Although I can thank my father for opening my eyes to a world of culty and controversial film at a (too) young age…it was my mother who started the real film obsession. I’m fairly certain I’ve written this before, but when most children wanted to watch cartoons and the like; I was obsessed with old movies. It started with musicals and then moved into comedy, then drama and finally…film noir. But…like I said…it started with musicals. And one of the BEST was The King and I. The dresses…the songs…the KING (I was so in love with Yul Brenner). This week the world lost one of the only golden age stars left kicking…Deborah Kerr. I am heartbroken.
Most people remember her from The King and I and An Affair to Remember, although this picture from From Here to Eternity is one of the most famous (and let’s admit it…HOT) love scenes of all time.
She was elegant. She was beautiful. She could rock red hair. The woman was amazing…and it sucks that she’s dead. With her goes the end of an era that I have always wanted to be a part of, and due to a lack of technical skills regarding time machines...never will be. Fucking science. It’s holding me back!
