I remember that when I first saw Stana Katic appear in the silly ABC-TV crime series Castle, I actually gasped at how beautiful she was — and still is, by the way.









And I’m sorry, but…

…those damn Balkan-bred women do it to me every time.
I remember that when I first saw Stana Katic appear in the silly ABC-TV crime series Castle, I actually gasped at how beautiful she was — and still is, by the way.









And I’m sorry, but…

…those damn Balkan-bred women do it to me every time.
Once better known as the great-grandaughter of the formidable fashion doyen and magazine editor Diane Vreeland, young Caroline is of a different type altogether, and quite worthy of appreciation in her own right.






…and she doesn’t seem to be all that shy, either:

Proving that not all Austrians are short, dark-haired dictators with a sense of destiny, Senta Berger is simply exquisite:







Oh… did somebody say “color”?





Yeah, Hitler would have hated her too… because she’s Jewish.
We’ve looked at 40s-era actress Carole Landis before, but I think she’s worth further study:








As she approached 30, Carole started to despair that she was getting too old to get decent roles, so she committed suicide, at age 29. This pic is reputedly the last one ever taken of her, and I think it speaks for itself.

Tragic.
I first saw Carole Bouquet back in the mid-70s at an art-house movie cinema in Johannesburg, in Luis Buñuel’s classic That Obscure Object Of Desire. Good grief.






What’s that? Color? I’ll give you color:




And she hasn’t got any uglier as she’s aged, either:


Lovely.
As promised, here’s La Bella Claudia in glorious color:








And my favorite of them all: Hot, dusty and in boots.

Que bella.