Light and Shadow: Phyllis Kirk

House of Wax (1953)

Out on the Town: Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow attends the National Air Races, July 1933

The Art of the Dangle: Kirsten Heiberg

Norwegian actress Kirsten Heiberg was popular in German films during WWII, often playing the "foreign femme fatale."  Somewhat like Sweden's Zarah Leander, she was not welcomed back to her homeland very enthusiastically after the war due to her associations with the Nazi film industry.

Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!

Original Caption, 2010: Actress Marilyn Monroe is seen in this handout image from a collection of previously unpublished photos of her in Alberta, Canada taken in the summer of 1953. The collection of more than 100 previously unpublished photos of Monroe can be seen for the first time in a new book "Marilyn: August 1953." The book, published this week by Calla Editions, features digitally restored black and white images of a then 27-year-old Monroe. REUTERS/The Estate of John Vachon/Dover Publications, Inc/Handout

Note:  This book is available under the actual title: Marilyn, August 1953: The Lost LOOK Photos (Calla Editions) [Hardcover] Brian Wallis, Chief Curator (Author), John Vachon (Photographer).  It should be noted also that I have no connection to or pecuniary interest in the publication.

Modern Femmes Fatale: Part 85

Christina Ricci

Diane Kruger

Evelina Manna

Mary Kate Olsen

María Belmonte

Rebecca Hiller

Samantha Gradoville

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sonia Braga

Marina Mozzoni

Adventures in Androgyny: Anna May Wong

Dance Hall Demoiselles: Marie Windsor

Outlaw Women (1952)