Happy Birthday Glenda Farrell (1904-1971)

Beautiful blonde Glenda Farrell is best remembered as hard-boiled, fast-talking reporter Torchy Blaine in the film series of the same name.

Glenda with her son Tommy Farrell


Little Caesar (1931)


with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar (1931)


with Benita Hume in Gambling Ship (1933)


with Warren William in Lady for a Day (1933)


with Warren William, May Robson and Guy Kibbee in Lady for a Day (1933)


with Spencer Tracy in Man's Castle (1933)


with Spencer Tracy in Man's Castle (1933)


candid on the set, 1933


Hi, Nellie! (1934)


Glenda in 1936


Fly Away Baby (1937) with Barton MacLane


Fly Away Baby (1937) with Barton MacLane


with Barton MacLane in Smart Blonde (1937)


with Stuart Erwin and Allen Jenkins in Dance Charlie Dance (1937)


out on the town with friend Joan Blondell


Twin Beds (1942) with George Brent, Joan Bennett and Mischa Auer


in City Without Men (1943)


Kissin' Cousins (1964) with Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Yvonne Craig and Pamela Austin

Rub-a-dub-dub: Marilyn Monroe

The Seven Year Itch (1955) with Victor Moore


The Seven Year Itch (1955) with Victor Moore


The Seven Year Itch (1955)


Something's Got to Give (1962)

Modern Femmes Fatale: Part 13

Another collection of contemporary sultry sirens and sexy sinners!

Gina Gershon


Melanie Griffith


Monica Bellucci


Nicole Kidman


Angelina Jolie


Randi Ingermann


Demi Moore


Diane Kruger


Linda Fiorentino


Lindsay Lohan


Simone Hanselmann


Sophie Howard

Out on the Town

Oleg Cassini and Gene Tierney, ca. 1948


Mitzi Gaynor and Hugh Obrien


Hedy Lamarr, William Randolph Hearst, and Rita Hayworth


Choreographer Busby Berkeley and Carole Landis


Ann Sheridan and Steve Hannagan at the Stork Club, 1951

A wet dog is the lovingest

Elizabeth Taylor and friend

The Dog

The truth I do not stretch or shove
When I state that the dog is full of love.
I've also found, by actual test,
A wet dog is the lovingest.

-- Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

Reflections: Anita Louise

Anita Louise in Brides Are Like That (1936)

Outlandish Hats: Pillboxes

Joan Bennett


Frances Farmer 1939


Doris Day in It's a Great Feeling (1949)


Carole Landis

Bathing Beauties: Barbara Eden

The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)


The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)


Ride the Wild Surf (1964)


Ride the Wild Surf (1964)