Glamour in cinema ?

Think the last decade from glamour in the cinema would be the 1950’s.

Something about the color saturation in films, make up ( females ) hairstyle, clothes. Movie stars just seemed to exude glamour then. Tony Curtis, Sophia Loren for example.

 

Any favourites yourself?

 

A glamour thread for change.

 

Hmmm, I get what you're saying, but I don't think I have any particularly glamorous films in my collection. I guess I might say Grace Kelly is the most glamorous actress that I have a film of, but that film is Dial M for Murder, which itself isn't that glamorous. She fine though.

 

Sean Young is kinda glamorous in the middle of a film noir style sci-fi flick.

 

Does glamour exist in movies today ?

 

No! Not really!!!!

 

I would say either Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Natalie Wood or Elizabeth Taylor are the Mount Rushmore of Glamor for Hollywood.

And BTW I don't think anyone today approaches that level of glamor.....maybe Diane Layne or Kate Beckinsale

 

My current avatar exudes glamour.

 

Ms. Bardot, of course



Some of my favourites would be:

Audrey Hepburn
Brigitte Bardot
Clara Bow
Lupe Velez
Phoebe Cates
Lillian Gish
Joan Bennett
Mary Pickford
Anna Karina
Rita Hayworth
Mary Brian
Catherine Deneuve

 

Seen to make a effort back then.

 

Strike a pose, vogue!!!!!

 

Joan Blondell appeared in so many movies back when and rarely as a lead, but she was a doll.

 

Hedy Lamarr

 

The lovely Yvonne De Carlo

 

I fear this will be another depressing thread of bygone glory. I think the OP is probably right about the 50s but the 50s did extend a few years into the 60s. Umbrellas of Cherbourg with Catherine Deneuve might be the closer. It even features the mysterious Ellen Farner who has apparently vanished. I guess I need to put my DVDs under lock and key.

 

Re the OP, three films from that classic phase come to mind:

- The Bad & The Beautiful (1952, starring a beautiful Lana Turner)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- Viva Las Vegas (1964, my favorite Elvis movie)

I guess "Show Boat" (1951) and "Niagara" would also fit into that category. Glamorous films that I love.

 

She is pretty damn glamorous in Rear Window. In fact, I would define it as glamor.

 

And the epitome of glamour in To Catch A Thief...

 

Early sixties

early S I x t y S.

 

Glamourous couple!!!!

 

Not even James Bond looked as good as Cary Grant in a tuxedo!