Modern Femmes Fatale: Part 89

Emma Stone

Hanne-Gaby Odiele

Leighton Meester

Nicole Kidman

Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Vanessa Ferlito and Jordan Ladd in Death Proof (2007)

Clizia Incorvaia

Diana Dondoe

Jana Milic

Kate Upton

Maria Furtwaengler

Adventures in Androgyny: Dorothy Revier

The Rose of Paris (1924

Dance Hall Demoiselles: Jorja Curtright & Marjorie Reynolds

with Robert Cummings in Heaven Only Knows (1947)

Rub-a-dub-dub: Marisa Allasio

Poor But Beautiful (1957)

Inside Looking Out: Joan Crawford

1925

Smoking in Bed: Nyree Dawn Porter

This New Zealand born actress first gained wide recognition in the starring role of Irene in the 1967 broadcast of John Galsworthy's "Forsyte Saga." Her first name 'Nyree' is a phonetic spelling of her birth name 'Ngaire', a Maori word for a shrub with star-shaped flowers.
 

Tracking with Closeups: Romy Schneider

Out on the Town: Rita Hayworth & Evelyn Keyes

Rita Hayworth and best friend Evelyn Keyes at the Beverly Hills Brown Derby, October 12, 1940

Sweater Girl: Bessie Love

Bathing Beauties: Virginia Grey

President's Day: Marilyn Hearts Honest Abe

Marilyn Monroe shows off a portrait of the Great Emancipator from her convertible.  Was she flea marketing? I don't know, but I hear Abe wasn't the only president she admired.   

Reflections: Myrna Loy

Outlandish Hats: Sandra Milo

8½  (1963)

Oh Nurse! Dorothy Granger

with  WC Fields and Zedna Farley in The Dentist (1932)

Vintage Hollywood's Interracial Valentines

The issue of race was no less significant in Hollywood during the 20th Century than anywhere else in America.  Despite the enormous social pressures against such unions,  cupid's arrow still managed to strike up a few sparks of exogamous romance among the film community.  Interracial marriage was, by the way, illegal in 31 states until, in 1967, the Supreme Court ruled such laws unconstitutional in Loving v. Virginia.

Actress Helen Lee Worthing & husband Dr. Eugene C. Nelson, 1929

Sammy Davis Jr. and May Britt, 1960

Pearl Bailey with husband Louis Bellson Jr, 1952

Marlon Brando and Tarita Teriipia, ca 1963

Joanna Shimkus and Sidney Poitier, 1974

The Eyes Have It: Vera Zorina

Lover Come Back (1946)

Bevy of Beauties: Creole Queens

Jan Shepard, Dolores Hart, Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, and Liliane Montevecchi in King Creole (1958)