Ava Gardner #1

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Do you remember those old, yet timeless films with the glamorous Ava Gardner or Jane Russell? Three words can sum up the cinematic effect these women had on audiences – “Beautiful. Arresting. Mysterious.” In today’s Hollywood, it seems like that said glamour has been tucked away with those same film canisters from the 40s and 50s; as few actresses portray that vintage magnetism (ahem, Monica Bellucci). Not for long, however, if Gabriela Hernandez has anything to do with it!

She intends to bring back the days of glamour, of the time when women like Ava Gardner embodied the word glamour. Just the image of Ava, in furs and a long, evening gown, cigarette in hand, conjure up glamorous days gone by.

 

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Procter & Gamble Co.'s (P&G's) Max Factor Cosmetics unit is paying tribute to Hollywood's leading ladies with a multifaceted promotion to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the brand and the 100th anniversary of the film industry.

The Spring '99 Diva Collection by Max Factor features a shimmering, pastel palette inspired by three leading Hollywood stars -- Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner and Marlene Dietrich, underscoring the brand's strong association with movies.

 

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Scarlett Johansson has revealed that boredom prompted her to reach for the hair products and dye her blonde locks dark brown.Now, she will be looking for inspiration from dark-haired Hollywood beauties such as Rita Hayworth and Ava Gardner, she says.

 

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2007 marks the 60th anniversary of Max Factor's bestselling stick foundation, Pan Stick. A true beauty classic, the product was used on Ava Gardner and Rita Hayworth in the Forties, and today remains a favourite with Hollywood make-up artists like Pat McGrath, who uses it on supermodels and top actresses around the world.

 

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Tellingly, in the 1951 Technicolor version of Show Boat, Max Factor’s “Light Egyptian” makeup was used to darken the skin of Ava Gardner (as Julie), but “Dark Egyptian” was used on the fair-skinned “Negro” Lena Horne during an early screen test, so that no one would mistake her for white.

 

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^Something about Frank that makes me say why Ava? Especially knowing his love for the ladies. But I do know she was married a couple times before Frank.

Interesting fact you posted about the use of makeup for "Show boat"

 

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I would have gone for Frank, no question. But I have a thing for musicians.

 

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There was a time when the strapless dress was a reliable red-carpet friend. It was sophisticated, oozing with old-fashioned Hollywood glamour and exposed just the right amount of buffed and bronzed décolletage to show off some fairly serious jewellery.

Film stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Ava Gardner and Elizabeth Taylor turned the strapless gown into an art-form at premières, usually with a gravity-defying cleavage that testified to the legendary ingenuity of couturiers who prevented fall-out and slippage in the days before stretch fabric was invented.