WEIRDLAND: Iconic beauties (Marilyn Monroe, Kirsten Dunst, etc.)

Friday, October 15, 2010

Iconic beauties (Marilyn Monroe, Kirsten Dunst, etc.)

LAUREN BACALL
(born Betty Joan Perske)
Trademark looks: husky voice and “The Look” - chin down, eyes up

Most known for: "The Big Sleep", "How to Marry a Millionaire" (& famous lessons in whistling)

Husbands: Humphrey Bogart, Jason Robards
BETTE DAVIS
(Born Ruth Elizabeth Davis)
Trademark looks: those pretty peepers

Most known for: "Jezebel," "All About Eve," "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?," first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Husbands: Ham Nelson, Arthur Farnsworth, William Grant Sherry, Gary Merrill
MARLENE DIETRICH
(Born Marie Magdalene Dietrich)
Trademark looks: blue eyes, arched eyebrows; her New York Times obituary observed that "Her masculinity appeals to women and her sexuality to men."

Most known for: "The Blue Angel" (German), "Morocco," (& penchant for donning menswear)

Husband: Rudolf Sieber

JEAN HARLOW
(Born Harlean Harlow Carpenter) - Jean Harlow was Marilyn Monroe's idol
Trademark looks: platinum-blond hair, she was the "original blond bombshell"

Most known for: "Hell's Angels", "Dinner at Eight"

Husbands: Charles McGrew, Paul Bern, Harold Rosson, William Powell (she died before they wed)


MARILYN MONROE
(Born Norma Jean Mortenson)
Trademark looks: Platinum blonde hair, voluptuous figure, breathless voice

Most known for: "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "How to Marry a Millionaire," "Seven Year Itch," singing "Happy Birthday" (& doing other things) to JFK; dying young

Husbands: James Dougherty, Joe DiMaggio, Arthur Miller
Source: specials.msn.com

Michelle Williams and Kirsten Dunst in a poster of "Dick" (1999)
Marilyn Monroe
Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
Kirsten DunstMarilyn Monroe

Veronica Lake
Marilyn Monroe

Are Hollywood's female stars as beautiful as the immortal divas from the Golden Age?
Tippi Hedren as Marnie Edgar in "Marnie" (1964) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Naomi Watts as Tippi Hedren/Marnie

A few of them sure are gorgeous actresses, i.e. Kirsten Dunst with her high cheeks she always reminded her of Marlene Dietrich (below some pictures striking a vintage vibe):
Kirsten Dunst in "Bastard" - Behind The Scenes (2010)
Scan of Kirsten Dunst and Jake Gyllenhaal in Elle magazine (2004)



All Good Things is an upcoming romantic drama/mystery film directed by Andrew Jarecki and written by Marcus Hinchey and Marc Smerling. Starring Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst and set in the 1980s, the film is about the heir to a New York real estate fortune whose wife disappears, inspired by the life of Robert Durst. All Good Things was filmed between April and July 2008 in Connecticut and New York. The film was originally scheduled for a July 24, 2009 release, but has further been delayed with an upcoming release of December 03, 2010.
Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst as David and Katie in "All Good Things" (2010)

PLOT : Set against the extravagance and excess of New York City in the 80s, David Marks (Gosling), the son of a powerful real estate tycoon, marries a beautiful working class student, Katie (Dunst). Together they flee the city for country life in Vermont - only to be lured back by David's father. Upon their return, Katie goes back to medical school and begins to make a life for herself. But as Katie becomes increasingly independent, David mysteriously turns more violent and controlling. Family secrets are slowly revealed, just as Katie disappears without a trace. Years later, when David's best friend turns up dead, the 20-year-old case is re-opened, with David as the main suspect, and the Marks family's dark secrets pave the way to a disturbing truth.

CAST: Ryan Gosling as David Marks and Kirsten Dunst as Katie McCarthy

2 comments :

countsheep said...

you have to love those classic beauties!

Elena said...

my favorite classic female stars are Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe, Jean Harlow, Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Gloria Grahame, Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn.