Light and Shadow: Lily Damita

Lily Damita in The Woman Between (1931)

Out on the Town: Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence

12 Sep 1930, London, England, UK --- English actor, dramatist and composer Noel Coward appearing with English actress Gertrude Lawrence in "Private Lives", London, 1930. Private Lives was written by Noel Coward. --- Image © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS

The Art of the Dangle: Marina Berti

Modern Femmes Fatale: Part 47

Melanie Griffith in Something Wild (1986)


Diane Kruger


Elena Cucci


Sigourney Weaver in The Ice Storm (1997)


Kate Capshaw in
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)


Milla Jovovich at the Cannes Film Festival, 1997


Minnie Driver in The Phantom of the Opera (2004)


Nicole Kidman


Rachel Weisz in The Lovely Bones (2009)


Sienna Miller in Factory Girl (2006)

Adventures in Androgyny: Jennifer Beals

Rub-a-dub-dub: Kay Francis and Helen Ware

Kay Francis and Helen Ware in a scene from The Keyhole (1933)

Inside Looking Out: Ladies Behind Bars 19

Charles Emmett Mack and Norma Shearer in The Devil's Circus (1926)

Smoking in Bed: Marie Windsor

Marie Windsor and Elisha Cook Jr in The Killing (1956)

Sweater Girl: Maria Schell

Maria Schell on the set of The Brothers Karamazov (1958)

For the Boys: Josephine Baker

Original Caption: Miss Josephine Baker, popular stage performer, sings the National Anthem as the finale to the show held in the Municipal Theater, Oran, Algeria, N. Africa. The band is directed by T/Sgt. Frank W. Weiss." May 17, 1943

Unmentioned in the original caption is the fact that the band, the army unit being entertained and the USO show were all segregated.

Bathing Beauties: Corrine Calvet

Reflections: Gwili Andre

Outlandish Hats: Hedy Lamarr

Lady of the Tropics (1939)

A Milestone

500 Followers! Yipeeee!

My apologies for the self-referential post, which I generally try to confine to my "other" blog, but I just couldn't resist noting the milestone. Thanks to all my faithful followers. What the hell, thanks to all you adulterous followers as well. :)

The Eyes Have It: Vivienne Osborne

Vivienne Osborne

Vivienne Osborne

Bevy of Beauties 31: The Leroy Prinz Dancers (yet again)

Famed Choreographer Leroy Prinz, with Esther Pressman,

Dene Myles, Bonita Barker, Dorothy Thompson, Kay Gordon,

Beula McDonald and Edward A. Prinz

In case you've forgotten, we've visited with Leroy and his ladies before. Check out the previous incarnations here and here. :)

Light and Shadow: Louise Brooks

Pandora's Box (1929)

Look for German director G.W. Pabst's dark envisioning of the Jack the Ripper legend on TCM, during the late night hours of January 29-30, depending on your time zone. It's well worth your time.

On the Set: Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh and husband Laurence Olivier,

during break from filming Sister Carrie (1950)

The Art of the Dangle: Ingrid Thulin

The Silence (1963)

Modern Femmes Fatale: Part 46

Jennifer Aniston

Anna Friel

Bambi Northwood-Blyth

Evan Rachel Wood

Jennifer Tilly in Bound (1996)

Lauren Holly in No Looking Back (1998)

Micol Ronchi

Monica Bellucci

Radha Mitchell

Salma Hayek in Desperado (1995)

Adventures in Androgyny: Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker, 1933

Rub-a-dub-dub: Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet in The Reader (2008)

Kate Winslet & David Kross in The Reader (2008)

Kate Winslet & David Kross in The Reader (2008)

I saw this film the other night on Showtime and was blown away. I'm not going to do a full review, but this is one of those films that, after it's over, you need to just sit and think about it awhile before you feel like you can go on to something else. Catch it if you can, it's well worth watching.

Inside Looking Out: Evelyn Keyes

Evelyn Keyes and Dennis O'Keefe in One Big Affair (1952)

Smoking in Bed: Ida Lupino & Andrea King

Ida Lupino and Andrea King share a laugh on the set of The Man I Love (1947)

Sweater Girl: Julie Christie

candid, 1966

The Fast Lady (1963)