{"id":142777,"date":"2025-10-18T08:30:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T12:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=142777"},"modified":"2025-10-17T10:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:22:34","slug":"happy-birthday-miriam-hopkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=142777","title":{"rendered":"“How can a motion picture reflect real life when it is made by people who are living artificial lives?” –Miriam Hopkins"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIt’s Miriam Hopkins’ birthday today. A famous scene-stealer, her film career was relatively short, but she appeared in some drop-dead classics. There hasn’t been a lot of ink spilled on her, although her fan base is pretty solid. She appeared in one of the greatest films of all time (The Heiress<\/i>, which she had also done in the theatre, albeit in the lead role), as well as the super-sexy Design for Living<\/i>, a favorite, about a bohemian menage a trois<\/em> between Hopkins, Gary Cooper and Fredric March. I mean, are you KIDDING me? Sign me up!<\/p>\n

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\nShe’s a vision of luscious naked (literally) bed-rumpled availability in 1931’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde<\/i>. Her swinging leg gets its own closeup (and is also a Gif, all on its own). It was 1931. Pre-Code randiness, presented without euphemism.<\/p>\n

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