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• Elizabeth Taylor in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof was sex personified.... - TWB 00:40:50 06/29/05 (0)
  In Reply to: I hate to admit this.... posted by Hepcat on June 27, 2005 at 21:01:47:

  in that movie at that time she was at the height of her considerable appeal....Too bad she hasn't aged well...
  
  

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• Re: I hate to admit this.... - Auricle 12:12:19 06/28/05 (2)
  In Reply to: I hate to admit this.... posted by Hepcat on June 27, 2005 at 21:01:47:

  Bergman, Garbo, Grace Kelly and Catherine Deneuve are distant, beautiful on camara and are attractive for that reason. If one thinks of sexy as appealing only to an area between the legs, I agree. But I think attraction encompasses more than that.

  On my part, I never found (until The Misfits ) Monroe sexy (people who tend to fat excite me not). Bardot and Fonda (in Barberella ) were "sex kittenish" cute. Sharon Tate was beautiful and sexy both. But the one who got me going was Ursulla Andress, who was tall, lithe, moved like she knew what to do in bed, incredibly bright and very attractive besides. I do not know that she ever made a good movie! She invested so well she did not have to.

  Love that!
  
  

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  • I agree: Monroe is a knockout in the Misfits - grinagog 03:17:28 06/29/05 (1)
    In Reply to: Re: I hate to admit this.... posted by Auricle on June 28, 2005 at 12:12:19:

    and unfortunately neither MM or Clark Gable would live a year beyond the release of the film; which makes the final scene all the more poignant

    Grins
    
    

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    • Exhibit "A" - grinagog 07:33:51 06/30/05 (0)
      In Reply to: I agree: Monroe is a knockout in the Misfits posted by grinagog on June 29, 2005 at 03:17:28:

      

      Grins
      
      

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• Mostly agreed... - Victor Khomenko 05:13:44 06/28/05 (2)
  In Reply to: I hate to admit this.... posted by Hepcat on June 27, 2005 at 21:01:47:

  with one possible exception of young (very young) Liz... although her attraction disappeared quickly.
  

  
  
  
  

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  • Re: Liz . . . and a meeting "past her prime" - Auricle 09:37:08 06/28/05 (1)
    In Reply to: Mostly agreed... posted by Victor Khomenko on June 28, 2005 at 05:13:44:

    It was in the 1960s and, in keeping with my adventurous past, I was invited by a couple (the male of whom was a body guard for Liz and Dick) to come to Boston and join them for a banquet at the Copley Plaza.

    Liz did not come down until things were already going and she was certainly no longer the "dewey-eyed" beauty of National Velvet but the face, the pale skin, the raven hair and (it is close to true), the "violet eyes" were something the likes of which I have never seen again. Her face was mesmerising . . . and impossibly beautiful.

    She left early and then (sorry, Liz) came the event of the evening, Hell, for me it was the event of a lifetime. After considerable liquid refreshment (for all of us) Burton began to hold forth; reciting Shakespeare from memory. Excerpts from the plays were remarkable but the sonnets were staggering. The Plaza did not dare run us out and we were there past 03h00.

    Even thinking about it now brings goose flesh.

    If ever there was a marriage made in Heaven and Hell alike . . . this was the one.

    If ever there was a couple whose presence was electric; they were that couple.

    If ever there was a couple whose performances are sorely missed . . . they are that couple.
    
    

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    • Re: Liz . . . and a meeting "past her prime" - patrickU 09:39:53 06/28/05 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: Liz . . . and a meeting "past her prime" posted by Auricle on June 28, 2005 at 09:37:08:

      Thank you for the nice story!
      
      

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• I agree. But Elizabeth Taylor never grabbed my fancy either. - Donald 01:11:30 06/28/05 (3)
  In Reply to: I hate to admit this.... posted by Hepcat on June 27, 2005 at 21:01:47:

  You wanna know who was quite arousing but never greatly considered so? Barbara Stanwyck. Not a classical beauty, but there was an aura about her that was quite gripping. And that bare mid-riff dress in The Lady Eve . Rowwr!
  
  

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  • And that ankle bracelet in "Double Indemnity." After a few years, - tinear 06:22:54 06/28/05 (2)
    In Reply to: I agree. But Elizabeth Taylor never grabbed my fancy either. posted by Donald on June 28, 2005 at 01:11:30:

    however, she turned into this thin, nasty, rather mannish creature...
    
    

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    • Re: C´mon Hopsie give me a kiss......nt - patrickU 06:59:16 06/28/05 (0)
      In Reply to: And that ankle bracelet in "Double Indemnity." After a few years, posted by tinear on June 28, 2005 at 06:22:54:

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    • Re: And that ankle bracelet in "Double Indemnity." After a few years, - Victor Khomenko 06:27:24 06/28/05 (0)
      In Reply to: And that ankle bracelet in "Double Indemnity." After a few years, posted by tinear on June 28, 2005 at 06:22:54:

      I love her, but for some reason outside of her roles... all of them seem to fit her like a cheap Sears suit. When there is a film with her, my wife always calls me "Come over, "Yours" is on!"

      There was something real about her that you don't often see in Hollywood.
      

      
      
      
      

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