Comments on: Bonnie and Clyde Style

By: Bonnie and Clyde, the Musical | Manolo's Shoe Blog

Bonnie and Clyde, the Musical | Manolo's Shoe Blog — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:16:54 +0000

[...] says, two years ago, the Manolo did the little comparison of the real outlaws, Bonnie and Clyde, with the fake movie star outlaws, Faye Dunaway and…, in which the Manolo came to the conclusion that the real Bonnie and Clyde were more stylish and [...]

By: jelodi97

jelodi97 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:29:28 +0000

Hola back to LaBellaDonna. Let’s not forget that Bonnie and Clyde were straight-up murdered by cops, brutally and without mercy or warning.

Still, I wouldn’t want to get on Bonnie’s bad side!

By: khazar

khazar — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:01:24 +0000

Movie stars will often refuse to have authentic hair styles, as they are so startlingly different than modern styles. This makes it possible to accurately date when a movie was made. Bonnie’s hair is up and back, while Faye’s is down and loose in a variant of the later 60′s styles.

By: Miss Cavendish

Miss Cavendish — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:44:02 +0000

Many thanks to La BellaDonna– Of course it is a bumper, not a fender, and I had drawn a total blank, perhaps from previous bumper trauma when I misparked someone’s beloved Aston Martin. Ahh, repression!

By: Bronwyn

Bronwyn — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:49:07 +0000

The real Bonnie has a relaxed slouch. A posture that is no doubt beaten out of any aspiring actress (shoulders back, head up, stomach in) but is the posture of preference for catwalk models.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:11:39 +0000

To me the biggest difference between the first two photos is the looks on the participants’ faces – Bonnie and Clyde are looking towards each other and, while they’re both obviously goofing around, the chemistry between them is obvious, especially on Clyde’s face. Dunaway and Beatty look so obviously posed.

And I think in the second photo Bonnie does look menacing. She doesn’t have to have committed any crimes to give off an authentically dangerous air.

By: La BellaDonna

La BellaDonna — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:21:01 +0000

Hola to the Jelodi97! La BellaDonna, she has the mixed feelings about the statement, “Even after all these years, this little hell-raiser is every bit as menacing as she and Clyde were in real life.” It is absolutely true, the Clyde, he raised the hell, and the Bonnie, she was beside him; tragically, it was the love, much more than the lust, that bound the two together. Bonnie, she thought she could save Clyde; Clyde, towards the end, wanted Bonnie to leave because he was afraid she would die with him. At the time the Bonnie died, however, the only warrant outstanding against her was for aiding in the transportation of a stolen vehicle across state lines; there were no warrants against her for violent crimes. None. At the time of her death, she was sitting down in a car. She had to; she could no longer walk unaided – one leg was permanently crippled from burns from a car accident (and bullets, later). She either had to hop on her one good leg, or Clyde had to carry her.

By: TeleriB

TeleriB — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:54:27 +0000

Ms. Dunaway, who is nonetheless the fine actress, holds the weapons as if they were the kielbasa.

Indeed! In the second set, if Bonnie’s pistol were to go off, it would fire away from her, into the ground. Dunaway would shoot her knee off. One woman is holding a weapon; the other, a prop.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:24:56 +0000

The Manolo, he is right as usual, particularly about the white skirt. Regardless of what it did to her lines, Bonnie wasn’t a member of the tennis set and while part of the gang did not have a staff of women to do her laundry. She would have needed her clothing to be hard-wearing and no-fuss; look at the dirt on her skirt in the bottom photo. Bathing would have been occasional, at best, in many of these isolated farms/hideaways where indoor plumbing wouldn’t come until after the depression. I’m wondering how often those stockings were actually worn versus whether they were donned for the picture. Besides this, she is a dark character–at best an accessory to murder who lives and dies violently.

For me, Faye was always miscast here. She’s an unbelievably beautiful woman, but her basic look was never suited the role. My favorite of hers is The Thomas Crowne Affair, which suits her basic looks much better–she’s not an outsider–she’s far too pretty and blonde for that. In that role, she’s where we know she probably would be: well-kept, comfortable, sophisticated, and fascinated with the bad boy. I always thought that somebody edgier would have been a better choice for Bonnie, who was an accessory to murder at the very least–somebody like an Ida Lupino, a young Bette Davis, or a Hillary Swank.

By: jelodi97

jelodi97 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:07:10 +0000

Bonnie’s pose in the second photo is one of authentic bad-assery and aggression. She’s looking *straight* into the camera and leaning forward with her shoulders. Faye has more of a “devil-may-care” look in her pose, and is nowhere near as threatening. Even after all these years, this little hell-raiser is every bit as menacing as she and Clyde were in real life.