#Lana Turner

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Lana Turner

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"Lana as Sheila Regan was slated for death in the movie as the desserts of a sinful life. She has one last staircase descent before her ultimate collapse. In it, she recalls the grace and poise of the Ziegfeld Girl she once was. Test audiences resisted her fate, and her life was spared, or at least given an ambiguous end. I believe it was this last descent that saved her life. Anyone who could master a move like that was not a wholly lost soul and worthy of salvation. So here we have an instance of a fictional character controlling real life." -slaypaul

ZIEGFELD GIRL 1941, dir. Robert Z. Leonard

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LANA TURNER receives a WWII "Victory" haircut, September 1942

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Lana Turner, Marriage Is a Private Affair, 1944

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Lana Turner, Judy Garland, and Hedy Lamarr in publicity photos for Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

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Lana Turner 1944

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Lana Turner (1940s)

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Lana Turner in Johnny Eager

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Lana Turner

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Warhol Portraits

Liza Minnelli, 1979.

Lana Turner, 1985.

Debbie Harry, 1980.

Jane Fonda, 1982.

Cornelia Guest, 1983.

Brigitte Bardot, 1974.

Red Jackie, 1964.

Lee Radziwill, 1972.

[classic-hollywood-glam]

Lana Turner

[marciabrady]

When Vic Damone spotted Lana Turner in the audience during one of her trips to Las Vegas, he introduced her to the showgoers- who gave her a standing ovation. Damone then related how, in the 1940s, he was at the MGM lot and, seeing her walk across the street, became so taken with Lana's beauty that he drove his car into a wall. Taylor Pero, personal manager to Lana, was at that same event and summed up her "indisputable beauty" by saying: "If looks were benedictions, Lana would have been the most blessed creature on earth."

LANA TURNER in THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE — 1946

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February 18, 1942: "Lana Turner Spurs Bond Sales! The lovely film star does a land office business for Defense, autographing every purchase . . . and for service men, a special dividend, a real Hollywood clinch!"

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Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)