Here’s the third in our series (Part 1 for the explanation and then Part 2 continues the theme), and some fine stuff it is, too. These ones are still modest — you won’t see any little gardens growing down below; but they’re still gorgeous.
Enjoy.
Category: Classic Beauty
Classic Beauty: Jean Hale
As much as I admired Dabney Coleman — and still do — I could never understand why he and wife Jean Hale got divorced. I mean:
I guess there’s just no good explanation.
Classic Beauty: Martha Hyer
Hmmmm another Texas girl, this time Fort Worth’s Martha Hyer, the impossibly-beautiful ice-cold blonde actress whose career spanned the late 1940s through the late 1960s.
Yeah, for the Safety Nazis complaining about the finger on the trigger: relax, Francis. It’s a single-action un-cocked revolver.
Anyway, someone that beautiful can hold a gun any damn way she wants.
Classic Beauty: Linda Darnell
If ever there was an actress who got crucified on the twin crosses of a pushy showbiz mother and a horny studio executive, that would be Dallas girl Linda Darnell (her story here). Her life could also be entitled: “Nice Girls Finish Last”, because the one thing about her that everyone ever agreed on was what a sweetie she was.
However, that’s not the story here. These pics are:
Because she’d been one of the youngest actresses to play adult women — she was barely 16 at the time she started — her movies didn’t show off her figure, and most especially not her legs (which were spectacular).
And when some more “grownup” pictures of her were published:
…she was promptly voted one of the “Four Most Beautiful Women in Hollywood” (alongside Hedy Lamarr, Ingrid Bergman, and Gene Tierney — pretty exalted company).
Hardly surprising.
Classic Beauty: Marilyn (My Favorites)
Of course, Marilyn Monroe needs no introduction to anyone who hasn’t been locked away in a hut in New Guinea all their life. And there’s no shortage of Marilyn pics to be found, anywhere. But these are my favorites:
And if I were to choose my absolute favorite Marilyn pic of all time:
Classic Beauty: Mitzi Gaynor
I have no idea why I’ve never featured the lovely dancer and actress Mitzi Gaynor before on these pages, but let me make up for that egregious omission right away:
And then, of course, there are those legendary dancer’s legs:
I think I’ll save the color pics for another day.