Sultry Actresses of Yesteryear

Jane Russell circa 1950s

Gene Tierney publicity photo for "Laura" 1944 Fox / **I.V.

Lauren Bacall c. 1946

Dorothy Dandridge

Veronica Lake

Katharine Hepburn

Ida Lupino in Artists and Models (1937)

Hedy Lamarr C. 1945

Myrna Loy

Gloria Stuart

Carole Lombard, c. 1938.

Jean Harlow circa 1933

Paulette Goddard circa 1940

Marlene Dietrich, 1937.

Greta Garbo in Anna Christie (1930)

Carole Landis

"She Done Him Wrong" Mae West 1933 Paramount

Dorothy Lamour c. 1936

Claudette Colbert

Audrey Totter

Merle Oberon in The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)

Brigitte Helm

Frances Farmer, 1941.

Publicity still for "River Of No Return" 1954 Photo by Frank Powolny

Ava Gardner

Maureen O'Hara, circa 1950.

Julie London

"Goldfinger" Honor Blackman 1964 UA **I.V.

Cyd Charisse circa 1956

Lana Turner

Martha Hyer

Gina Lollobrigida

Capucine in La pantera rosa (1963)

Dina Merrill c. 1955

"Golden Boy" Barbara Stanwyck 1939 Columbia