"It" - For the Gals.

[mysterygal]

Grace Kelly is one of the most beautiful women on screen and probably that ever lived!

 

[Zemke Fan]

Absolutely, positively...

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If it´s a vintage lady Priscilla Lane...

Just watched Arsenic and Old Lace again...

Priscilla's eyes just grab your heart by the throat and won't let go...

AND, she married a USAAF flyboy (not Robert Cummings, of course.) What a gal!

 

[RedShoesGirl]

...I don't think Marilyn Monroe had It....I think she was too affected in her mannerisms, her blonde hair too fake...there wasn't much within her that shined through, for me.

i think her innocent soul shone through her eyes and through everything else you mentioned. but maybe i am just imagining things.

lara

 

[RedShoesGirl]

Are you kidding Matt?

this has to be one of the oddest portraits of the golden age i have seen. weird whites of the eyes, strange shadows going every which way...strange pic.

in looking at all the choices, it seems that ALL the famous women of the era had IT.

i have to go with hepburn and amelia earhart. both of whom photograph beautifully.

rsg

 

[Solitaire]

Speaking of "it" girls, I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Colleen Moore. She was not only a star of the silent screen, but her marriage provided one of the major scenes of "A Star is Born", and then she founded Merrill Lynch!

Wallis Simpson certainly had style, but I don't think she could be thought to have "it".

And of course, Bettie Page!

 

[thebadmamajama]

I still think that Maureen O'Hara, though feisty and down-to-earth, was as an ethereal lady of the screen as anyone. She had "it," but in almost a "I'm not going to just parade myself around, I've got 'it' on the inside AND out." What a lady.
Just as a note, it's such a joy to find others who were most decidely born in the wrong era. Pleased to meet you ladies!

 

[Miss Dottie]

Ms. Rosalind Russell

People!

I went through this whole link and didn't find my favorite. So I'm adding her now.

The spectacular Rosalind Russell. What a dame. Her role in "His Girl Friday" set the tone for smart dames across the US and "Auntie Mame"--every woman with a nephew's role model.

Spectacular!

What makes her it is just as much her wit as her face. And she was a humanitarian in her personal life, and gave great parties and just lived life to the fullest.

Hey, has anyone read that book that came out a few years ago called, "Fast Talkig Dames" and had Ms. Russell on the cover? It was a great book. It had a chapter on Rosalind and one on Myrna Loy too. Terrific book!

 

[skinnychik]

His Girl Friday

I loved that movie...and Cary Grant...oh...and her too.


Actually I did love their fast-talking exchanges, her independent character, and, of course, her wardrobe!

 

[Tough Cookie]

Well, lessee:

Sophia Loren certainly!

Ava Gardner

Jean Simmons (no, not the one from KISS lol)

Ingrid Bergman

Sorry, don't have time to look up accompanying pictures just now.

 

[Camille]

Couldn't agree more on the Ingrid Bergman-part. :eusa_clap

 

[Elaina]

Olivia de Havilland

I have always thought she was just stunning. If I could look like anyone, it has always been her (and I'm not a huge GWTW fan.)

Pauline Frederick

Has to be one of my favorite silent era women. She had a presence that caught me when I was really little.



Elaina

 

[Harp]

Ingrid

Couldn't agree more on the Ingrid Bergman-part. :eusa_clap

Ingrid Bergman, "Casablanca" and "Notorious," just two of the
jewels in her crown.:eusa_clap

 

[Harp]

Ladies for Today

Julianne Moore.
Renee Z; especially "A Price Above Rubies."

 

[LadyStardust]

No.1 for me is Garbo, and I am actually quite surprised she apparently has little to no admirers on here.[huh]
Anywho, my second nomination is Janet Gaynor, who I think is absolutely darling. Wholesome, adorable, courageous, persevering, charming, caring, kind...that's "it" to me. All the qualities more people should strive for!

 

[Girl Friday]

Definately Hedy Lamarr, she was so beautiful!

Myrna Loy beautiful and witty:

and Rita Hayworth, just plain sexy:

 

[LadyStardust]

Also, in regards to the mention that are very few modern actresses that seem to have an Old Hollywood "it" factor, there is one, Juliette Binoche, who has always struck me as very classic. She's very subtle and demure, both in her acting and personality, but she's left more of an impression on me than anyone else of today.

 

[Mojito]

Louise Brooks first and foremost!

Merle Oberon:

 

[TOTTIE]

Oh, lovely ones here already but Magneto has such a good points about some of the silent stars. I watched (they made me) a whole load of Harold Lloyd silents and was struck by Bebe Daniels. She was feisty. Don't think much of the one Lloyd married (insipid).

 

[melankomas]

i've always rather thought Ann Sothern had It, as well.

 

[TOTTIE]

Bebe Daniels