Message edited on: 04/04/2006 04:30

Mmmmm... "Liz Taylor, a tad overweight but violet eyes to die for!!" Doonsbury. Gotta agree on Liz Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Hedy Lamarr and gotta add Liv Tyler!! Dang she's purty! Being a guy in my 30's I must say I'm impressed with the fact that my top 3 classic beauties are all from 40's & 50's!! I suppose I was born too late! This topic is a great read btw!! G

Yep - Sherilyn Fenn! Lots of attitude and style. She has a very classic touch.

Looks like the brunettes (Alan Alda included) have it over the blondes.

Yep... right! Where are the redheads (only Isabelle Huppert is one, oh, and maybe Myrna Loy)?

One who was taken from us too soon, and in the infancy of her career ... Sharon Tate.

Thinking of this stuff and looking at these pictures, I'm reminded that "beautiful" as an objective, aesthetic view doesn't do much for me; it's "objectivity" masking unavoidable cultural presumptions. A high-breasted Dahomey woman with "thick" lips, "flat" nose, and regal bearing will never make the cut. My nominees for "most beautiful" women would all be ones with "It," a kind of transfigured sex appeal. It was not beauty but an intangible that created beauty, a sense that you were looking at a challenging, interesting, and sensual human being rather than a well-formed squirrel. Some of these women have it. Bacall had it, and both Hepburns in quite opposite ways. Lamarr had it a bit, and Shannon Doherty, Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears and Carmen Electra couldn't find it with a metal detector and a bloodhound. Interesting, and telling, that the non-Americans above generally have it, and American beauties, refugees from our Puritanism, which remains what it is even inside out, do not. For most of the current American beauties, "sexy" means available, communicated by a clothed beaver and a CFM grin on the verge of drooling, rather than the potential for sensual pleasure telegraphed by, say, Hedy Lamarr's eyes. They learned the craft of sex and never noticed there was art. Even the great prostitutes of history were not remembered for their pneumatic orifices, gals. And yes, beauty is about sex; face it. Helen Mirren, Ellen Barkin, Buffy Ste. Marie, and the goddess, Marilyn Monroe, who could step through the camera lens into any room where you were. I dunno who Meredith Salenger is, but I'm in love. M

Redheads? How about Julianne Moore? DROOL :P

An up and coming young lady with magical eyes - Kristin Kreuk. She's a mixture of Dutch and Chinese.

I like Nicole Kidman when she's got red hair. She has classic strong cheekbones and can sparkle those eyes.

I'm seeing a trend here. Eyes. "It's" in the eyes.

On the male side, I think this guy is a total Hottie. sometimes I wish I was a woman just so I could have him. Other than him I can't think of a single attractive male.

Attached Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Lake

Like so many other Hollywood icons, Veronica Lake's life didn't end well. Her Hollywood career was basically over by the early 1950's. By the 1960's, she was working as a barmaid, and living in cheap hotels.

As she herself was supposed to have said -- "she was a rebel". I interpet that to mean that she was hard to get along with. She wasn't well-liked by many individuals who knew her personally. Most self-proclaimed 'rebels' are little more than self-centered people who attempt to justify their own inherent selfishness by proclaiming themselves to be rebels or mavericks -- in an attempt to somehow turn their bad/rude behavior into a virtue.

Actually... for a man who has "IT" I would have to vote for Tommy Lee Jones, and Ben Kingsley.

Kingsley for his eyes. OMG he has the most beautiful eyes.

I wouldn't call him beautiful, but he does have a very commanding presence.
BTW - He was born "Krishna Bhanji"
Ben Kingsley rolls a little easier off the tongue...

Tommy Lee Jones... the craggier he gets, the more interesting he gets. He has "It" I think. One of the few male actors who do.
To me he's a bit like wine... he gets better with age. :)
He's not "Beautiful" either, but there is just something about him that makes me think of him as sexy.
I think it's that wicked gleam he has in his eyes. (Met him once. There really is a glint there that hints at "I'm gonna get up to mischief, and you can't stop me.")

And btw - I think Brad Pitt has the same bone structure in the face as Robert Redford. They will look very much alike when Pitt gets older, and I'm betting he'll still look good at 60.
But he doesn't have "It". He's just a pretty guy.

As for "Beautiful"...
Johnny Depp - is very good looking and has "It"
A lot of people are going to scream now...

Rob Lowe - What I like about him (aside from his looks) is that he is very private, and his family is everything to him. (Allegedly)
He just seems too nice to be real lol

Message edited on: 04/04/2006 13:31

Wooo It all looks different. Is it me or all theimages training like an acid trip? I see a duplicate image in every reposese until the next image is posted.

Xenophonz, you seem to have more or less nailed it. Romy does look different in most of the photos I've seen of her. I've had a heck of a time trying to get her face Poserized. I don't think I'll ever get it right. What's that condition where you have trouble recognizing patterns of facial features? Dysphasia? I don't know... but the effort with Romy has made me feel like I must have that condition. Feh. As far as screen actresses go, what about Linda Darnell? She's lovely, in that Zorro film, although I never saw any of her other work. And I would have mentioned Yvonne Craig earlier, just because I've got this hangup, y'see, but I think she shone more as a TV actress than a screen actress.... I can't get used to this new forum setup. Sob. Too much change! :)

"On the male side, I think this guy is a total Hottie." I don't see a pic Bobo. Just who is it this mystery man? I'm reminded of a line in some movie where a guy tells his girlfriend, "Errol Flynn. Now if I was ever gonna turn queer, that's the guy I'd turn queer for." Of course, turning into a woman is different :-) Harumph, how bout those Steelers! I'll have to stick with Sean Connery. Brad Pitt is OK but after becoming half of Brangelina, I'm sorry but the girl is just too weird.

First I get multiple ebots, then I have to go from page 1 to page 3 - if you're on the cusp of the 30 message limit, you may not be sure where to go. Pictures duplicated, pictures vanishing. Give them time - no, glaring bugs should have been caught in testing and bad design choices should have never been made. I am always amazed at how a "technology" company can be so incompetent in both tchnology and common sense. End of my first real Rendo Rant.

If you haven't seen moggadeet's celebrity faces at 3DCommune's Poser freestuff, you should check them out. No reall screen queens yet ( unless you think Charlton was gay) but interesting.