Kay Francis
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| Name: | Kay Francis | |
| Status | Deceased | |
| Age: | 63 (January 13, 1905 -August 26, 1968) | |
| IMDB: | IMDb | |
| TMDB: | TMDB | |
| Smoking Status: | Unknown | |
| Type of Celebrity: | Actor | |
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| Homepage | ||
| TMDB Popularity | 15.07 | |
| Biography (TMDB): | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kay Francis (January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, she moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 and 1936, when she was the number one female star at the Warner Brothers studio, and the highest paid American film actress. Some of her film related material and personal papers are available to scholars and researchers in the Wesleyan University Cinema Archives. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kay Francis,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. |
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Movies
Allotment Wives
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Her brand of cigarettes are a major plot device. Smokes in many scenes. |
Another Dawn
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One good scene; with two inhale/exhale; non-filter. |
Divorce
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Two smoking scenes par for Kay |
Dr. Monica
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She's the chain smoking doctor. Smokes in most of her scenes. In one, for example, she inhales then smiles while exhaling. |
First Lady
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Exhales a thick cloud of smoke and then, just when you think she's finished, even more comes out naturally as she speaks. They sure knew how to smoke back then! |
Guilty Hands
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Two scenes: one at table close-up long drag/deep inhale; second scene (towards the end of the movie) lighting scene. |
It's a Date
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One scene well lit lighting/inhale(deep)/exhale. |
Man Wanted
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[Francis] Smokes throughout. A couple of decent lightups. A few nice exhales here and there, beter than usual for the time. One memorable scene (shot through a car rear seat window) has Kay wearing gloves, with a nice slow drag and exhale. She then leans back into her seat, and only her gloved hand holding the cigarette can be seen, with the smoke trailing after her. |
Mandalay
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Two scenes: First Kay's in bed 'learning to smoke' with a light drag but inhales. Later standard Kay with a Cheek-hollowing drag and deep inhale with a solid exhale. |
Play Girl
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Many smoking scenes all good; one with holder. |
Scandal Sheet
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Unfortunately Reed never learned to smoke in any of her films.. She does try in a couple of scenes with 'Chesterfields' (a long extinct unfiltered brand |
Secrets of an Actress
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[Francis] Smokes unfitered throughout the movie; almost every scene and well. |
Stolen Holiday
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Scenes on a ship and lighting in a restarant; inhale/exhale. |
The Cocoanuts
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There seems to be lots of gratuitous smoking, esp. by the actress playing the jewel thief, going on here. She does her best to look like a bad girl. |
The Feminine Touch
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Holds in one scene |
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Nurses in uniform smoking non-filters from packets of ten . Delphi holds in two scenes - we see the end of an exhale. Barbara lights in one scene, holds in another. Pride of place goes to Henryetta, who, though the least attractive, performs a nice talk-exhale after accepting a light. |
The Goose and the Gander
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[Tobin and Dodd] smoked in a few scenes] Kay Francis, who usually smokes in her movies, just had one scene where she tapped an unlit cigarette on her wrist. |
Trouble in Paradise
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Both hold in at least one scene each. No light-ups, drags, or exhales. |
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