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Linda Darnell

Linda Darnell

2 films · 164 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19411946

Born 16 October 1923 · Dallas, Texas, USA · died 10 April 1965

Linda Darnell was an American film actress. Darnell was a model as a child, and progressed to theater and film acting as an adolescent. At the encouragement of her mother, she made her first film in 1939, and appeared in supporting roles in big budget films for 20th Century Fox throughout the 1940s. She rose to fame with co-starring roles opposite Tyrone Power in adventure films and established a main character career after her role in Forever Amber (1947). Furthermore, she won critical acclaim for her work in Unfaithfully Yours (1948) and A Letter to Three Wives (1949).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 164 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19411946

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

How their films are shot

Measured across 164 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Linda takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 74% of their frames are day, 70% natural — the look of the work Linda takes.

Time of day

Day74%
Night22%

Lighting

Natural70%
Low key16%
Chiaroscuro6%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium48%
Wide30%
Fullbody12%
Closeup9%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
Low angle9%
High angle8%

Mood

Neutral56%
Tense21%
Chaotic14%
Ominous5%

Films in the library

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

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