Murder, She Wrote

Lana Turner at the coroner's inquest into the death of Johnny Stompanato, April 11, 1958

"After an argument, her agent notified me that she was withdrawing from [Anatomy of a Murder]. I can't see why there should be any argument over what an army officer's wife would wear. I'll get an unknown, and make her a new Lana Turner!" -- Otto Preminger, March 3, 1959

Lee Remick in Anatomy of a Murder (Columbia, 1959)

"I would not walk out of a picture for anything as trivial as a costume. It was simply impossible to deal with Mr. Preminger's unpredictable temper." -- Lana Turner, March 3, 1959

"Everybody's agent (from Gina Lollobrigida's to Susan Hayward's to Tina Louise's) has asked for the Lana Turner-vacated role in Anatomy of a Murder..." -- Earl Wilson's column, March 10, 1959

Gina Lollobrigida in Where the Hot Wind Blows (MGM, 1960)

Susan Hayward in I Want to Live! (MGM, 1958)

Tina Louise in God's Little Acre (United Artists, 1958)

Lee Remick in Anatomy of a Murder (Columbia, 1959)

“Nobody is going to yell at me like that…Otto called and immediately started to abuse me. He yelled, ‘I’ll show you that this isn’t Universal or MGM! You’ll do and wear exactly as I say!’…I’m not going to take that kind of shouting from anybody. Thank God, I’m not that hungry.” -- Lana Turner, March 14, 1959

"Last month, Lana had a tiff with Otto Preminger over costumes for Anatomy of a Murder, and walked out of the movie. A lot of folks said about her replacement, 'Who's Lee Remick?'" -- Bob Thomas' column, April 17, 1959

"I'm simply not the glamour girl type. I would be uncomfortable trying to fit into a studio's conception of what a movie star is supposed to be...I suppose it was different years ago, when studios took people with no experience and made them into screen personalities." -- Lee Remick to Bob Thomas, April 17, 1959

"I thank God neither I nor any of my family will ever be so hard up as to have to work for Otto Preminger." -- Lana Turner

On This Day...

...three special people with big hair and big tits entered this world.

MISS EVA GABOR

February 11, 1919 - July 4, 1995

MISS TINA LOUISE

February 11, 1934

BURT REYNOLDS

February 11, 1936

An Actor Prepares

The Movie Star

Miss Tina Louise, bitches.

Celebrity Boudoirs

Glamour of an era long since passed. Can one even buy a negligee or peignoir anymore? Does anyone want to? Besides trannies?

Glamazons

ABBE LANE

I'm convinced that the only reason these ladies didn't become superstars was because they were simply Too Much Woman for most people to deal with. They had their measure of success, of course; Abbe was a very popular nightclub singer, Tina became a television icon after being stranded on Gilligan's Island (after, incidentally, Jayne Mansfield turned the role down), and Anita Ekberg was featured in the classic Fellini flick, La Dolce Vita (1960). But they never scaled the heights of a Monroe, Taylor or Loren that their talent and charms would indicate they were capable of. Let us pay tribute to these delicious examples of pre-Silicone pulchritude. Va-va-va-voom!


TINA LOUISE


ANITA EKBERG