{"id":32588,"date":"2011-01-25T08:17:52","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T13:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=32588"},"modified":"2013-08-30T10:59:25","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T14:59:25","slug":"ann-dvoraks-edgy-elegance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=32588","title":{"rendered":"Ann Dvorak&#8217;s &#8220;Edgy Elegance&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=32589\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32589\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/0uoyr3etyc2wrye0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"0uoyr3etyc2wrye0\" width=\"454\" height=\"598\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/0uoyr3etyc2wrye0.jpg 454w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/0uoyr3etyc2wrye0-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/0uoyr3etyc2wrye0-151x200.jpg 151w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/0uoyr3etyc2wrye0-303x400.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/chiseler.org\/post\/2761490122\/playing-with-matches-ann-dvorak-1932\">fantastic in-depth piece<\/a> by Imogen Smith about this restless talented pre-Code actress.  There is still much I have not seen, but her performance in <i>Three On a Match<\/i> is burned in my brain.   That&#8217;s a fantastic movie, anyway, the story of a trio of old reform school friends played by Joan Blondell, Bette Davis, and Dvorak.  Humphrey Bogart appears in a small role.  Dvorak&#8217;s is the journey of the three girls that shocks.  You can&#8217;t believe where this character is allowed to go, the complexity that is allowed in that journey, and the searing martyrdom of her final act.  An incredible performance.  <\/p>\n<p>Imgoen Smith writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You would never guess from this film that Bette Davis would wind up the best known of the three actresses, or that Humphrey Bogart would become a beloved icon, while Ann Dvorak would sink into obscurity. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Check out her work if you haven&#8217;t already.  Start with Howard Hawks&#8217; gangster drama (THE gangster drama) <i>Scarface<\/i>.  But don&#8217;t miss <i>Three on a Match<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fantastic in-depth piece by Imogen Smith about this restless talented pre-Code actress. There is still much I have not seen, but her performance in Three On a Match is burned in my brain. That&#8217;s a fantastic movie, anyway, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=32588\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[2201],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32588"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70252,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32588\/revisions\/70252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}