Back to the Bleach

Mae West in Myra Breckenridge (1970, 20th Century Fox)

Lana Turner at the "Legendary Ladies" series at New York's Town Hall, 1976

Ginger Rogers, 1976

Mansfield Menagerie Monday

Alas, poor Jayne -- toward the end, her pets had more good hair days than she did.

Bust Up

Shirley Eaton

In 1964, Goldfinger briefly made a sensation out of Shirley Eaton, whose nude, spray-painted body remains an iconic screen image. With typical British reserve, Miss Eaton gave her opinions of her fellow sex symbols to columnist Earl Wilson. Hollywood's bombshells must have been eager to send this bundle back to Britain after hearing these cheerful little earfuls:

"I don't want to be a sex symbol, or anything stupid like that...I mean perfectly terrible symbols like...Jayne Mansfield. [She's] laughed at."

"Anita Ekberg's even worse... She has a hard, brittle face -- and I don't think she's conspicuously talented."

"Carroll Baker? If that's going to be the new American sex symbol, I feel sorry for the American woman!...She wears a low dress and a big fur, but she's like a little housewife."

"People have been...saying really terrible things about Elizabeth Taylor. How she shouldn't wear bikinis, things like that. I can't bear people who are always downing people, can you?"

Have a Marvy Marabou Monday

Made possible by Miss Mansfield.

(Just one a day this week, darlings... we'll be back in gear by next week.)

The Company She Keeps

Joey Heatherton and Troy Donahue in My Blood Runs Cold (1965, Warner Bros.)

Joey Heatherton and Richard Burton in Bluebeard (1972, Cinerama)

Joey Heatherton and Perry Como in The Perry Como Winter Special (1972, NBC)

Joey Heatherton (C) and Anita Bryant (L)

Oh, Joey, Joey, Joey.

Pucker Up

MARILYN MONROE
June 1, 1926 - August 5, 1962

PAT BOONE
June 1, 1934

Birthday kisses all around!

Strike a Pose

Blondes have more fun.

Behind a Painted Smile

"Being sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered." - Clara Bow

Blonde Alley

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Jayne!

JAYNE MANSFIELD
April 19, 1933 - June 29, 1967

Doppelgänger

Classy Brass

"I thought Alice Faye had more class to her looks." - Marilyn Monroe on Betty Grable

Let's Get Physical

"We're not really alike...She is a much bigger girl." - Mamie Van Doren on Marilyn Monroe

Two's a Crowd

"One blonde is enough." - Jayne Mansfield, on co-starring with Mamie Van Doren

Even Stevens

"Jayne [Mansfield] said she [posed nude] for art. What a laugh! She's insecure about her acting ability, and she panicked." - Stella Stevens

Scorchy Gets Shagged

Two for the Road

Carry On, Cleo

She was a scamp, a camp, and a bit of a tramp.

Hold That Blonde

Kim Novak in 5 Against the House (1955, Columbia)

The deck does appear to be stacked.