Hey everyone, I know that the Oscars are officially behind us but I wanted to do one last post that kinda had to do with the movies but mostly had to do with me finding another excuse to talk about hot men, except this time, the catch is we're talking about hot men from the past.
See, I was watching the E! Fashion Police yesterday and started thinking about the stars of yesterday, you know the 1940s, 50s, and early 60s, and how they always looked so perfect and beautiful. Of course, you can't compare today's stars with those of the past: the oldies were cherry picked in the Hollywood studio system and groomed within an inch of their lives. Today we (try to) value talent, letting anyone have their shot at superstardom, even if they don't look like or dress like Jake Gyllenhaal or Zoe Saldana (my picks for the best dressed male and female of Sunday's Oscars btw... I will argue in favor of Saldana's dress to the death as an aside). With that, of course, comes people who look sloppy or who don't care about the glamor of Hollywood at all (*cough* Kristen Stewart *cough*) I wonder in 50 years what people will think when they look back on the photos of the stars of today but enough about that because we're gonna look back at the stars of the past for today's Question to the World...
Basically, for today's Question to the World all I want to know is... which movie star of yesterday is your forever crush?
They don't have to be an Oscar winner, but they should be someone we've all heard of and who comes from that golden age of Hollywood, you know, before the dirty 1970s. So dirty. As always, I'll go first...
For as long as I can remember, I have had a Mega Crush on young Robert Wagner (above). Ooh, I could literally spend all day staring at the above photo. Actually, this post would have been finished at 1 PM today except I got lost in Robert Wagner's face. Pretty. Pretty. So very pretty...
Now, you have to get past the whole Natalie Wood thing to love him, and if you don't know what the "Natalie Wood thing" is I'm not going to explain it to you. But I've made my peace with the fact that he might have maybe killed her (Sh!t, I wasn't supposed to say that! ALLEGEDLY! SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID! DON'T SUE ME, ROBERT WAGNER! I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU!) because when he was in his 20s and 30s, his face was enough to make me forget everything...
Now I have more. I loved Natalie. Loved very young Marlon Brando. Hotness supreme. Loved loved LOVED young Rock Hudson (below)...
For the girls, you couldn't beat Dorothy Dandridge or Grace Kelly (exquisite) or Audrey Hepburn (perfection) or Rita Moreno or of course young Liz Taylor, the most beautiful woman that ever lived.
But for my top girl, I'm gonna have to go back a little farther. My favorite female super siren is Miss Rita Hayworth (below)...
I saw a movie with her in it when I was a kid and literally thought it was the sexiest thing I had ever seen. She did this little strip tease...
You know, let's just watch it together and while you're watching tell me who your favorite movie star crush of yesterday is? And how'd you first encounter their hotness considering that we're all only 21 years old!?
Who's your crush?
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I am going to toss out a surprising choice..but I stand by my choice.
For male: Jimmie Stewart.
Yes, he had that geeky awkward charm, but it worked for me. Underneath that awkwardness and nice guy was a good looking man...but the true test of a classic good looking man is "how do they age". And he aged FINE. Even older, he was a silver fox.
For Female: I debated...but for someone whose beauty has stood the test of time and who I could only dream of looking as good, I settled for Gene Tierney. Google search her. She is painfully gorgeous.
Also..i have to give a shout out to Myrna Loy, but only because I was partially named after her. LOL.
For female, I side with you - Rita Hayworth!!
But its a tough choice for male. I am torn between Tyrone Power and Montgomery Clift. Both very striking and both good actors. And those eyes!
Oooh. Real Angst...Montgomery Clift...excellent choice!
Dani, you always have such good choices. Myrna Loy and Gene Tierney are names I remembered but I did have to Google them because I forgot what they looked like and you are right, both are very beautiful and STRIKING which I think today's stars lack as a quality...
I can see an attraction to Jimmy Stewart. He's got a great face and is nice and tall. It's kind of like my attraction to Anthony Perkins.
realangst, Montgomery Clift GORGEOUS and I just watched something about Tyrone Power so it's so funny you bring him up!
And you're right, the eyes have it!
Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke was so fuckable
William Holden stole my heart in Stalag 17
A young George Sanders (Addison DeWitt from All About Eve) had a certain charm
I would not throw a young Jack Lemmon out of bed
And, I would so turn Lesbian for Marilyn Monroe.
I actually remember your thing for Paul Newman, Allan! Don't stare directly in his eyes!
And how could I forget Marilyn. She was everyone's crush, I guess so I though it'd be redundant!
At the risk of being completely unoriginal I'll have to say that James Dean would be my guy crush without a doubt. There were so many sophisticated and handsome men during that time but, for me, watching them age to look like my grandfathers sorta made them lose their appeal. Loved Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch but I think that was by far more a desire for him as a comforting father figure than as a crush.
Women - Audrey Hepburn was perfection and who can argue with that? However - I love Marilyn Monroe even more - especially those candid shots where she was just naturally herself and beautiful.
Pom, how did you know that I have a giant poster of James Dean in my apartment? I love him too but was trying to find someone new... But why bother when he's really all you need!
I love candid Marilyn too. So womanly and beautiful...
Always, always Vivien Leigh. Stunningly beautiful, brilliant actress, crazy personal life...she had it all! I don't know any other actress who could do so much with her eyes. I saw her again recently in Streetcar Named Desire. Basically, she was playing my mother, but that's another story.
LOL Sam! I would love to hear the stories of how your mom equals Blanche DuBois but I won't press it further!
And Vivien Leigh, stunning of course. To hold your own in "GWTW" is not easy feat either!
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