Hi! I'm working on a translation of a newspapaper article about the movie Dark Shadows.
In the part that I'm analysing there's a reference to Bette Davis, who was a famous horror actress, if I'm not wrong. I'm not sure about the fact that the author of the article relates her groan to the way of speaking of the witch of the movie, Angelique Bouchard. Does pronounce refer to the way of speaking or is it another way of saying cursing? I haven't found any clip on YouTube about this Bette Davis groan, just to have an idea of the comparison he's using...
(...) she swanks around in drop-dead gowns, pronouncing darkly in a Bette Davis groan.
In the part that I'm analysing there's a reference to Bette Davis, who was a famous horror actress, if I'm not wrong. I'm not sure about the fact that the author of the article relates her groan to the way of speaking of the witch of the movie, Angelique Bouchard. Does pronounce refer to the way of speaking or is it another way of saying cursing? I haven't found any clip on YouTube about this Bette Davis groan, just to have an idea of the comparison he's using...
(...) she swanks around in drop-dead gowns, pronouncing darkly in a Bette Davis groan.