Obsessed with Claudette Colbert’s Cleopatra. Her fabulous performance almost predicts the femme fatale archetype that would come to dominate the silver screen a decade later.
The story of the last queen of Egypt has been told at least a dozen times, and narratively there’s nothing particularly new here. Still, this version is probably my favorite – in no small part due to the iconic costuming, which was far ahead of its time.
Obsessed with Claudette Colbert’s Cleopatra. Her fabulous performance almost predicts the femme fatale archetype that would come to dominate the silver screen a decade later.
The story of the last queen of Egypt has been told at least a dozen times, and narratively there’s nothing particularly new here. Still, this version is probably my favorite – in no small part due to the iconic costuming, which was far ahead of its time.
