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thatlittledandere · 2 months

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Dreaming about a toxic, turbulent, on-off love affair with a woman who passed away years before I was born

#this is about marlene dietrich #venlapost #she could do whatever she wanted with me and i would be happy never being her only let alone favorite #just a glimpse of those legs. a husky word from those lips. empty look in those eyes #she could play the role of a brat or an obedient housewife i don't care.#she could show me steamy letters from mercedes acosta #and I'm just fine with it #this IS objectifying but in my defense the woman is long dead and wore a carefully constructed mask for her entire life

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ghstwoods · 2 years

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if you look at yourself for long enough in the mirror, you begin to think you're someone else. an imposter. why would a photo be any different?

pt ii

marilyn monroe / lauren bacall with a portrait of herself / naomi watts / all about eve / debbie harry / perfect blue / adam bernstein / photo of a seoul subway station with bae joohyun posters / david thompson

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thesapphocinephile · 7 months

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I already rewrote Queen Christina as a lesbian political drama in my head...and now I can't can't get the idea of a queer golden age of cinema out of my head.

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hotmonkeelove · 9 months

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Almost in Time...

I would've posted this yesterday, but I had a doctor's appointment and those always throw a wrench into my whole day. Ugh! Anyway, for Madonna's birthday yesterday, this is from my recent visit to Madame Tussauds Hollywood. Here I am, paling in comparison to her wax visage.

Using my actual cane there. I'm starting to wonder if I need a hip replacement, too. There's a couple more pics I want to share, as well...

I hate how I look in this picture, but I was desperate for a chance to pose with Marlene Dietrich. As you all know, she is my favourite actress ever! Yes, I was singing along to the overhead speaker playing, "Falling in Love Again," in my Dietrich voice. I do a killer Dietrich impression! (What do you expect? I've been practicing it since high school!)

Bette Davis and competing bitch faces, lol. I love her, though I have a slight preference for Miriam Hopkins.

This one is from the Hollywood Museum/ Max Factor Building. This is the original set from Silence of the Lambs, reassembled in the basement! It includes original props, such as the shortened folding chair in front, so I could feel small and intimidated by Dr. Lecter, too. (Jokes on them, I always fancied him!)

And the two stars I had to see, as they're my fav bands! The Monkees:

and the Bee Gees!

That's all with me in them I have. I think my mom may have accidentally deleted a few, as I had ones with Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra and Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara. And you know how much I love them!

#it's me- caro the blogger #madonna #madame tussauds #wax museum #hollywood #marlene dietrich #bette davis #all about eve #hollywood museum #anthony hopkins #silence of the lambs #the mokees #bee gees #walk of fame

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hopecomesbacktolife · 6 days

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I introduced an irl friend of mine to the Marlene Dietrich white suit TM and the subsequent Kathryn Janeway white suit TM along with the queer subtext today 💪🏻🏳️‍🌈💗💜💙🖖🏻

#hehehehe #me like: excuse me do you have a moment to talk about sapphic and queer subtext & symbolism in media across the decades #actual loml kathryn janeway #marlene dietrich #personal

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workinghardforthemoney · 11 months

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anna may wong as hui fei in 'shanghai express' (1932)

#anna may wong #shanghai express #1930s #30s #1932 #i didn't like this movie much but i was always so enamored with anna may wong when she was on screen #like i love marlene dietrich but something about anna had me feeling feelings #i wish she had more than 0.05 seconds of screentime

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st4rshiptr00per · 1 month

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gazing upon pictures of him the earring .......... also the costume rips

#im becoming increasingly insane about colin baker and its NOT funny.#u know how i feel about men with earrings ..#still not FUCKING over him playing a marlene dietrich impersonator. starts pulling out my hair #gibber #embarrassing honestly #big fan of what they did with hair here also

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angelamontoo · 1 year

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@peterlorres21stcentury I hope this is something like what you had in mind

Sorry ik this is very rushed, but it was fun to draw!

#peter lorre #marlene dietrich #conrad veidt #billy wilder #bertolt brecht #my art #wasnt exactly sure how to go about with this one #im glad i opted to draw pete on a skateboard though #i hooe you approve of that decision #scratching out the names over brect and dietriche was supposed to be an intentional lil joke but it just looks i messed up and scratched #out their names ugh

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ocdsaraberry · 1 year

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Everytime someone writing a fic has Noel mention The Blue Angel and calls it a French film I lose years of my life

#sara.txt #rtc #silas hater moments #It annoys me so bad. One Google search away #You can Google Translate Ukrainian but not look up Marlene Dietrich #ALSO HER LAST NAME IS LITERALLY DIETRICH?#It's SUCH a German movie #The main male lead is an English teacher who makes his students stop speaking in German to him and switch to Engish for practice It's great #Also pet peeve of mine when people portray Noel like his main interest is France itself #Like. Yeah I know Monique is French‚ the film genre Karnak mentions him canonically liking his French #He wanted to move to France etc #But if you ask me Noel's interest in it is social. political. philosophical #I could talk about Noel and his interests for actually ever but I'll stop now

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warningsine · 2 years

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#betty gilpin #debbie eagan #glow #marlene dietrich #morocco #I'm having a normal one about this episode

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la-cocotte-de-paris · 5 months

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Someone really had to do a fact check on marlene dietrich hun she was possibly one of the most infamously anti-nazi german artists of her time. Why do you think she remained acclaimed in Hollywood

#sorry i feel bad for ranting #it was clear the person knew nothing about old hollywood so ofc it was important to fact check #it's just bizarre to me to need to check who Marlene Dietrich was that's all I'm just a pretentious prick lol #like in their defense i even had to cross check edwige when i started being interested in her #so i get it #it's just funny to me bc i always feel Marlene was and still is lowkey is like...super famous #I'm just being a dick and ranting sorry :(

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hotvintagepoll · 24 days

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Ava Gardner (The Killers, The Barefoot Contessa)— She's so goddamn hot. Her and Frank Sinatra could've sandwiched me and I would've thanked them for the privilege

Anna May Wong (The Thief of Bagdad, Shanghai Express)—Wong was the first Chinese American movie star, arguably the first Asian woman to make it big in American films. Though the racism of the time often forced her into stereotypical roles, awarded Asian leading roles to white actors in yellowface, and prohibited on-screen romance between actors of different races, she delivered powerful and memorable performances. When Hollywood bigotry got to be too much, she made movies in Europe. Wong was intellectually curious, a fashion icon, and a strong advocate for authentic Asian representation in cinema. And, notably for the purposes of this tournament, absolutely gorgeous.

This is round 5 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Ava Gardner:

Ava Gardner is one of my favorite actresses of all time. Although a lot of her roles in movies are about her being beautiful and nothing else, there are some films where her acting truly shines.

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HER FACE. LOOK AT IT. Also was a life long supporter of civil rights and a member of the NAACP, had lots of fun love affairs with other stars, bullfighters, married several times but was also happy in between to just have lovers and was unapologetically herself.

I literally gasp every time I see her.

Between 1942 and 1964, Ava Gardner was credited in no less 50 films, and is still considered by some to be the most beautiful actresses that ever graced the silver screen. Despite life-long insecurities regarding her talent as an actress, she weathered public scandal, industry hostility, and outright condemnation by the Catholic Church with fearless grace. She would later in life talk candidly about the reality and pain of living through two (studio approved!!) abortions during her short marriage to Frank Sinatra, and while the two of them could not make their relationship work, they remained in each other’s lives for nearly 30 years. She would forever describe herself as a small-town girl who just got lucky, but always felt like a beautiful outsider.

Really genuinely one of the most beautiful human beings I have ever seen. An autodidact. Had amazing chemistry with Gregory Peck to the point where I do think about watching On The Beach again sometimes because they're so good together even though that movie did destroy me. Was a great femme fatale in many movies.

Anna May Wong propaganda:

"She so so gorgeous!! Due to Hollywood racism she was pretty limited in the roles she got to play but even despite that she’s so captivating and deserves to be known as a leading lady in her own right!! When she’s on screen in Shanghai Express I can’t look away, which is saying something because Marlene Dietrich is also in that film."

"SHE IS ON THE BACK OF QUARTERS also she was very smart and able to speak multiple languages and is a fashion icon on top of the acting/singing"

"Paved the way for Asian American actresses AND TOTAL HOTTIE!!! She broke boundaries and made it her mission to smash stereotypes of Asian women in western film (at the time, they were either protrayed them as delicate and demure or scheming and evil). In 1951, she made history with her television show The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong, the first-ever U.S. television show starring an Asian-American series lead (paraphrased from Wikipedia). Also, never married and rumor has it that she had an affair with Marlene Dietrich. We love a Controversial Queen!"

"She's got that Silent Era smoulder™ that I think transcends the very stereotypical roles in which she was typically cast. Also looks very hot smouldering opposite Marlene Dietrich in "Shanghai Express"; there's kiss energy there."

"Hot as hell and chronically overlooked in her time, she's truly phenomenal and absolutely stunning"

"A story of stardom unavoidably marred by Hollywood racism; Wong's early-career hype was significantly derailed by the higher-up's reluctance to have an Asian lead, and things only got worse when the Hayes code came down and she suddenly *couldn't* be shown kissing a white man--even if that white man was in yellowface. After being shoved into the Dragon Lady role one too many times, she took her career to other continents for many years. Still, she came back to America eventually, being more selective in her roles, speaking out against Asian stereotypes, and in the midst of all of this finding the time to be awarded both the title of "World's Best Dressed Woman" by Mayfair Mannequin Society of New York and an honorary doctorate by Peking University."

"Incredible beauty, incredible actress, incredible story."

"-flapper fashion ICON. look up her fits please <3 -rumors of lesbianism due to her Close Friendships with marlene dietrich & cecil cunningham, among others -leveraged her star power to criticize the racist depictions of Chinese and Asian characters in Hollywood, as well as raise money and popular support for China & Chinese refugees in the 1930s and 40s. -face card REFUSED to decline"

#anna may wong #ava gardner #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old woman #ladies 5

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rwpohl · 2 years

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citizenscreen · 2 months

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After spending the night bringing bulletins about the end of WWII, Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, and Marlene Dietrich gather for coffee. (1945)

#rita hayworth #orson welles #marlene dietrich #old hollywood #1940s

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nobrashfestivity · 17 days

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It's just crushing to hear about the death of Steve Albini at age 61. He was one of the rare people influential on music as musician, producer and advocate for the working band. The records above are just a sample of his work as an engineer and producer. Needless to say it's a seminal bunch of albums.

These records certainly impacted me, but I would say seeing his bands when I was teenager was huge. His guitar sounded like it was made out nails. Sometimes it sounded like James Brown played through industrial machinery. They were funny and irreverent but most of all I think it represented music that was free from chains of the music industry. Since punk went corporate it may be difficult for people to understand that, for many of us, it wasn't about the musical style but rather that it represented the idea that music was not just for rock stars to play throngs of screaming fans. You, in fact, could do it too.

And that's it, I doubt he would want the hagiography to come. Or as Marlene Dietrich says in Touch of Evil, "What does it matter what you say about people?"

#steve albini

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youremyheaven · 10 months

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vedic astrology observations pt 2

in my previous post i had briefly talked about how moon influence, cancer rashi, jupiter influence tend to give the natives a large chest and make them very curvy. ill expand more on that here:

Pushya (cancer rashi) stellium (sun, rising and venus) Selena Gomez is known for her generous curves

Hasta sun, Pushya moon + mars native Monica Bellucci is known for her luscious curves

Punarvasu sun & moon, Sofia Vergara is blessed with a big bosom

Vishaka moon, Pushya mars & rahu, Hasta jupiter & saturn Beyonce made it cool to be curvy back in the day

Punarvasu moon, Penelope Cruz

Punarvasu moon, Mariah Carey

Purvabhadrapada sun & mercury, Alexandra Daddario

Milana Vayntrub, Purvabhadrapada sun & rising

2. Serpent Yoni is present in the charts of most seductresses/femme fatales/sex symbols. Nakshatras associated with snakes, like Ashlesha, Rahuvian nakshatras (rahu is linked to serpent), UBP etc are also commonly found in the charts of many sirens 🐍

Rohini sun, Angelina Jolie. Her atmakaraka is her mercury in mrigashira

Mrigashira moon, Jennifer Lawrence (she also has Ashlesha sun)

Natalie Portman, mrigashira sun

Megan Fox, venus in mrigashira atmakaraka (moon in ashlesha)

Margot Robbie, swati moon (rahu is associated with snakes) and has venus in rohini

Parveen Babi, Mrigashira moon

Urmila Matondkar, saturn and ketu in Mrigashira

Sridevi, ashlesha stellium (sun, rising and venus)

Mila Kunis, sun in ashlesha, moon in swati

Marilyn Monroe, sun & mercury in rohini

Pola Negri, a silent era sex symbol, rohini mars and ketu in ashlesha

Theda Bara, the first ever sex symbol had UBP rising

Clara Bow, the woman because of whom the term "it girl" was coined, had venus in mrigashira atmakaraka

Snakes have long been associated with mysticism, hypnotism and evil. A seductive woman can put anyone into a trance and make them lose their mind and forget the reality they inhabit, similar to how a snake charmer can make a snake twist and turn according to their will by playing certain tunes, a highly magnetic woman can get anything she wants by channelling her inner serpent.

3. Homewreckers, Mistresses and Concubines

Camilla Parker Bowles is probably one of the most famous mistresses in the modern era. She has Punarvasu sun & mercury and is Pushya rising

Monica Lewinsky has Pushya sun & Punarvasu mercury

Angelina Jolie has Pushya venus & rising, along with Saturn in Punarvasu amatyakaraka

for those of you who don't know, Ben Affleck cheated on JLo with Jennifer Garner and then married her. JGarner has Ketu in Pushya whereas JLo is a Pushya moon

Tom Brady left his pregnant wife to marry Gisele Bundchen, who has Pushya sun and Punarvasu mercury

Blake Shelton was still married to Miranda Lambert when he started seeing Gwen Stefani who has Punarvasu moon

Madhuri Dixit, in perhaps her most iconic role, plays a courtesan named Chandramukhi in the movie Devdas. She has Pushya moon conjunct Jupiter

its pretty well known that Priyanka Chopra had an affair with the much married Shah Rukh Khan (not the first time she was accused of being a mistress) PC is Punarvasu sun & mercury

Marlene Dietrich who was best known for playing femme fatale- esque, mistress-y roles had Pushya moon

I was very surprised to find Punarvasu and Pushya nakshatras crop up so often as they're often considered to be the "goody good girls" but perhaps this is what makes them so desirable to men, so much so that they're ready to wreck and ruin their lives, careers and marriages to chase these women. I had mentioned in another post about how since Cancer is the most feminine sign, women with these placements are often considered the ideal wife/gf and I suppose this is the shadow side to that. Desirability is a double edged sword and must be wielded carefully. obviously i dont condone cheating nor am i making it sound like a positive thing but i thought it was an interesting recurring pattern nonetheless!!

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#vedic astrology #vedic astro notes #sidereal astrology #astrology notes #astro observations #nakshatras #astrology observations #astro notes #astrology #astroblr #astro community

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