We’re really happy with how this year’s Christmas card came out. Bettie Page was kind of enough to model for us, and smart enough to know if she posed in the nude we’d triple her paycheck and give her a free lunch. Everyone left happy that day, but no one more so than those of … Continue reading Christmas with Bettie
Tag: 1950s
Hot Shots of the Week: The Smoldering Yvette Vickers
American actress, pin-up model, and singer Yvette Vickers was a smoldering smoke show of epic proportions. Don’t believe it? Well, cast your peepers on this and see the facts for yourselves.
Bombshells: Silvana Pampanini
Before Sophia Loren or Gina Lollobrigida, there was Italian sex symbol Silvana Pampanini. The curvaceous, green-eyed, and long-legged beauty was born in Rome and, like many Italian goddesses, had a fiery personality that only enhanced her appeal. This excellent resource on all things Italy details Silvana’s ferociousness, but here’s a particularly choice quote that makes … Continue reading Bombshells: Silvana Pampanini
Random Image Dump #39
Life is hard, so here are some pretty pictures to look at that’ll make it all a wee bit easier, at least for a moment. Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite, whose popular comic strip Cathy ran for 34 years. Here she is, back in the day, looking truly beautiful. Spectacular Zatanna cosplay by the curvaceous cosplayer Niveron. … Continue reading Random Image Dump #39
Marilyn Monday
In which Marilyn Monroe gives good leg. Our favorite blonde bombshell publicizing The Seven Year Itch (1955) and showing off the world’s most perfect set of pins. On the set of Love Nest (1951). How does one get that person’s job? Asking for a friend. Giving Cary Grant a glimpse of her jaw-dropping legs in … Continue reading Marilyn Monday
Bombshells: Rita Gam
Pittsburgh-born actress Rita Gam (1927–2016) sure did have a great name for a Bombshell. A fitting one too, as she definitely had smoking hot gams on her. Where’s the lie? No where, that’s where! After a few years of modeling and television work, the statuesque beauty made her film debut in the 1952 film noir … Continue reading Bombshells: Rita Gam
Bombshells: Sheree North
American actress, dancer, and singer Sheree North (nè Dawn Shirley Crang; 1932–2005) was another in a long line of supposed successors to Marilyn Monroe. While she never scaled those heights, Sheree still had the qualifications—and the measurements—to make for one helluva blonde bombshell in her prime. She became a prolific television actor later on, but … Continue reading Bombshells: Sheree North






