Kay Francis: Her Style in Classic Movies

Kay Francis was a talented actress with much more to offer than being a stunning model for glamorous clothes. That said, from her 1930s peak and into the forties it’s undeniable that she was one of the most strikingly fashionable stars in classic movies. This collection of looks shows lots of patterns in the way Francis was dressed for the screen: mostly monochrome, simple gowns with bold details and fabrics, lots of pearls, loads of fur accents, and a touch of the masculine in many of the suits she wore.
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Movies in order of appearance:
Passion Flower (1930)
Stolen Holiday (1937)
Man Wanted (1932)
Transgression (1931)
Ladies’ Man (1931)
Mandalay (1934)
Girls About Town (1931)
Stolen Holiday (1937)
One Way Passage (1932)
The Feminine Touch (1941)
The Goose and the Gander (1935)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
The Keyhole (1933) (x2)
Raffles (1930)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Guilty Hands (1931) (x2)
Mary Stevens M.D. (1933)
Guilty Hands (1931)
A Notorious Affair (1930)
Stolen Holiday (1937)
Living on Velvet (1935)
Girls About Town (1931)
One Way Passage (1932)
Man Wanted (1932)
The Keyhole (1933)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Street of Women (1932)
Stolen Holiday (1937)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
The Keyhole (1933)
Wonder Bar (1934)
Transgression (1931)
Passion Flower (1930)
Living on Velvet (1935)
Passion Flower (1930)
First Lady (1937)
A Notorious Affair (1930)
Girls About Town (1931)
The Keyhole (1933)
Ladies’ Man (1931)
The Cocoanuts (1929)
Ladies’ Man (1931)
Girls About Town (1931)
Street of Women (1932)
Mary Stevens M.D. (1933)
Scandal Sheet (1931)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Stolen Holiday (1937)
Man Wanted (1932)
I Found Stella Parish (1935) (x2)
Living on Velvet (1935) (x3)
The Feminine Touch (1941) (x2)
Stolen Holiday (1937)
A Notorious Affair (1930)
Street of Women (1932)
A Notorious Affair (1930)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Mandalay (1934)
The Keyhole (1933)
Man Wanted (1932)
Stolen Holiday (1937)
Man Wanted (1932)
Mary Stevens M.D. (1933)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Mandalay (1934)
Street of Women (1932)
Ladies’ Man (1931)
Mandalay (1934)
Stolen Holiday (1937)
Strangers in Love (1932)
First Lady (1937)
Living on Velvet (1935)
One Way Passage (1932)
Street of Women (1932)
The Feminine Touch (1941)
Street of Women (1932)
Passion Flower (1930)
Living on Velvet (1935)
Jewel Robbery (1932)
Man Wanted (1932)
Living on Velvet (1935)
Street of Women (1932)
Jewel Robbery (1932)
I Found Stella Parish (1935)

[@hermajesty52]

One of my favorite actresses.

[@laurelstewart4264]

Beautiful! Thank you

[@josepinheiro6064]

Thank you for putting this together! Lovely!

[@Alexander-nn4ig]

She was a leading star and had become more money as Joan Crawford, but than forgotten

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Air conditioned by Anthony Warbe as Paul Kelly watched🙀

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Built like Nebraska…savvy? 😺

[@charlesrobinson1637]

In the 30s she was one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood then she had a falling out with jack warner.and he destroyed her career