July 31st, 2009 -- by Bacchus
Vintage Nudist
Normally I’d associate a pretty outdoor nude of this vintage with a nudist camp setting, or at least with crypto-porn wearing that camouflage. But the brilliant smile while trying to balance on indoor shoes, the fully dressed men laughing in the background, and the bulky square equipment case one of them is carrying, make me think “model” rather than genuine nudist:
Update: Thanks to commenter Ssspender for providing a model ID (Joan Blondell) and a link to a much clearer zoom crop of the same image:
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She is so pretty! Heh, I’m trying to picture her with clothes on like an imaginary vintage paper doll. I would love to look like that though.
Ahh, the age when curvy universally meant sexy. I want those days back.
:-D
This is a famous photo of Joan Blondell, taken one day when she “streaked” on the set. http://images.celebset.net/pics/J/3975Joan%20Blondell.jpg
Wow…she really is nicely curvy. I wonder if the image is retouched, as was so common back then, or if she really was shaved smooth “down there”. I know it’s not a really new phenomenon…but unusual to see, nonetheless.
Thanks for the pic!
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OMG! Actual curves! *drool*
My lady has similiar curves, and I regularly have to reassure her of my attraction to them. Seems to be working though :D Wish there were more well-curved women in popular media for those with cuvy bodies to model themselves on.
Joan Blondell is a Hollywood actress who got her start in the 30′s. She usually played the best friend to the star. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000951
Thanks for the props.
I was wondering if she was more of what they would have called *hard core* back then since she is shaved. Beautiful curves, beautiful woman.
Joan Blondell! My jaw dropped. I’m not sure what the expression ‘hard core’ would have to do with her. She was a major movie character actress even posthumously. They just had her watermark film ‘Gold Diggers of 1933’ on TMC a few nights ago. Wish I’d seen it with that image in my mind. I remember her first from ‘Here come the Brides’ with Bobby Sherman. A TV show from the early sixties. I’m sure I watched every episode but I can’t for the life of me even remember what its premise was (pacific northwest in the 19th century, an extension of ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ I’d guess…). I’m surprised this never showed up in Kenneth Angers ‘Hollywood Babylon’.
I’ve got an image of Joan Blondell sitting in a bath with a scrubbing brush on her back. It’s risque, but while she’s obviously topless, no nipples. The quality suggests a studio publicity shot. We forget just how risque pre-Code movies were (cf, Red Dust). I love old movies and I’m a fan of Joan, nice to see her out and about.
Astonishing! I commented above on how unusual it seemed for her to be shaved considering the ’30s time frame, and then I find out it’s a very popular, well-regarded actress. She was a *very big deal* in her day, and this makes me wonder just how sanitized the lives of all the other actors and actresses of her era have been.
Gotta love those curves and wow, that closeup shows an amazingly shaved mound.
I know where this photo was taken. I also know who the guys in the backround are. It may be Joan Blondell but it wasn’t on a movie set.
So, if you know these things…
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This is a famous photo of Joan Blondell, taken one day when she “streaked” on the set.
If she knew she was going to streak, then maybe she prepared by shaving — or maybe she is a woman who does not have much hair down there — had a gf once whose hair would not show up on an old grainy photo.
Just how sure are we that this is Joan Blondell? Seems like the gal in the photo is prettier than Joan. BTW, I am a Blondell fan.
Is it me or do women of that era have the most gorgeously perfect to die for figures?
All valleys and mountains.
Why a lot of girls today want to starve themselves to a size zero is beyond me.