Saturday, June 30, 2012

The Eyes Have It: Olivia de Havilland



1936


The Great Garrick (1937)








The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)











Gone With the Wind (1939)





Friday, June 29, 2012

Bevy of Beauties: The Opposite Sex (1956)




L-R: Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, June Allyson, Ann Miller
and Ann Sheridan in The Opposite Sex (1956)


Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Monday, June 25, 2012

Modern Femmes Fatale: Part 76

Modern Femmes Hommasse Fatale?



Sofia Coppola


Rachael Stirling and Keeley Hawes in Tipping the Velvet (2002)


Piper Perabo


Natalie Portman


Monica Bellucci


Scarlett Johansson


Jennifer Tilly


Jennifer Love Hewitt


Drew Barrymore


Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There (2007)


Michelle Pfeiffer by Herb Ritts, 1991


Sunday, June 17, 2012

For the Boys: Veronica Lake




1943


During the early 1940s Veronica Lake was considered one of the most reliable box office draws in Hollywood. A stray lock of her shoulder-length, blonde hair during a publicity photo shoot had led to her iconic "peekaboo" hairstyle, which was adopted by female fans all over the country. During WWII, US government officials asked Lake to wear her hair up for the duration, as many women who imitated her hairstyle were getting their hair caught in assembly-line machinery.