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Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

7 films · 411 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19482007

Born 16 September 1924 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA · died 12 August 2014

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Lauren Bacall was an American actress known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks. She began her career as a model. She first appeared as a leading lady in the Humphrey Bogart film To Have and Have Not (1944) and continued on in the film noir genre, with appearances in Bogart movies The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948), as well as comedic roles in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) with Marilyn Monroe and Designing Woman (1957) with Gregory Peck. Bacall worked on Broadway in musicals, earning Tony Awards for Applause in 1970 and Woman of the Year in 1981.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 411 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19482007

  • Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture1996
  • Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award1992
  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role1997
  • Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical1981
  • Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical1970
  • Academy Honorary Award2010
  • Kennedy Center Honors1997
  • Honorary César1996
  • Donostia Award1992
  • National Book Award1980
  • Lucien Barrière Literary Award1979
  • Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year1967

How their films are shot

Measured across 411 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Lauren takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 7 films we hold, 56% of their frames are night, 47% low key — the look of the work Lauren takes.

Time of day

Night56%
Day32%
Interior10%

Lighting

Low key47%
Natural33%
High key16%

Shot size

Medium39%
Wide26%
Closeup23%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level82%
High angle11%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral69%
Tense17%
Lonely8%
Ominous4%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

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