We’ve already looked at her sister, but Constance Bennett was nothing to sneeze at, either:
And she aged pretty nicely, too. Here she is at 55, five years before her death:
Category: Beauty
Gettin’ Old
You know you might just be getting old when: you see a mother-daughter pic, and you get the hots for the mother.
Classic Beauty: Catherine Deneuve
She recently won some award for her acting career, and brushed it off as “just luck”.
Have mercy.
My Touring Choice
In this little exercise of traveling along a couple of scenic U.S. roads accompanied by a beautiful woman, my choice was super-easy:
Are you kidding me? A gorgeous freckled redhead and a 60s-era Ferrari? Who were the others, again?
Classic Beauty: Marlene Dietrich
In a world of Nazis, rapacious movie directors and lascivious producers (and it was worse here than in her native Germany), Marlene Dietrich gave the world that famous look, said: “Is dat the best vat you can do to me? Hah” and proceeded to take the world of show business by storm.
Being a bona fide product of Weimar Germany and Isherwood’s Cabaret Berlin, her sexuality swung both ways and her legs every way you could imagine; but even with all that, people still adored her. And so do I.
The problem for most American men, though, is that all they know of Marlene comes from Madeline Kahn’s exquisite parody of her in Blazing Saddles. But watch any two of her own movies, and you’ll see why this goddess was worshiped.
I recommend Morocco, and of course Blue Angel.
Another Look
Many moons back, I set up a scenario wherein you were going to drive around Italy with a beautiful woman, in a beautiful car. (For those of shorter memory, or who missed it, here’s the premise.)
So here’s another one, closer to home. The route I’ve chosen looks like this: east-west along U.S. Highway 50, then a cut south before Cinci and Lexington (because ugh), then westward eastward along U.S. Route 70 to the Atlantic. Starting point is Winchester VA (red dot #1) and the finishing point is wherever Dot #2 is, on the coast.
I’ve done the U.S. 50 bit myself before, and it’s beautiful. I’ve done a little bit of U.S. 70 (from Nashville to Charlotte), and it’s also lovely. The road is twisty, the atmosphere romantic, and the scenery beautiful — from open fields to forested mountain passes.
The whole trip should take about 5-6 days, about 7 nights — because this isn’t a race.
So here are the choices (and remember, no switching around; the choices are as set down), and the women are as pictured, not how they would look today. And yes, assume a little romance along the way.
Choice #1: 1965 AC Cobra and Dita Von Teese
Choice #2: 1965 Shelby Mustang and Kelly Brook
Choice #3: 1956 T-bird and Lynda Carter 
Choice #4: 1961 E-type and Liz Hurley:
Choice #5: 1959 Mercedes 190 SL and Laura Linney 
Choice #6: 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB-4 Spider and Amy Adams
Your choice in Comments; I’ll tell you mine tomorrow.