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“BEAUTY IS SOMETHING OVER AND ABOVE SHEER PHYSICAL PERFECTION”
most
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sion, were definite always, not only in their selections but in their reasons for their selections. Which brings us to the final results — so provocative that they are, currently, Hollywood’s favorite conversation piece.
The twelve most beautiful women in Hollywood, in the order of our experts’ selections, are:
1. Ava Gardner, 2. Ann Blyth, 3. Elizabeth Taylor, 4. Arlene Dahl, 5. Linda Darnell, 6. Joan Crawford, 7. Mona Freeman, 8. Loretta Young, 9. Marlene Dietrich, 10. Susan Hayward, 11. Rita Hayworth, 12. Deborah Kerr.
Ava Gardner received the greatest number of votes. And, in every instance, those who chose her placed her first or second. Besides her “smoldering vitality and intensity,” the jury listed “the symmetry of her features and her glorious coloring.”
One photographer said, “Ava’s progress from the frightened, aggressive; awkward girl who arrived in Hollywood ten years ago to a woman with poise, many interests and understanding is reflected in the tender lines of her mouth and the lights in her greenish eyes. An insatiable curiosity to find out what makes things tick, which has led her into many strange corners, animates her features, vitalizes her beauty.”
Those who listed Ann Blyth talked about other things:
“Ann has flawless facial attributes,” said one photographer, “but it is something beyond her bone structure and her exquisite . dusky coloring that makes her a great beauty — an inner spiritual beauty which illumines her face.”
Another said, “Ann symbolizes the dream of all of us. She personifies everything that girls of her age
want to be. She is the girl boys desire for a wife And she is the girl parents want for a daughter.”
Elizabeth Taylor was chosen as often as Ann but she ranked lower on the lists. She also evoked the most contradictory sentiments. One photographer merely listed her name, obviously feeling that her beauty needed no explanation. Two other comments were, “Exciting, worldly beauty,” and “The family type, faintly dusted with Hollywood glamour.”
Arlene Dahl, it was agreed, does not possess one bad photographic angle. “For physical perfection of face,” one of our jury said, “Arlene cannot be topped.” All stressed her divine coloring. It was, unquestionably, reading the ballots, because Arlene lacks the physical excitement of Ava, the inner radiance of Ann and the provocative qualities of Elizabeth — because, in other words, her beauty is not especially animated by personality — that she did not rank even higher than fourth.
Linda Darnell, on the other hand, comes into fifth place largely because her dramatic nature is reflected in her face. As one photographer said, “Linda can look angelic or devilish, depending on her mood.”
Joan Crawford has beautiful bones. On this score all were in accord. However, Joan qualified with the gentlemen of our jury largely because of her self-dramatization, because “she knows exactly what to do about herself — and, more important, does it.” As one ballot read, “It is inevitable Joan will remain an all-time symbol of Hollywood glamour. She should be an inspiration to every woman — to do something exciting about herself!”
Mona Freeman’s beauty is delicate, with a Dresden china quality. But she ( Continued on page 78)