Oomph Girl of the Day - April 8, 2008.

[Mycroft Holmes]

"THE SEASON'S GAYEST PICTURE!"

Life; July 24, 1939.

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[Custom79]

Zowie!

Like I said... Zowie!

C79

 

[Edward]

Ah, the days when "Glamour Girl" wasn't a euphemism for something much more unseemly....

Classy lady.

 

[Quigley Brown]

I recently saw an excellent film about the life of actress Frances Farmer starring Jessica Lange. Honestly, I've never seen any of her films, but I think she was on her way to superstar status until her alcohol and mental problems garnered much negative press in the 1940s.

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[Fletch]

Ah, the days when "Glamour Girl" wasn't a euphemism for something much more unseemly....

Wasn't oomph! a euphemism?

And is anything with Ann in it commonly seen today other than The Man Who Came to Dinner?

BTW Holmes, I'm enjoying the Of-The-Days quite a bit. You might consider compiling them into a blog!

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

Now That You Mention It ...

Take a look at The Retro Press:

http://the-retro-press.tjs-labs.com

It's a daily posting of some of my favorite ads from the Gallery of Graphic Design:

http://graphic-design.tjs-labs.com

Enjoy!

 

[MrBern]

I recently saw an excellent film about the life of actress Frances Farmer starring Jessica Lange. Honestly, I've never seen any of her films, but I think she was on her way to superstar status until her alcohol and mental problems garnered much negative press in the 1940s.

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When viewing that film, keep in mind that it is fictionalized. There is no record of her having a lobotomy, she was not raped in the mental institution, etc

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

Ann Sheridan: Oomph Girl

I tore this directly out of Ann's wikipedia article:

Born Clara Lou Sheridan in Denton, Texas, she was a college student when her sister sent a photograph of her to Paramount Pictures. She subsequently entered and won a beauty contest, with part of her prize being a bit part in a Paramount film. She abandoned college to pursue a career in Hollywood.

She made her film debut in 1934, aged 19, in the film Search For Beauty, and played uncredited bit parts in Paramount films for the next two years. Paramount made little effort to develop Sheridan's talent, so she left, signing a contract with Warner Bros. in 1936, and changing her name to "Ann Sheridan".

Sheridan's career prospects began to improve. The red-haired beauty would soon become Warner's top sex symbol. Tagged "The Oomph Girl", Sheridan was a popular pin-up girl by the early 1940s, despite the fact the she was generally assigned films that did not show off her talents.