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Tuesday, April 2. 2013

50 lovely women of the 20th Century


It's just their faces, here.


All wonderful, but I like Cardinale and Hepburn the most. I'm sure they would have loved me had they met me - and if I had been years older.

Posted by Bird Dog at 13:18 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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Nice post. I thought it was much better than the original. The first one was much too speeded up and the names weren't on-screen. I'd have a small quibble with the "most beautiful" part, though. Eye of the beholder and all that. "Lovely" was much better.
    #1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2013-04-02 13:56 (Reply)
    Hedley Lamarr!

    but where's Mrs. Wirraway?
    #2 wirraway on 2013-04-02 14:07 (Reply)
    I found the morphing thing rather creepy and turned it off after Joan Fontaine.
    #3 D on 2013-04-02 17:23 (Reply)
    I found I liked the older women better (maybe that's because I'm a fossil) but there was something classic about their beauty. I certainly thought that several of them, young and old, were not portrayed in their best light.
    #4 mudbug on 2013-04-02 20:40 (Reply)
    I'm with you, mudbug. Just wish they had included Norma Shearer. I read somewhere that she was slightly cross-eyed as a child, which gives her rather unconventional looks. I'm rather partial to her as an actress. And I could have done without Julia Roberts - Yikes!

    Check out "Gold Diggers of 1933" to see Ginger Rogers in her first role. Polished, of course, but not in the glossy way she was later when dancing with Fred. Good movie, and one of the few at the time to address the social issues of life immediately after the Crash. Plus you get Joan Blondell and Ruby Keeler. It's a hat trick!
    #4.1 KellyM on 2013-04-03 19:05 (Reply)
    I thought it was cleverly done, though agree the morphing had a degree of creepy. A tad longer focus on the still would have been useful. I suspect we all had our favorites going in so wouldn't much be persuaded by otherwise. If forced to choose, I'd be with wirraway... Hedy Lamar. Not only beautiful, or lovely as the case may be, but an extraordinarily brilliant mind. What a challenge to keep up with.
    #5 XRay on 2013-04-02 21:43 (Reply)
    I didn't like the morphing either.

    Always been a fan of Rita Hayworth. Surprised at how attractive Kate Hepburn was. Never really saw Lauren Bacall at a young age...wow.

    A few choices surprised me, as I thought they could easily be replaced.
    #6 DrTorch on 2013-04-03 08:33 (Reply)
    I vote for Hedy Lamarr, too! And such a sexy voice she had.
    I always was in love with Ann Margret.
    But after seeing Farrah there, how could you ever leave out Jacqueline Smith, she would be above many in this list if I had made it.
    #7 Rand on 2013-04-03 13:24 (Reply)
    "that's Hedley!"
    #7.1 wirraway on 2013-04-04 14:10 (Reply)

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