Classic Beauty: Jane Greer

Doomed by her contract to stand forever in the shadow of Ava Gardner and Lana Turner (the studio’s favorites at the time), Jane Greer was once called “the greatest actress never to win an Oscar”.  And it’s quite true:  as the femme fatale  in so much of the 1940s-era noir  genre, she showed a sinister stillness about her roles that set her apart from the overacting of most of her female peers.  I think I only ever saw her in Out Of The Past, in which she was every bit the equal of the brooding, brilliant Robert Mitchum.

So let’s have a look, shall we?

And out of costume:

Of course, no look at a noir  actress would be complete without a gun:

Deadly.

Time For Another

…All-American Road Trip.  (To see the actual East/West Coast route options, go here.)  As for the first trip, your choices are limited to cars — in this case, of the 1950s — and women of U.S. origin.

Your car / companion choices are from the following pairings (no swaps or substitutions):

1) 1950 Hudson Hornet
Gillian Anderson


2) 1957 Willys Overland
Jennifer Morrison


3) 1957 Chevrolet Cameo
Connie Britton


4) 1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk 
Mariska Hargitay


5) 1950 Willys Jeepster
Emma Stone


6) 1957 Ford T-Bird

Sarah Shahi


7) 1958 Chevrolet Impala
Winona Ryder


8) 1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air
Ali Larter


9) 1959 Cadillac Eldorado
Diane Neal


10) 1957 Chevrolet Corvette
Ashley Graham

There ya go.  Your choice in Comments.  Mine will appear on Monday.

Classic Beauty: Grace Kelly

So much has been written about Princess Grace of Monaco a.k.a. Grace Kelly that I’m not going to bother with any kind of commentary.  Let’s just feast our eyes, shall we?

And in glorious Technicolor:

Still the best example of classy beauty, after all these years.

Random Totty

Seems as though every time I post a pic of a slender women, there are a  jillion  couple of comments about feeding the poor starving girl a pasta dinner or two.

Well, today’s totty doesn’t need any of that.  Her name is Rasha Kirmani, and she’s apparently quite popular in India and online.  Enjoy.