#Silvana Mangano

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"And now the prophecy, one will come. The voice from the outer world. Bringing the holy war, Shihaad, which will cleanse the universe and bring us out of darkness."

Dune ( 1984)

Director. Alan Smithee/ David Lynche.

[aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman]

The Witches (1967)

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Silvana Mangano, Sterling St. Jacques and François-Marie Banier photographed by Horst P. Horst, 1971.

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Teorema (1968) | dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Edipo Re (Oedipus Rex), 1967, Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Silvana Mangano as the sorceress Circe in Ulysses, 1954

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Propaganda

Angela Lansbury (The Harvey Girls, The Court Jester, The Manchurian Candidate)—The babe, the myth, the legend. In her own words her early hollywood roles were "a series of venal bitches" and they were all glorious. Half of them wanted to kill you and you probably would have thanked them. She even goes toe to toe with Judy Garland in The Harvey Girls! That said, she was chronically underused and misused during this era - she was just 36 when she was cast as Elvis Presley's mother in Blue Hawaii and a few years later commented that she'd played so many 'old hags' that most people thought she was in her 60s. She thought she was "all talent, no looks" but she was the full package! Post-1970 I hope we all know what an incredibly talented and compassionate badass she was, but I feel like not enough people know her early roles as a hot (often villainous) young thing.

Silvana Mangano (Bitter Rice, Teorema, The Witches)— She always portrayed such confidence, such sass- those eyes could make you tell the truth.

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[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Propaganda for Angela Lansbury:

"Angela Lansbury might not be where your mind goes first when you think of hot leading women, because she had a later career revival. But she began acting in the early 1940s after leaving London due to the Blitz. In the first couple decades of her film career she has an openness about her. She said she never really fit in with the Hollywood crowd and to me she gives off a friendly, untarnished vibe."

"Most of us know Angela Lansbury as old lady sleuth Jessica Fletcher, but it's important to know that she was smoking hot in her younger days as well as a damned fine actress. Although she didn't get lead roles until her early 40s, at 17 she was a supporting actress in films such as Gaslight (1944), National Velvet (1944), and The Picture of Dorian Grey, for which she won the Golden Globe for best supporting actress and was nominated for the Oscar. Even in her memorable performance as the manipulative mother in The Manchurian Candidate, she is listed as a supporting actress as she does not play the love interest. She was successful both on stage and screen, and won the Tony for her lead role in the musical Mame on Broadway in 1966. TL;DR While Angela Lansbury mostly played supporting roles in films before 1970, she had what it takes to be a leading actress, which we know from her success on stage and tv from the mid 60s onward"

"She looked like a princess but bit like a viper"

"Is there anything this woman couldn't do? Act in comedy and drama, sing, dance, be a wonderful human being - quite simply a true and wonderful lady."

"she is the fairytale princess of my dreams in court jester"

"god she had such an incredible career all throughout her life really but as a young lady she was just as incredible as she was in her later years. enchanting voice, amazing personality, and absolutely GORGEOUS. she lamented not having the looks to play leads in romance but that idea is so batshit because look at her??? she's one of the most terrific women of all time. also she's my grandmother's favorite actress and i truly get it"

Silvana:

Painfully sexy Italian bombshell

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Italo Calvino e Silvana Mangano

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“If there was anything at all, some instinctive love of life, it has withered away - like a garden where no one ever goes.”

Theorem (1968) dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini

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[aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman]

The Witches (1967)

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Edipo re. Pier Paolo Pasolini. 1967

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(via Film Noir Photos: Inside Looking Out: Silvana Mangano)

Bitter Rice (1949)

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