Today Elsa Lanchester would have been 107 years old. I know it's kind of cliche for me to paint her as the Bride of Frankenstein, but how could I pass up the opportunity to paint that hair?! Besides, it's kind of fitting what with Halloween coming up in a few days.
Personally, I love the characters she played when she got older -- in Mary Poppins as the fed-up nanny, in Bell Book and Candle as a wacky witch and in Witness for the Prosecution as Charles Laughton's nagging nurse. But I also like her earlier performances with Charles Laughton, like in The Big Clock and Tales of Manhattan.
Okay, to be honest, I love every movie she's in. She was a fantastic character actress and her presence in a film guarantees that you are in for an enjoyable movie experience!
7 comments:
Wow, that's a truly stupendous painting!
I LOVE Elsa! Truly one of the great, underrated actresses!
Hahaha, I suddenly just keep thinking of her That Darn Cat...with the fishing pole...
Oh, you've really captured her essence as the Bride. Did you see "Come to the Stable"? I love her in that movie, too.
Nice painting! I like the intense look you got to give her. Oh, and thanks for this entry. I always liked her in the Bride of Frankenstein but never knew too much about her.. like the Mary Poppins part. Very interesting.
I love Elsa Lanchester. Who doesn't? She's in Mystery Street too.
Your painting is fabulous.
Love it! She is fantastic in everything I've ever seen her in!
What a fantastic painting! "Bride" is my favorite Elsa movie. Mostly because that opening scene always cracks me up: "you know how thunder alarms me!"
It's odd. The Bride of Frankenstein is my favourite horror movie of all time, and my favourite Elsa movie, but when I think of Elsa it's always the roles she played when she was older, particularly the witch in Bell, Book, and Candle. She was always great, but I just seem to remember her in her later roles!
Anyway, I love your Bride of Frankenstein!
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