That today's startletts and female celebrities can not hold a candle to those of yesteryear, and for that matter, niether can the movies they star in.

Last night I was checking out Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah.

There were no graphic sex scenes, no car chases, no gory special effects, and yet I sat transfixed for the whole movie. I turned to my wife, during one scene between Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature, and commented on how sexy the starlets of that time were. She sort of appreciated Mature too. Hehe...

It's no wonder Lamarr was a top pin up girl during WWII. The woman has to have been one of the sexiest, most sensual beings on the planet, during her reign as a top hollywood star.

And the wife is right. Ole' Vic had it goin' on too.

What is so amazing about the old pictures, is how sexy people could be, without taking off their clothes. Granted, both Mature and Lamarr's costumes are pretty "economized," but they left enough to the imagination... What made Lamarr so sexy in the movie was her acting... Her ability to convey the angst of a woman torn between love and hate, and ripped by jealousy.

The movie also played on the theme of how easilly men can be manipulated by a beautiful woman, a story as old as the Bible, from which it was taken.

Hedy Lamarr was from a period of classic beauty in film and art. Where a female always conveyed a sense of class, even when they were portraying a vamp, which arguably she was in some respects.

The woman was sexy, powerful, manipulative and smart, things many men have lost respect for as attractive features in a woman.

One of the biggest surprises in the movie for me, was Angela Lansbury. Can you believe the Grand ole dame of, Murder She Wrote, once looked like this?

She has a relatively small role in the movie, as Samson's first love, and Delilah's sister, but from her first moments on the screen, she makes you forget all about Murder She Wrote. The woman was an absolute fox.

If you look at her IMDB listing, and go back, you will find some old pictures of Lansbury, she was a very beautiful woman. And looking good next to Elizabeth Taylor, was no easy task.

I have always been a fan of the old school actresses. One of my favorites has always been Dorothy Lamour, of the Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Road Movies.... who had to have some black in her. Hehe...

She was another incredibly beautiful woman, who had class along with sex appeal.

Now the challenge...

Name one female star today that has the class or sex appeal of these ladies. Maybe Nicole Kiddman? Oh there are plenty of beauties today, and quite a few of them are very sexy, but there is just something about the Stars of Classic Hollywood...

What do you think?

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