#sonja henie

[classic-hollywood-glam]

Sonja Henie

[hotvintagepoll]

FINAL POLL OF ROUND 1

Propaganda

Hedy Lamarr (Samson and Delilah, Ziegfeld Girl)—Look. I'm sure someone has already submitted Hedy Lamarr because she was spectacularly beautiful, and a very strong lady too: she fled both an abusive marriage AND nazi persecution at a very young age and rebuilt a life for herself pursuing her love for acting all on her own!! Her career as an actress was stellar; while she began acting outside of Hollywood (her very first movie, Ecstasy, won a prize at the Venice Film Festival), she conquered American hearts very quickly with her first movie in the US, Algiers, and then just kept getting better and better. If all this isn't enough, she was also an inventor: her invention of the frequency-hopping spread spectrum radio transmission technique forms the base of bluetooth and has a lot of applications in all kinds of communication technologies. I think that deserves a prize, don't you?

Sonja Henie (Thin Ice, Happy Landing)—no idea if she counts, she's a famous skater more than anything else, but count her for the lols and i'll send you some thin mints

This is round 1 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]

Hedy Lamarr:

The only person you can find both on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in the Inventor's Hall of Fame--her radio-frequency-hopping technology forms the basis for cordless phones, wi-fi, and a dozen other aspects of modern life. She was also passionate in her efforts to aid the Allies in WWII (unsurprising for a Jewish-Austrian Emigree to America), and her name served as the backbone for one of the best running jokes in what is possibly Mel Brooks' best movie. Look, Louis B. Mayer apparently believed he could plausibly promote her as "The world's most beautiful woman". Is an entire website full of people going to be less audacious than one Louis B. Mayer? I didn't think so!

Described as "Hedy has the most incredible personal sophistication. She knows the peculiarly European art of being womanly; she knows what men want in a beautiful woman, what attracts them, and she forces herself to be these things. She has magnetism with warmth, something that neither Dietrich nor Garbo has managed to achieve" by Howard Sharpe, she managed to escape her controlling husband (and Nazi Germany) by a) Disguising as her maid and fleeing to Paris or b) Convincing the husband to let her wear all of her jewelry to a dinner, only to disappear afterwards. Also she was particularly clever and helped develop Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum (I can't really explain it but anyway...)

One of the most beautiful women ever in film, spoken by many critics and fans. Beautiful shapely figure, deeper seductive voice, and often played femme fatale roles. She was also brilliant and an inventor. Mainly self-taught, she invested her spare time, including on set between takes, in designing and drafting inventions, which included an improved traffic stoplight and a tablet that would dissolve in water to create a flavored carbonated drink, and much more.

Her depiction of Delilah and Samson and Delilah just lives rent free in my head. The woman was gorgeous.

Gorgeous and brilliant pioneer of modern technology and the middle part.

[vintage-every-day]

Sonja Henie was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic Champion in Ladies' Singles, a ten-time World Champion and a six-time European Champion.

[hellooldsmelly]

[citizenscreen]

Edith Piaf (center) is congratulated by screen stars after her opening appearance at the Versailles Night Club in New York in 1950. (L-R) Faye Emerson, Sonja Henie, Piaf, Judy Garland, and Ginger Rogers.

[gatutor]

Sonja Henie-Tyrone Power "Second fiddle" 1939, de Sidney Lanfield.

[thursdaymurderbub]

Silver Screen magazine, March 1938

[musicbabes]

Sonja Henie, Sun Valley Serenade, 1941.

[dailylooneys]

Hollywood Steps Out

(1941, Tex Avery)

[costumeloverz71]

Sonja Henie (Carol Burnett) Blue dress & white fur trim.. The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978).. Costume by Bob Mackie.

[gracie-bird]

Grace Kelly, Oleg Cassini, Sonja Henie, and Cesar Romero at a party on June 6, 1955.

[old-hollywood-smash-or-pass]

[vintage-every-day]

March 6, 1955: Judy Garland recently attended a huge circus-themed party given by skater and film star Sonja Henie. On the left Liberace.

[hellooldsmelly]

[citizenscreen]

Sonja Henie (April 8, 1912 – October 12, 1969)

[gatutor]

Sonja Henie-John Payne "Bodas de hielo" (Iceland) 1942, de H. Bruce Humberstone.