4/30/10

Wingo Girls

Michelle Johnson
Back in the 1980s, some Life magazine photographers were using New York Post Wingo games as gray cards/color checkers to help out the guys in the darkroom with portrait contrast and balance.
Tonja Walker
Stella Parton
Lydia Cornell
Priscilla Barnes
Louise Mandrell
Diane Lane
Cybill Shepherd
Connie Stevens
And my favorite. . .
Mimi Rogers

4/27/10

Not Long

Leslie Ann Warren
These Life magazine photos of the very lovely Lesley Ann Warren are all mislabeled in the archive as "Shelly Long." Not hardly, dudes!
Leslie Ann Warren
Leslie Ann Warren
And here she is from her Mission: Impossible days.

4/26/10

Air Raid Girl


This all-American beauty holds a British
air raid poster as the United States
prepares for war in 1941.

4/24/10

4/23/10

Petite Pia Zadora

Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora
(I was going to call this "Pia's Pits," but decided
that sounded coarse somehow.)

4/21/10

Love Leigh

Janet Leigh
It's always nice when Janet Leigh stops by.
Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh

4/20/10

The Sky Is Crying

Pier Angeli
The utterly glorious Pier Angeli.
Pier Angeli
Pier Angeli

The Sky is Crying - Elmore James
(George Thorogood and Stevie Ray Vaughan also covered it.)
Pier Angeli

The Rain Song - L.Z.
Pier Angeli

4/18/10

Oomph!

Ann Sheridan
Ann Sheridan
Ann Sheridan
This last one is from Sloth Unleashed.
Ann Sheridan
I think "Oomph" is the sound one hears when testicular gears engage.

On Location

Jeanne Moreau
The location shoot for Viva Maria! (1965) must have been a fun place to hang out.
Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau
Bardot
Wet dreamy. . .