#Celeste holm

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Propaganda

Celeste Holm (High Society, All About Eve)—[no propaganda beyond video clip below the cut]

Gloria Grahame (It's a wonderful life, Oklahoma, Human desire, The Cobweb)—I'm just going to link to this Film Comment article by Donald Chase, who makes the argument more eloquently than I can, although I think Grahame's Ado Annie is more than just the 'flirtatious goofus' he offhandedly describes her as. Between that role and Violet Bick in 'It's a Wonderful Life" she's played two of cinemas best irrepressibly horny ladies. That would be legacy enough for our hot vintage queen, but she is also GLORIOUS in 'In a Lonely Place' and consistently pulls focus from her co-star Humphrey Bogart, famously one of the most charismatic leading men of his day. I think she had even more, and hotter, chemistry with him than he ever had with Lauren Bacall, which is saying a lot I know. Anyway, your honor I love her and I want her to win it all.

This is round 1 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

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Celeste:

Gloria:

Absolute Hollywood vamp, who had a fine comedic bone. Died far too young and was depicted by Annette Bening in the stellar Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

I’ve heard she’s horrendously miscast in Oklahoma (I have not seen it), so if you’re coming in with that framework PLEASE set that aside because gods does this woman shine in a NOIR!! She plays the battered woman more than a full on fatale, but she manages to bring interesting nuance to characters who are written as mere sultry divergences! Also: she’s sultry and an EXCELLENT divergence

She could do sexy, sweet and sinister in the same breath. She was crazy talented and had that lisp that melts me every time.

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High Society (1956)

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Birthday remembrance - Celeste Holm #botd

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Celeste Holm 1955

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Celeste Holm

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The sparkling cast of All About Eve (1950)

From left to right:

George Sanders as Addison Dewitt

Gary Merrill as Bill Simpson

Bette Davis as Margo Channing

Ann Baxter as Eve Harrington

Celeste Holm as Karen Richards

Hugh Marlowe as Lloyd Richards

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Reparto de All about Eve (1950)

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I discovered a paper doll set by Tom Tierney that I had never seen before - FALCON CREST Paper Dolls created as a gift for attendees of a paper doll convention in (I assume) Napa Valley California. The set features paper dolls of Lana Turner, Celeste Holm, Gina Lolabrigida, Jane Wyman, Lorenzo Lamas, and Robert Foxworthy.

The images are annoyingly watermarked but I sharped the focus so you can better see Tierney s artwork.

SOME NOTES FROM TOM!

“When Deanna asked me if I could come up with a set of souvenir paper dolls for this convention that would honor the Napa Valley's wine industry, I was a bit puzzled as to just what to do. First, a history of the industry would involve a lot of priests whose costumes are rather limited and who would all be male...not too promising a prospect for a paper doll set to my way of thinking. Finally I hit on the idea of a set of paper dolls based on some of the stars of the old TV series, "Falcon Crest." Since most paper doll fans love celebrity dolls, I decided to do a few of the stars who appeared in the nine year long night time soap opera set in the vineyards of California. This is a gift to the attendees of this paper doll convention and will not be for sale anywhere else, thus there should be no legal complications...all other rights for the use of this art remain with me, the artist!”

JANE WYMAN as "Angela Channing - Long running, "prickly" principle character of the series

LANA TURNER as "Jacqueline Perrault" Special guest star and enemy of Angela

CELESTE HOLM as "Anna Rossini" Special guest star, also enemy of Angela

GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA as "Francesca Gioberti" Special guest star, Angela's half sister

ROBERT FOXWORTHY as "Chase Gioberti" Angela's nephew and opponent

LORENZO LAMAS as "Lance Cumson" Angela's playboy grandson and favorite

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Celeste Holm-Olivia de Havilland "Nido de víboras" (The snake pit) 1948, de Anatole Litvak.

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Cocktail hour - Cinematic moments

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Celeste Holm - Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella

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Hot Vintage Stage Actress Round 1

Celeste Holm: Calla Longstrength in The Damask Cheek (1942 Broadway); Anna Christopherson in Anna Christie (1952 Broadway); Mame Dennis in Mame (1967 Broadway)

Maureen O’Sullivan: Edith Lambert in Never Too Late (1962 Broadway); Nettie Cleary in The Subject Was Roses (1965 Broadway); Daisy Brady in Keep It in the Family (1967 Broadway)

Propaganda under the cut

Celeste Holm:

Maureen O’Sullivan:

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HIGH SOCIETY, directed by Charles Walters, hit theaters in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1956.

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All About Eve

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Celeste Holm

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