Most attractive 30's - 40's movie star (dolls for the guys, guys for the dolls)

[MissMittens]

Someone had to do it

My vote is for Hedy Lamarr, shown here with Kay Kyser and an unknown enlisted GI

 

[Rudie]

Both Hepburns for me.

 

[Berlin]

Gary Cooper

and

Ok ok..he's from the '50s...but still..
Marlon Brando

I fancy tall dark haired guys. :redface:

 

[martinsantos]

Veronika Lake and Rita Hayworth.

 

[MissMittens]

and
Ok ok..he's from the '50s...but still..
Marlon Brando

Well, he was on stage since 1944, his first movie role was in 1950.......it's all good in the 'hood

 

[StetsonHomburg]

Mary Pickford or Dorothy Lamour

 

[Rudie]

He sure was a helluva handsome guy before he got fat!

 

[HeyMoe]

Jean Harlow

 

[Fletch]

This was tough.

Until I thought of Ingrid Bergman.

 

[Atomic Age]

Ava Gardner

Virginia Mayo

Veronica Lake

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[/url] Veronica Lake by Music2MyEars, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[Widebrim]

Tough, since there were so many. Lake, Lamarr, and Lamour would comprise the three Ls...In addition, Bergman, Fontaine, and Darnell (what a doll the latter was in Mark of Zorro). Yet even as a guy, I have to admit that Flynn was one handsome devil...

 

[I Adore Film Noir]

This gentleman makes my heart skip a beat:

 

[scotrace]

Ava Gardner.

Holy SMOKE.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Douglas Fairbanks. The real one, not Junior. I don't care how short he was.

(Yeah, I know he's 20s, not 30s or 40s. But he could thrash Gable and Bogart both, without breaking a sweat, and then stand on top of them laughing.)

 

[scottyrocks]

Veronica Lake always floats to the top of my list.

 

[Tomasso]

Gene Tierney

My thoughts haven't changed since posting in this similar thread.

 

[MissMittens]

My thoughts haven't changed since posting in this similar thread.

Drat, didn't see that thread. That would be a slightly different answer though for me. If I could pick one it wouldn't be the one I think is the most beautiful, it would be Ida Lupino

Not the most beautiful of actresses back then, but definitely attractive. Her most attractive attribute was apparently her intellect. She was one of the first, if not the first, female directors, and picked her movies to reflect real life. She turned down roles that did not have a strong female lead, or that didn't show the trials women of the times were often going through. Her movies portrayed domestic violence, sexual inequality, rape and childloss. She was far ahead of her time, and even now, a female director is considered somewhat of an oddity.

 

[Widebrim]

Tierney was beautiful, no doubt. One omission on my part, which I will now rectify, is Dolores Del Rio. Absolute babe back in the 20s and 30s (and good-looking even after that).

 

[Widebrim]

Drat, didn't see that thread. That would be a slightly different answer though for me. If I could pick one it wouldn't be the one I think is the most beautiful, it would be Ida Lupino

Not the most beautiful of actresses back then, but definitely attractive. Her most attractive attribute was apparently her intellect. She was one of the first, if not the first, female directors, and picked her movies to reflect real life. She turned down roles that did not have a strong female lead, or that didn't show the trials women of the times were often going through. Her movies portrayed domestic violence, sexual inequality, rape and childloss. She was far ahead of her time, and even now, a female director is considered somewhat of an oddity.

She and Dorothy Arzner were about the only female directors during the '40s. Lupino's films certainly did come from a different mold, theme-wise. I think she was the only female to direct what is considered a Film Noir (could be wrong). Lupino was actually pretty good-looking when she first started acting (see her in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), and it's often overlooked (partly due to her excellent "American" accent) that she was not American, but British of Italian/English ancestry. (Her uncle was comedian Lupino Lane.)

 

[Tomasso]

Dolores Del Rio. Absolute babe back in the 20s and 30s (and good-looking even after that).

Yep, and check out this wonderful pad she and her hubby had.


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