Maureen O'Hara

FrigilianaFrigiliana Posts: 164MI6 Agent
edited August 2017 in Off Topic Chat
Just been watching Parent Trap the original version with my grandchildren , couldn't get over how stunningly beautiful Maureen O'Hara was .


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  • Mr SnowMr Snow Station "J" JamaicaPosts: 1,736MI6 Agent
    Totally agree with you. There is something very classy about women from that era. Here's a list of beautiful women I'm sure you will appreciate - I know I do when I watch those 'old' but classic films. {[]

    http://www.imdb.com/list/ls000494015/

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  • JoshuaJoshua Posts: 1,138MI6 Agent
    I have not heard of this woman but she is very beautiful.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    She was indeed beautiful. Anotherof my favourites from the golden age of Hollywood.
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  • IanFryerIanFryer Posts: 327MI6 Agent
    Veronica Lake was gorgeous. Tiny in stature, too, which is one reason why she was paired with Alan Ladd in movies so often. Her career declined, I always got the impression because she was too intelligent for a Hollywood that didn't always like smart women. Alcohol also played a part, sadly.

    I especially like her in I Married a Witch (1942).
  • FrigilianaFrigiliana Posts: 164MI6 Agent
    Great photo Thunderpussy . I was surprised at how many of the actors and actresses had surgery to give them that classic look , don't know if it applies to Miss O'Hara suspect she was born classy , apparently she was a gifted athlete back in her youth in Ireland.
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    I always enjoyed Maureen o hara in John Waynes films, particularly the quiet man, I love that film.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • FrigilianaFrigiliana Posts: 164MI6 Agent
    Classic film , just remembered my son pinched my DVD of The Quiet Man a couple years ago and never gave it me back he can class it as his heir loom now .
  • Ammo08Ammo08 Missouri, USAPosts: 386MI6 Agent
    My favorite western is still Mclintock!. Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne are so great together....

    She was also great in The Long Gray Line with Tyrone Power.

    But, for stunning it's hard to top Ingrid Bergman....c5a85fc4aa95431ab352b98750891a72--ingrid-bergman-casablanca-casablanca-.jpg
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Great thread! I was always partial to the beautiful Simone Simon, from Cat People and Curse of the Cat People, two of Val Lewton's greatest films:

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  • FrigilianaFrigiliana Posts: 164MI6 Agent
    Strange how the black and white photos seem to add to their beauty .
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    edited August 2017
    There's an old photographic expression that colour
    Shows the person while black and white portraits
    Show the soul.
    They also knew about lighting ! To help contour the
    Face. As well as the basic rules of photographing women
    Be at their eye line or slightly above. For men be slightly
    Lower.
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  • FrigilianaFrigiliana Posts: 164MI6 Agent
    Thanks Thunderpussy interesting facts .
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Ammo08 wrote:
    My favorite western is still Mclintock!. Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne are so great together....

    She was also great in The Long Gray Line with Tyrone Power.

    But, for stunning it's hard to top Ingrid Bergman....c5a85fc4aa95431ab352b98750891a72--ingrid-bergman-casablanca-casablanca-.jpg

    Great picture , from Casablanca if im not mistaken ,
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  • FrigilianaFrigiliana Posts: 164MI6 Agent
    I'll admit to having a crush on this lady as a teenager Catherine Deneuve. Oozes sex appeal
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,648MI6 Agent
    There's an old photographic expression that colour
    Shows the person while black and white portraits
    Show the soul.
    They also knew about lighting ! To help contour the
    Face. As well as the basic rules of photographing women
    Be at their eye line or slightly above. For men be slightly
    Lower.

    Yes, interesting stuff there, TP.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,709MI6 Agent
    I think it was Jimmy Stewart who said in an interview that crew members on "Rear Window" came in early or even their day off. They just sat down and looked at Grace Kelly.....
  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,882Chief of Staff
    Maybe this thread should be retitled "Izabella Stuff--Retro Edition"?
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,709MI6 Agent
    Good idea, but perhaps it should be "Maureen Stuff"?
  • superadosuperado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,651MI6 Agent
    On this page are my two most favorite blondes ever, Catherine Deneuve and Grace Kelly! Per the thread title, my favorite Maureen O'Hara movie was "The Battle of the Villa Fiorita" in which she co-starred with Rossano Brazzi.
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    Sofia Loren is one of the greatest beauties in movie history:

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  • IanFryerIanFryer Posts: 327MI6 Agent
    Great thread! I was always partial to the beautiful Simone Simon, from Cat People and Curse of the Cat People, two of Val Lewton's greatest films:

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    My favourite movie podcast, The Secret History of Hollywood, has been covering the career of Val Lewton in recent episodes. The one on Cat People is just amazing! You can catch it here: https://www.attaboyclarence.com/
  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    I always enjoyed Maureen o hara in John Waynes films, particularly the quiet man, I love that film.

    Yeah! I also liked her in Rio Grande and How Green Was My Valley.
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    How have I not found this thread? Clearly, (see left) I have a deep love of Jean Harlow. She was incredibly smart, funny and talented. She hated being a sex symbol and when invited (forced to go) to an event once was told to really vamp it up. She showed up in camping gear and set up a campsite in the middle of the party. She also had several star sapphire worth more than my life.
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    I also have a thing for Carole Lombard who hated Harlow due to her (Harlow) dating her former husband. Lombard went on to marry Jean's best friend Clark Gable. The two ladies have fighting star sapphire. They often threw out the weight to show who literally had the/ was the bigger star.


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