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12. Juni 2024 · After appearing in a number of British films, Merle Oberon became Hollywood royalty nearly overnight thanks to a contract with legendary producer Samuel Goldwyn. She was just 24 when she appeared in the hit film The Dark Angel.
23. Juni 2024 · By tracking the shifting racialized reading of images of mixed-race figures such as Hollywood star Merle Oberon across time and genre, it becomes apparent how cultural context rather than mixed-race bodies shapes the visual apprehension of racial difference.
13. Juni 2024 · From her dazzling performances in timeless romantic thrillers to her powerful roles in dramatic narratives, discover what makes Merle Oberon stand out among the legends of Hollywood. As an...
Vor 3 Tagen · I recently watched the original 1939 film of Wuthering Heights, starring Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, and David Niven, and directed by William Wyler.The film is based on Emily Brontë’s classic 1847 Gothic novel of the same name and received nominations for eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor).
Vor 4 Tagen · The artist will revisit Merle Oberon’s extraordinary career, an actor who exercised great discretion around her Anglo-Indian heritage for fear of discrimination. Amongst the many images of Oberon, there is one of Merle gently cupping her face, the chiaroscuro shadows casting Brancusi-esque distortions of a face without a body. Such investments in the complex legacies of cinema and its stars ...
Vor 2 Tagen · In the fall of 1938, Cooper appeared in H. C. Potter's romantic comedy The Cowboy and the Lady with Merle Oberon, about a sweet-natured rodeo cowboy who falls in love with the wealthy daughter of a presidential hopeful, believing her to be a poor, hard-working lady's maid.
Vor 3 Tagen · The Belgian capital barely acknowledges its link with the two most famous Brontë sisters, Charlotte and Emily. A plaque commemorates their stay here in 1842-43, at a girls’ boarding school called the Pensionnat Heger, which stood on the site now occupied by Bozar, the Centre for Fine Arts.
