One of my favorite things about this movie
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LetThemEatCake01 — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 12:41 AM)
Is Gloria Swanson's hands and how effectively she uses. Like when she's staring at Holden from her chair, and her hand is on her knee looking like a talon. Or when she embraces Holden after her suicide attempt and her hands look like a spider web. It's fascinating.
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daughterofolaf — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 05:54 PM)
Yes!! I notice her hands and how much she incorporates them into her performance. For me the most noticeable scene with her hands is when he is saying to her "how do you know I don't have a girl I'm crazy about" and the hand holding her cigarette totally curls up when she says "WHAT girl?" Wow. Awesome.
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EdwardVP — 2 years ago(January 26, 2024 12:08 PM)
The movement of the eyes and the hands were the silent star's main form of expression. Although the horror host Vampira didn't move her hands much, I think the claw like hands Vampira used were inspired by Gloria Swanson in this movie.