Can anybody name this film star? Warning: Very hot. Classy hot, but hot

[Faygo Kid]

[Bombero1956]

1. Ava Gardner

I think.

[timtom]

2. Something makes me

want to say, Ava Gardner.

[Faygo Kid]

5. Nope, and nope. It's not Ava Gardner. God luv ya, Ava. But not her.

Gratuitous Christmas photo follows. Keep guessing.

[Misunderestimator]

7. Oh.... Ava....

[Faygo Kid]

10. Alright, alright. Let's all take a deep breath.

Momma's generation. Damn. Male or female, then or now, we have to agree: Damn.

[Misunderestimator]

12. Damn... she had to remove a couple of ribs to get that waistline.

that's just crazy.... Wonder Womaaaaaaaaan!

[Jade Fox]

3. Gene Tierney (spelling?)

[Faygo Kid]

6. Yes, and you win the cee-gar! But, who the hell is this?

Perhaps I need to get tougher.

[Jade Fox]

9. Dunno. Got a better picture of her?

[Faygo Kid]

11. Damn, That wasn't good enough???

Sorry, that's what this is all about. She is not obscure, believe me. Send for the cavalry.

[rug]

13. Esther Williams

[Faygo Kid]

16. You are perceptive. And was I wrong? Always a crush.

And what a biography. Talk about a lot of sex. And I wasn't there (wait, that's college, too).

[rug]

18. All those swimming movies overshadowed her looks.

[tuvor]

20. Grace Kelly? n/t

[Misunderestimator]

23. Ooohhh.... Grace....

[MrScorpio]

4. Gene Tierney

[Faygo Kid]

8. Thanx. I like my picture better. Sorry you didn't win. But I get tough.

I sense you can too, mano a mano, or whatever. As Marvin Gaye said, Let's Get It On.

[DainBramaged]

14. ooooh, ooooh sssssst, hot, ooooh, ouch, hot

[Faygo Kid]

15. OK, we have deteriorated to Hot Historical Babes. Bring your best.

Here is another. Bring it. And ID this one, too. You will never get it. What an all time actress babe.

[DainBramaged]

17. Carol Landis?

Those gams those gams.

[Faygo Kid]

32. You, my friend, are scary good.

I have got to think of this, but must immediately congratulate you on your (God Damn) perceptiveness. Throw one at me. Dammit.

[DainBramaged]

33. I be old and remember them gams, them gams

And lots of Turner classic movie channel:evilgrin:

[DainBramaged]

34. Try this one

[Misunderestimator]

37. Ha! I don't know.. but I love the name you gave the file.

:rofl:

[Faygo Kid]

41. No problemo. Got her bio. Clara Bow. Woof.

What a beauty, and a strange life. Her bio is haunting. Check it on Amazon or something. Look at that picture. Hell, look at all of these. Glad I started the thread. Just beauty, and an antidote to The Beast we have to deal with here at DU, at least just a little.

[DainBramaged]

51. A stunning lady, you got it!!

[Misunderestimator]

19. Here's one for you:

[CatBoreal]

21. Is that...

...Mary Pickford???

[Misunderestimator]

22. Nope... :)

[MrScorpio]

24. Mary Pickford

America's Sweetheart

[Misunderestimator]

25. Nope! Try again.

:)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

31. Lillian Gish

:-)

[CatBoreal]

26. Who was actually Canadian...

...always get a kick out of that little factoid.

[Misunderestimator]

29. Here's Mary Pickford... same period but... bzzzzzzzzz

[rug]

27. Lillian Gish

[Misunderestimator]

30. Ding Ding Ding Ding

:D

[Maine Mary]

28. Blue-eyed brunette!

Do you like that type?

[Oeditpus Rex]

35. How 'bout...

[CatBoreal]

36. That isn't...

Brigitte Helm from Metropolis is it??

[Oeditpus Rex]

38. No... but an amazing guess

And an amazing film.

[havocmom]

42. Judy Tenuta's grandmother?

:shrug:

[Love Bug]

44. Theda Bara the vamp

[Aristus]

46. Theda Bara, The Vamp.

Never got it, though. I guess it helps to have lived through WWI. For those times, her sexuality was overcharged. Today, it's just kinda silly.

[progmom]

39. know this one?

[Faygo Kid]

40. Claudette Colbert, and I am spent with lust. So I share another. Who?

Who is it?

[Aristus]

47. Greta Garbo.

In other words:

OH. MY. GOD!

[tuvor]

49. Greta, of course!

[LiviaOlivia]

43. I like this one

[LittleClarkie]

45. Donna Reed?

heh.

[LittleClarkie]

48. Here's a good site for silent hotties

http://silent-movies.org/Gents/Gents.html

[BuelahWitch]

74. The guy who runs Silent-movies.org now has a cafepress store

http://www.cafepress.com/silentmoviesorg

[LittleClarkie]

75. Oh COOL!

I could get a Roscoe Arbuckle tshirt!

But where's Buster? Where's Harold?

[BuelahWitch]

77. There may be copyrights attached to their likeness

If you'll notice, no Charlie Chaplin stuff either. All the people he has listed have images that are more or less in the "public domain."

[LittleClarkie]

79. True. Considering the Arbuckle DVDs that are coming out, I guess

it's lucky that he's even there.

Though I know the guy who runs the Silent Ladies and Gents site is a big Arbuckle fan. I discovered Roscoe though Buster, which would probably please him no end, considering what a good friend he was to Roscoe.

[tuvor]

50. Here's another one.

Hub-buh!

[mcscajun]

54. Jayne Mansfield?

?

[BuelahWitch]

57. Mamie Van Doren?

[tuvor]

81. The prize is YOURS, cff!

:applause:

[calico1]

58. Maime Van Doreen (sp)?

She is still around if that's her.

[MN ChimpH8R]

72. Diana Dors?

Definitely not Jayne or Mamie.

[redqueen]

82. I wish figures like that were still all the rage.

:)

[wildhorses]

52. Gene Tierney? ooops...sorry

I should read the whole thread before I post...my bad

[WCGreen]

53. Linda Darnell

[MissMillie]

55. not possible to have "classy" without "hot"

in my opinion, any way

[Bridget Burke]

56. Here's one of today's "stars"....

The Studio System had its drawbacks. But at least the star-makers knew how to make people look good.

[MN ChimpH8R]

73. Stylist failure

I remember this from the Oscars a few years ago. Paltrow does not have the body to wear that dress. Halle Berry, yes, Gwyneth, no.

[tsakshaug]

59. Who is this (more my speed)

[BuelahWitch]

60. Sonja Henie? (sp)

[tsakshaug]

62. yes indeed

[BuelahWitch]

65. Woohoo! My Mom was a fan of all the 20th Century Fox blondes

I knew all those years of watching Alice Fay and Sonja Henie would pay off! ;)

[Bridget Burke]

61. Sonja Heyne? Not spelled right, I'm sure....

But Googling would be cheating.

Here's a site with REALLY HUGE pix of the Stars....
http://www.doctormacro.com/index.html

Edited to add: Since I wasn't the first, I Googled the CORRECT spelling!

It's Sonya Haynie!

[tsakshaug]

63. Sonja

We need more skating movies

[Bridget Burke]

69. Extra bonus question: Which of today's stars skated competitively?

Since this is a small picture, here's a hint: Vamps on ice!

[CatBoreal]

70. That would be...

Sarah Michelle Gellar.

[Bridget Burke]

71. Perhaps Joss Whedon should do a skating film?

I'm sure he could come up with something interesting.

[BuelahWitch]

64. Hey, that's a cool site!

Love those pics.

[Bucky]

66. RuPaul?

I win.

[Greyhound]

67. Blue eyed brunette...

Enjoy!

[Tyrone Slothrop]

68. Ahhh...Gene...

Laura is one of all my all-time favorite movies. She's absolutely stunning and charming in that film.

Daryl Zanuck once said that she was unquestionably the most most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. High praise, indeed!

Also, she had a fling with JFK back in the day, well before he was president.

[pdx_prog]

76. Here's one.....

[book lady]

78. I think it is

Susan Hayward

[Tom_Foolery]

80. Hedy Lamar...n/t