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Lady of Burlesque (also known as The G-String Murders and in the UK, Striptease Lady) is a 1943 American musical comedy mystery film directed by William A. Wellman, produced by Hunt Stromberg, and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea.
Betty Hutton (born Elizabeth June Thornburg; February 26, 1921 – March 12, 2007) [a] was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedian, dancer, and singer. She rose to fame in the 1940s as a contract player for Paramount Pictures, appearing primarily in musicals and became one of the studio's most valuable stars. [1]
I Wake Up Screaming (originally titled Hot Spot) is a 1941 American mystery thriller film noir. [2] directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Carole Landis, and features one of Grable's few dramatic roles. It is based on the novel of the same name by Steve Fisher, adapted by Dwight Taylor.
Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress.Spotted, so goes a believable story, by a casting director named Ryan in a parking lot at Fox Studios in February of 1928 - still a few days before she turned 17 - Harlean attracted attention with her spectacular natural beauty, petite frame, green eyes, and natural ash blonde hair.
During the mid-1940s, with many of the men fighting in the Second World War, and many of the children evacuated to rural areas, women attained more financial responsibility and independence by having to work, and Gainsborough Pictures took advantage of this by providing films with powerful images of female independence and rebellion that resonated deeply with audiences.
Unconventional young woman, often from a middle-class background, typically in her late teens or early twenties, defied her parents' wishes by embracing a bold, unconventional lifestyle with short bobbed hair, revealing outfits, lipstick, and a free-spirited attitude; Flappers are associated with the Jazz Age of the 1920s [168]
1880s–1940s The Quisenberrys: Golden Corral: 2015: Choo-Choo Charlie: Good & Plenty candy: 1950–1970s: Gorton's Fisherman: Gorton's of Gloucester Fish products: 1964–present: Granny Goose: Granny Goose snacks: Jolly Green Giant: Green Giant vegetables: 1928–present: originally voiced by Herschel Bernardi; then Len Carlson: Little Green ...
This glamorized look came from women in the 1940s who wore headscarves over their victory rolls in order to make their simple clothes look dressed up. Draped turbans – sometimes fashioned from headscarves – also made an appearance in fashion, representing the working woman of the period. These were worn by women of all classes.This type of ...