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Posted Oct. 18, 2007, 6:33 a.m. PT
Julie Newmar's Gold Dance From Serpent of the Nile
By Ann Magnuson
Julie Newmar, my favorite Catwoman, had THE body to die for -- and she's all natural kids! No silicon for this Living Doll. (At least not back then.) And is that Raymond Burr at the end? Good God! 1953 was a freaky year in filmland! Enjoy!
*Factoid from her Wikipedia entry: Newmar invented and marketed her own brand of pantyhose, "Nudemar," in the 1970s & 1980s. She holds three U.S. patents: 3,914,799 and 4,003,094 for "Pantyhose with shaping band for Cheeky derriere relief" and 3,935,865 for "Brassiere."
Comments
I think you belonged in this hollywood Ann ....perhaps if you use your time machine it will be possible...
Posted at 11:30 a.m. PT on Oct 19, 2007 by randy focazio
Maybe. But the poltics of Hollywood back then were even worse than now! I would've just ended up in some beatnik cafe - or on the road with a dharma bum or two. (Come to think of it, I didn't need to go back in time to do any of THAT!) Anyhoo, funny you should mention Time Machines...look for a post on that subject next week!
I'm also with you Randy about Halloween! The season hath beguneth!
Posted at 10:19 a.m. PT on Oct 19, 2007 by ann magnuson
yes and it ends so quickly.......this time of year is perfect just perfect ......at least living in Hollywood gives one the feeling of a constant state of surrealism and the macabe .....my friend victoria vengeance who also wrestles with Lucha VaVoom does the most beautiful blood bath routine inspired by the countess Elizabeth bathory .....its little things like this that make me happy ......yeah 50s hollywood was probably worse than now.......you would likely of been in an Ed Wood film or two....
Posted at 2:03 a.m. PT on Oct 20, 2007 by randy focazio
Statuesque.
Posted at 4:16 p.m. PT on Oct 20, 2007 by K.
I've met Julie -- she's still stunning and statuesque (although there are so many tall actresses around these days that she doesn't seem all that imposing by current standards). More important, she was (and is) bright, funny, intelligent...qualities that, for the most part, weren't valued much for an actress during her era. (Studios were more concerned with their "superstructures," as well-built women were dubbed at the time.) If Julie had come to prominence during the 1930s instead of the 1950s, I'm certain Hollywood would have found more use for her than merely sex-symbol decoration.
Posted at 9:40 p.m. PT on May 07, 2008 by Vincent
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