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A popular pinup girl in her day, the Minneapolis-born Chili Williams would still likely be categorized as a minor bombshell. Her film career lasted less than a decade—which certainly wasn’t uncommon for minor bombshells of the 1940s and 1950s—but she earned everlasting fame as “The Polka-Dot Girl” after a photo of her sporting a polka-dotted … Continue reading Bombshells: Chili Williams, the Polka-Dot Girl
In 2023, sales for the US beer market topped $117 billion. Americans sure are crazy about our brewskies. In another grand American tradition, these vintage advertisements show that using sexy people to sell beer is always a winning combination. As Billy Dee Williams would say, it works every time! The height of cool right there, … Continue reading The Art of the Ad: This Bud’s for You
The sultry and sexy Adrienne Door (1907–1992) was a model, first runner-up in the 1925 Miss America pageant, and an actress whose unremarkable and brief film career began during the silent era, but whose stunning pinup work endures for all time. A total smokeshow with a penchant for rocking garter belts and stockings, she also … Continue reading Bombshells: Adrienne Dore
It likely comes as no surprise to anyone, but cheesecake is the official dessert of the Starfire Lounge. There is no decadent sweet treat I love more than cheesecake, plus it’s long been used to as a shorthand for sexy pinup modeling, which we’ve been known to feature here at the Lounge here and there, … Continue reading Cheesecake Queen Marilyn Monroe
The following images come from a September, 2007 Esquire interview with La Pfeiffer. The interview was conducted by director Matthew Vaughn, with whom Michelle had just made the exquisite romantic-comedy-fantasy film Stardust. How I have yet to write about Stardust around here is insane, as it’s a cherished film in my life, the sort that … Continue reading Michelle Monday
This Monday, let’s travel back in time to Madison Square Garden in New York City, 1955, when Marilyn Monroe stole the show at a charity event for Arthritis and Rheumatism, hosted by the Ringling Bros. Circus. Getting in the circus spirit, Marilyn straddled an enormous elephant and waved at the adoring crowd. She was game … Continue reading Marilyn Monday
Across four seasons of Charlie’s Angels, Cheryl Ladd played the plucky and smoking hot Kris Munroe. Kris was smart, intrepid, and often went undercover in skimpy outfits, including but not limited to bikinis. Cheryl’s first episode at the start of season two, when she replaced fan favorite Farrah Fawcett, is as hot a debut as … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Cheryl Ladd
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