If I had to pick one girl from the golden era

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1920s - Pola Negri

1940s - Tallulah Bankhead
Lizabeth Scott
Lauren Bacall

Hedy Lamarr
One Of Her Look - Alikes Joan Bennett
Lana Turner
Joan Fontaine

1950s - Eleanor Parker For Now - More To Come

 

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POLA

TALLULAH

LIZABETH

LAUREN

HEDY

BENNETT

LANA

FONTAINE

ELEANOR

 

[Michael R.]

Hedy Lamarr is The Most Beautiful and Intelligent Actress , I can think of . But there was one , I can't recall her name , was actually Blonde and colored her hair dark Brown . I thought it was Hedy Lamarr , but I guess not . One More Luscious Look ...

The search continues ... . But Hedy makes modern Actresses Really look Bad .

 

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Of Course. The Undisputed. Crawford.

 

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DO I HAVE A GREAT TASTE OR WHAT ;-)

 

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Uhhhh. How could I forget the enthralling Vivien Leigh.

 

[Michael R.]

Not who I'm thinking of , but Ella Raines was a Stunner ...

 

[Joe50's]

Not a common choice but always liked Doris day. She always carried on a warm glow even during her divorce when her husband threw her under the bus forcing her into tv. Liked her big band career a lot my Grandparents had her collaboration with les brown 78's.

And of course miss Bergman also did well in Casablanca and murder on the orient express

I also remember liking Rochelle Hudson as a kid after seeing her in curly top

 

[Harp]

And of course miss Bergman also did well in Casablanca...

Ingrid cast a spell in Casablanca.

 

[FATS88]

Oohh, Yeaa?!! (trying to sound out my best Ned Sparks imitation) Here's A Whole WALL dedicated to my gal!

 

[Graemsay]

Hedy Lamarr was a smart girl too. She was the co-inventor of Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum, which was developed during WW2 for guided torpedoes, and is now one of the technologies used in things like Bluetooth and Wifi.

It puts her in a somewhat different league to the usual actresses.

 

[storyvilleswinger]

Figured this would be the most appropriate thread to make my first post.

Personally, I prefer the cigarette smoking, cocktail-drinking jazzing flapper. I've always had a crush on Zelda Fitzgerald, during the height of the flapper era.

And Olive Thomas, of course.

 

[Fading Fast]

Storyvilleswinger, welcome - glad you have joined - and kudos to giving the boozing, smoking and more () flappers a much deserved shout out. I've always been a fan of their linear body line and independent vibe versus the full-figured and more traditional-role style that followed.

As to Zelda, while very smart, she was cracker-house crazy and, on net, IMHO, did more to pull F. Scott down than lift him up. Which is a shame, but he would probably have destroyed himself without her - she just expedited the, to use his term, crack-up.

 

[EmergencyIan]

Of course, it's extremely difficult to pick just one. However, in the last year, I've seen a number of late 30s to early 50s movies that starred Barbara Stanwyck. I find her to be very sexy.

I find myself wishing to step back in time, wanting to sweep her up and not leave the bedroom or a week.

- Ian

 

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Oh. Again. Forgetful Me.




The Impossible. The 1960s Capucine.

1930s. The Smothering Ann Dvorak.

 

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[HoosierDaddy]

SPAM hijack again...

 

[Wesslyn]

Ingrid or Audrey all the way.

 

[Fading Fast]

^^^ Interesting as you chose two different types. Audrey is very coltish - all limbs, joints and spring in her movement with a hint of androgyny played up in many of her hairstyles. Ingrid is a softer, full figured women with very measured feminine movement and hair styles (mostly). Even their voices are opposites as Audrey's shoots out and bounces around a room; whereas, Ingrid draws you in with her more-whispery voice.

 

[Wesslyn]

^^^ Interesting as you chose two different types. Audrey is very coltish - all limbs, joints and spring in her movement with a hint of androgyny played up in many of her hairstyles. Ingrid is a softer, full figured women with very measured feminine movement and hair styles (mostly). Even their voices are opposites as Audrey's shoots out and bounces around a room; whereas, Ingrid draws you in with her more-whispery voice.

Well I've never considered myself someone who has a specific "type." Variety is the spice of life.