Women in film

[Miss Murphy]

I was sent this video yesterday, and since then I've viewed it over and over again - so many beautiful ladies! And it's interesting to see how our ideal of what is pretty has changed over the decades!

Just thought I'd share :grinhappy:

http://glumbert.com/wii/view.php?name=womenfilm

[Miss Murphy]

And if you're like me, you don't recognize half of the women.

So here's the full list:

Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Gloria Swanson, Marlene Dietrich, Norma Shearer, Ruth Chatterton, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck, Vivien Leigh, Greer Garson, Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth, Gene Tierney, Olivia de Havilland, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, Ginger Rogers, Loretta Young, Deborah Kerr, Judy Garland, Anne Baxter, Lauren Bacall, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Lana Turner, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Audrey Hepburn, Dorothy Dandridge, Shirley MacLaine, Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno, Janet Leigh, Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Ann Margret, Julie Andrews, Raquel Welch, Tuesday Weld, Jane Fonda, Julie Christie, Faye Dunaway, Catherine Deneuve, Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sigourney Weaver, Kathleen Turner, Holly Hunter, Jodie Foster, Angela Bassett, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, Salma Hayek, Sandra Bullock, Julianne Moore, Diane Lane, Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Reese Witherspoon, Halle Berry

[AJoifulNoise]

That's really interesting. Thanks for sharing. *goes back for a second look*

[Carolyn]

That's so cool. The women are all beautiful. It shows how the hair and make up styles have changed over the years.

[jel]

That's lovely, thanks for posting Miss Murphy!

I'm pleased that I managed to recognise quite a few of them. But I wonder, is it just my PC that's displaying the movie in widescreen? It's slightly deforming the images. I'll try to change the display settings.

[Teacherbear]

Cool, but I wish it paused a little longer on each woman.

[meliora]

There is also a Women in Art video :happy: I think you'll like this one too, if you like Women in Film.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs

[FreakyGreenEyes]

Wow. That was really cool. I love the transitions.

[Miss Murphy]

Meliora - that is coo, too!

And I'm with teacherbear - I wished the paused a bit longer on the individual faces (the maker of the video said the length was determined by the chello music, which is also why the list of women is in no way concise).

[Amoretti]

Wow, that was beautiful to watch!

While watching the images I was thinking that although beauty is individual there is a certain style of woman with a certain type of features that is universally recognized as beautiful in spite of her race or ethnicity.

[frannyg]

That was lovely. Thank you for sharing that. I'm almost embarrassed to tell you that I knew every woman on the list. I'm an old movie buff.

[Amoretti]

Me too, Franny, me too! LOLOLOL.

[Phantasmagoria]

While watching the images I was thinking that although beauty is individual there is a certain style of woman with a certain type of features that is universally recognized as beautiful in spite of her race or ethnicity.
I was thinking the same thing. Have you heard of the Marquardt Beauty Mask (http://%22http://goldennumber.net/beauty.htm%22)?

[Miss Murphy]

Phantasmagoria: I have heard before, but it was interesting to read again. Your link is somehow amiss, though, but this should take anyone interested there:
http://www.goldennumber.net/beauty.htm

All of the women in the film are pretty, but some just take my breath away, because they are extraordinary. A few of my favourites, just off the top of my head:
Ann-Margret
Natalie Wood
Grace Kelly
Katharine Hepburn

[Caldonia Sun]

Beautiful, but I, too, wish it could be slowed down ... to match my brain. By the time I remembered the name of one, six more went by :)

[Phantasmagoria]

Yeah, that's the one I intended to link to. I wonder what happened..