Jean Harlow: The first Hollywood car crash? - Page 5

Novice · May 18th, 2009, 12:40 PM

Ewww!

sluce · May 18th, 2009, 12:41 PM

Thanks for that Alice!

Mel1973 · May 18th, 2009, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweetie

She was so ugly. Look at those eyebrows, and that asshole on her chin:

maybe she was the first chola....

AliceInWonderland · May 18th, 2009, 12:51 PM

thats how they did their brows back then; the 30's

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Originally Posted by sluce

Thanks for that Alice!

college

i wouldnt go back....

Novice · May 18th, 2009, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by witchcurlgirl

Never heard that......but I do know that Grable's famous WW2 pinup pic:

was taken from the back because she was pregnant at the time.

Interesting

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Taking the picture

Photographer Frank Powolny took the shot. There is quite a bit of legend surrounding the pose with many different versions:

One legend states that she was finished with the photo session and had turned her back to walk out of the studio, saying "That's it!"
She was standing waiting and turned to smile at film producer Darryl F. Zanuck who had entered the studio unexpectedly.
The shot was a costume shot for the film Sweet Rosie O'Grady released Oct. 1, 1943.
Another story even claims that Grable did the over the shoulder shot because she was pregnant at the time. This is unlikely as while Betty had two daughters with bandleader Harry James. Victoria was born on March 4, 1944 and Jessica was born on May 20, 1947.[1] It was doubtful that the pregnancy would have been showing in early 1943 if she conceived as late as June 1943.

Whatever the method taken to photograph the pose FOX studios saw its potential and persuaded the US military to allow it to distribute 5 million postcards of this picture to American GIs fighting in the war. Soldiers soon had painted the picture on planes, bomber jackets, and barrack walls making it the most popular pin-up in the war.

from that oh-so-reliable sourse wiki....

witchcurlgirl · May 18th, 2009, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Novice

Interesting from that oh-so-reliable sourse wiki....

It's probably as reliable in this case as all the other rumours we have in this thread

although, if the pic was taken in Oct '43, and she gave birth in early March '44, she could have very well had a slight bump, as she would have been 3-4 months along

Novice · May 18th, 2009, 01:00 PM

and in those days pregnancy was hidden, even in the early stages!

this has some great pictures of her MySpace.com - Betty Grable - 92 - Female - Santa Monica, US - www.myspace.com/brigi_bb

BITTER · May 18th, 2009, 01:02 PM

Betty wasn't all that hot either when you think about it. She was just blonde.

witchcurlgirl · May 18th, 2009, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Novice

and in those days pregnancy was hidden, even in the early stages!

even how you got pregnant was hidden....the twin beds for married couples thing in old movies cracks me up

Novice · May 18th, 2009, 01:03 PM

more "cute" than hot; but then Jean Harlow was neither (imo)

BITTER · May 18th, 2009, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Novice

more "cute" than hot; but then Jean Harlow was neither (imo)

As I said earlier, those George Hurrell pictures of her made her look more beautiful than she really was. He was notorious for airbrushing too.

He even made Bette Davis look hot and sexy, something she never really was:

WhateverLolaWants · May 18th, 2009, 01:48 PM

Remember, though...the features considered beautiful at that time were VERY different. Betty Boop was supposed to be a parody of the ideal sexy woman of the 20s and 30s, to give you and idea.

BITTER · May 18th, 2009, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by WhateverLolaWants

Remember, though...the features considered beautiful at that time were VERY different. Betty Boop was supposed to be a parody of the ideal sexy woman of the 20s and 30s, to give you and idea.

Harlow, Dietrich, Garbo, Crawford, Shearer were considered to be the screen beauties at the time. Of all of them, I'd say Norma was the closest to being beautiful, even if she was a tad cross-eyed and had piano legs.

WhateverLolaWants · May 18th, 2009, 01:57 PM

I think Garbo can pull off modern hotness in her later pictures, but yeah. Norma Shearer in Marie Antoinette was pretty close to modern idea of beauty.

Back then it was : tiny Mouth, large downturned eyes, circle or heart shaped face, no eyebrows.

witchcurlgirl · May 18th, 2009, 01:58 PM

Crawford was a beauty....before she fucked up her face with PS and turned herself into a female impersonator

after: