studio just wanted to deflect the suspiciousness of two wealthy, successful movie stars choosing to live together. Still, I'm not sure the message these photos actually send--which is pretty much "we're in love!"--is quite the one the studio intended.

Comments

[amoama]

Awww beautiful. (LOL HOLLYWOOD. U R RIDIC.)

[kindkit]

The saddest thing is that there are still so many LGB actors who feel they have to be closeted to keep their careers. It's getting a little better, but very slowly.

[princessofgeeks]

Wow. Just. *speechless*

[kindkit]

Amazing, isn't it?

[mllesatine]

I just checked the Wiki article on Scott. I've seen the photo in the pool before.

I just wish you could see their expressions a bit better but I love the composition of the photo.

[kindkit]

Hmm, I think the fact that their faces are in silhouette adds to the feeling of intimacy. To me it might feel a bit staged (although of course it is staged) if their faces were lighted.