Category: Classic Beauty

I was re-watching a 1957 movie called 5 Steps To Danger on TCM (Turner Classic Movies), which featured Sterling Hayden and Ruth Roman, and once again was bewitched by Ruth’s low, sexy voice.  Her problem was that her face was too similar to Ava Gardner’s, and Gardner already had that space occupied.  Still, here she is:

She also had a steaming pair of legs, if that counts:

 

With all that, it’s still the voice that gets me on my takeoff run.  Watch 5 Steps  if you can find it — but be warned, the plot is typical of late-50s suspense not directed by Hitchcock, i.e. awful and cheesy.  She makes it worthwhile, though.

I was watching The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer  the other night (for about the tenth time), and once again was struck by the beauty of Myrna Loy.

As a silent star, she was girlish:

…and then she grew up into the early 1930s-era of cute, witty and sexy women:

…and finally blossomed into full, sophisticated womanhood:

And she did all this despite having had the world’s worst hairstyles inflicted on her.

Gorgeous.

One of the few actresses (or actors) of the time who got exponentially wealthier after she retired from acting — and not by marriage, either.  None of that’s important, because whoa:

Not to mention her sensational legs:

Oh…and did I mention that she was also a dancer?

Dancer, actor, Playboy pinup (in the days when there were no airbrushes or Photoshop)… and lifelong buddy of Clint Eastwood.

Oh, that Playboy spread, you ask?

Just gorgeous.

One of the most beautiful women ever.  David Niven once said of her that “she glowed”, and I’m not going to argue with him.

We’ll look at her sister at a later date…