MARILYN MONROE : The "Mmmm" Girl.

                                          Marilyn Monroe was born June 1st, 1926. 

WIKIPEDIA: "Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era's sexual revolution."

Marilyn Monroe's career as an actress spanned 16 years. She made 29 films, 24 in the first 8 years of her career. The Internet Movie Data Base lists 33 films to her credit which includes shorts and TV appearances.

So much has been written about her, it is quite pointless to dwell on her career and life details here. 

All I can say for myself is that she had sex appeal, charm and talent comparable to no other actress before or since. She has become an icon for several generations and is one of the very few personalities from the 50s that is instantly recognizable today.

Some interesting facts about her:

The licensing of Marilyn's name and likeness, handled world-wide by Curtis Management Group, reportedly nets the Monroe estate about $2 million a year.

The first time she signed an autograph as Marilyn Monroe, she had to ask how to spell it. 

She didn't know where to put the "i" in "Marilyn".

Often carried around the book, "The Biography of Abraham Lincoln."

There are over 600 books written about her.

When she was told that she was not the star in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) she verbally said 

"Well whatever I am, I'm still the blonde."

Her classic shape, according to her dressmaker, is actually measured at 37-23-36.

Although Monroe's famous nude calendar grossed $750,000, 

the actress only got $50 and a bad cold out of it.

Today, 95 years after her birth, Marilyn Monroe is still remembered as one

 of the movies most beautiful and widely admired stars.

Here's one of Marilyn Monroe's better remembered songs, from SOME LIKE IT HOT, 

featuring Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis.

MARILYN MONROE:

ONE OF THE FEW TRUE LEGENDS OF HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN AGE.

Marilyn Monroe on Pinterest 

https://www.pinterest.com.mx/ferllera/marilyn/   

RAQUEL WELCH and the Star and Stripes!

I had a crush on Raquel Welch back in the 60s, ever since I got a glimpse of her wearing that famous furry skin bikini in the 1966 film One Million Years B.C. 

 

Raquel will be 81 this year and two things haven't changed: her wonderful looks...and my crush on her.

From WIKIPEDIA: 

 Raquel Welch (born Jo Raquel Tejada; September 5, 1940) is an American actress and singer. 

 She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she won a contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to the British studio Hammer Film Productions, for whom she made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although she had only three lines of dialogue in the film, images of her in the doe-skin bikini became best-selling posters that turned her into an international sex symbol. She later starred in Bedazzled (1967), Bandolero! (1968), 100 Rifles (1969), Myra Breckinridge (1970) and Hannie Caulder (1971). She made several television variety specials.

Welch's unique film persona made her an icon of the 1960s and 1970s, due to her portrayal of strong female characters and breaking the mold of the archetypal sex symbol. Because of this, her rise to stardom in the mid 1960s was partly credited with ending Hollywood's vigorous promotion of the blonde bombshell. 

These wonderful Star and Stripes bikini shots are from her 1970 film MYRA BRECKINRIDGE.

And this is where it all started:

Her complete filmography on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000079/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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STEVE McQUEEN : The King of Cool!

 

March 24, 1930 marks the birth of Steve McQueen, one of the truly great stars of the 60s and 70s. McQueen died in 1980 at the very early age of 50, due to a rare form of lung cancer, associated with asbestos exposure. However, his film legacy will keep his name alive for generations to come. 

BULLITT (1968)           McQueen in 1980

Today would have been his 92nd birthday and in his memory, I will post this list of some of my favorite McQueen films. I have already seen most of his filmography and, to be perfectly honest, I admire all of his performances, although these few here are the ones that stand higher in my very personal preference.

THE BLOB (1958)

WANTED : DEAD OR ALIVE  TV Series (1958-1961)

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960)

THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963)

LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER (1963) 

THE CINCINNATI KID (1965)

NEVADA SMITH (1966)

THE SAND PEBBLES (1966)

THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968)

BULLITT (1968)

LE MANS (1971)

THE GETAWAY (1972)

 "Punch it, baby!" -

PAPILLON (1973)

THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974)

TOM HORN (1980)

THE HUNTER (1980)

STEVE McQUEEN

Forever, the King of Cool!