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An image from Come Back, Little Sheba (Daniel Mann, USA, 1952)

When Burt’s whole body isn’t sprawled out as spectacle to encompass a widescreen frame, ie when he attempts ‘serious’ acting in ‘serious’ drama, as in Inge’s ‘Come Back, Little Sheba’, he goes all Greer Garson prim and buttons up even his pyjamas:

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By NotesonFilm1

Spanish Canadian working in the UK. Former film journalist. Lecturer in Film Studies. Podcast with Michael Glass on cinema at https://eavesdroppingatthemovies.com/ and also a series of conversations with artists and intellectuals on their work at https://josearroyoinconversationwith.com/

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