Monday, August 23, 2021

Mie Hama

Mie Hama is a Japanese actress best (probably only) known for appearing as "Kissy", opposite Sean Connery in 1967's "You Only Live Twice". If you haven't seen that, shame on you. 
 
Originally she was hired to play the larger part of "Aki", the other Japanese female agent, but Mie had trouble learning English, so the two ladies switched. It's all good, because the other girl was killed off way too early in the movie.
Her movies I have seen: 
+*1967 - You Only Live Twice 
 
+best bet 
*would watch again 
 
 
Her movies I'd like to see: 
She was in 87 movies, but the other 86 were Japanese flicks, so I will pass. 
 
 
 
"No, Mr. Bond-San. Think again, please."

Monday, August 9, 2021

Jane Fonda (36B)

Jane Fonda made some very sexy movies early-on in her career.  Not all included nudity, but were fun romps anyway (like "Barefoot in the Park" and "Sunday in New York").

It seems like she wrapped up that period with "Barbarella", which was fun but nonsensical.

Then she fell out of favor with a segment of the public with her political stances. (Some actors and musicians don't seem to realize we watch them for their acting or musical talent, not to hear them spouting off on their personal political views.  Just shut up already and do what you're paid to do.  (I'm looking at YOU, Bruce Springstine and George Clooney! And note to Whoopi and Babs: GTF to Canada already, like you promised to do 5 years ago!)

I'm particularly interested in seeing "La ronde", because some years ago I watched "Love Circles", and it was supposedly based on "La ronde".

Also, an internet search this week for some Fonda pix turned up some interesting video clips from "Any Wednesday" and "The Game is Over". So I have some viewing to do for 1960s' sex-kitten flicks (not only Jane, but Brigitte Bardot too!)

During my search I found so many piss-poor faked nude photos, with her head just pasted on nude bodies in unnatural angles.  Some even used more mature pics of her face, in an era where she certainly would not have been doing nude photo shoots.  Preposterous!

Her movies I have seen:
   2005 - Monster-in-Law 
  *1980 - 9 to 5 
   1978 - California Suite 
   1977 - Fun with Dick and Jane 
   1971 - Klute 
  *1968 - Barbarella 
  *1967 - Barefoot in the Park 
+*1963 - Sunday in New York
 
+best bet 
*would watch again 
 
 
Her movies I'd like to see: 
1978 - Coming Home 
1976 - The Blue Bird 
1973 - A Doll's House 
1966 - Any Wednesday 
1966 - The Game Is Over 
1966 - The Chase 
1964 - La ronde 
1964 - Joy House 
1962 - Walk on the Wild Side 
 
 
From La ronde...
 
Seven from Barbarella...
 
Is he fixing, or creating wardrobe malfunctions?
 
Here's a poorly-faked Barbarella-type pic. It is more like Tawny Kitaen's pix from Gwendoline...
 
This one is most likely a fake, but it was done better than most, and is not overly graphic...
 
Some lucky photog caught her vacationing on the beach, I guess...

Monday, July 12, 2021

Deirdre Hall (37B)

Deirdre Hall has appeared in over 40 TV series and TV movies, most notably in thousands of episodes of "Days of Our Lives", but I don't think she's ever done any feature films. I have not seen any of them, nor do I intend to. 
 
Here she is as most of her fans know her, all prim and proper and what-not.
 
Wait a minute, we have a cleavage flash.
 
Yep, there we go...

Monday, June 14, 2021

Ellen Barkin (37C)

I always thought of Ellen Barkin as a poor man's Angie Dickenson. Maybe it was her hair style - so much like Angie's Pepper Anderson days.
 
(I haven't seen the movie, but she was in "Ocean's Thirteen". I wonder if she played a role similar to Angie's in the 1960 original?)
 
I haven't seen many of her movies, but after finding these photos online, I will be sure to check out "Fiesta" and "Bad Company". 
  
Her movies I have seen: 

I can only remember seeing her in one movie, but I don't remember the name. I think she was either the boss, or an office worker, but either way she was being stalked. Oh, well. 
 
Her movies I'd like to see: 
1995 - Bad Company 
1987 - Siesta
 
 
Three more from "Siesta"...

Monday, May 24, 2021

Claudia Cardinale II

Hi gang, I'm not even halfway through the list of Classic Ladies I wanted to post about, and already I am revisiting a previously-posted babe. I blogged about Claudia Cardinale about 3 years ago, but even then I felt I was short-changing her. 
 
Recently I have seen 2 more of her early-1960s' movies and all I can say is ...WOW! 
 
I saw "The Magnificent Cuckold" and "Sandra" (both on YouTube, in Italian with English subtitles, and in black and white).

Of course, even though they were foreign films, it was the early-60s, and mainstream movies, so there was no visible nudity. But she sure did push the envelope! 

This photo is from "Sandra", a drama where she returns to her village, recently married, but with a dark secret from her past. 

"The Magnificent Cuckold" is a comedy, where she is the wife of a well-known businessman who has clearly married out of his league. He knows it, and most of the townspeople know it, but it's not clear if Claudia thinks so as well. Hubby is constantly having daydreams of his wife being unfaithful, and these are acted out sexily by Claudia and other men. 
 
In one scene, he imagines her slipping out to a hotel in another city for a rendezvous (which her husband has actually done earlier in the movie).  She is roaming the halls of the hotel in only a loose-fitting, below-the-waist top (showing plenty of cleavage and side-boob) until she finds her lover's room.  In the doorway, the man removes her top and throws it out into the hall.  Although he is obstructing our view of the nude Ms. Cardinale, we can see a sliver of her hip, and she is wearing panties (which the director may or may not have intended for us to notice.)

In another scene, (again, in hubby's mind, not actuality) she is standing on a bed doing a sort of "Dance of the 7 Veils" in front of a room full of men. Her flimsy dress clearly reveals her side-butt, and it is evident that Ms. Cardinale is not wearing panties. The men each take turns pulling off a strip of her clothing, with the last one removing her bra, so that all she has left is a feather boa. (Then Hubby's daydream ends, dammit!) 
 
Do yourself a favor and catch these old flicks on YouTube. I have seen several featuring Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida as well in the past year.

Monday, May 10, 2021

Elizabeth Berkley (33C)

I don't know how "classic" she is, but here goes. (Maybe this blog title should be "Mainstream Ladies"?) 

Elizabeth Berkley first came to prominence (should I replace "first" with "only"?) in the TV series "Saved by the Bell". 

The only other thing I saw her in was "Showgirls", which, although I heard it was trash (it was), I felt compelled to watch it anyway. Just another example of a young female star from a family TV show devolving into sleazy roles. (I'm looking at YOU, Miley Cyrus!)

Her movies I have seen: 
+*1995 - Showgirls 
   1989-1992 Saved by the Bell (TV) 
 
+best bet 
*would watch again (that is, I'd watch it again if there was nothing else on. I surely would not rent it.) 
 
 
Two with Gina Gershon (who I found to be much sexier, as the bad girl)...