"Sweater girl The term ""sweater girl"" was made popular in the 1940s and 1950s to describe Hollywood actresses like Lana Turner, Jayne Mansfield, and Jane Russell, who adopted the popular fashion of wearing tight, form-fitting sweaters that emphasized the woman's bustline. The sweater girl trend was not confined to Hollywood and was viewed with alarm by some. In 1949 a Pittsburgh police superintendent even singled out the sweater girl as a symptom of the moral decline of postwar youth: New, soft fabrics like cashmere and angora were being used to make sweaters. The conical shape bra, sometimes called a bullet"
"Won't Forget"" in a tight-fitting knit top is sometimes considered the first case of the ""sweater girl"", as Hollywood publicists sought for a catchy phrase to describe the impact she made on the screen. Movie magazines nicknamed her ""The Sweater Girl,"" just as Ann Sheridan was ""The Oomph Girl,"" Dorothy Lamour ""The Sarong Girl,"" and Clara Bow ""The It Girl."" ""Sweater Girl"" is the name of a 1942 film written by Robert Blees and Beulah Marie Dix, directed by William Clemens and starring Eddie Bracken, June Preisser, Phillip Terry, and Betty Jane Rhodes. From the 1944 ""Army–Navy Screen Magazine"" #20,"
"Sweater Girl (film) Sweater Girl is a 1942 American mystery and comedy film written by Robert Blees and Beulah Marie Dix, directed by William Clemens and starring Eddie Bracken, June Preisser, Phillip Terry, and Betty Jane Rhodes. It was released on July 13, 1942. The film marked the debut of the classic World War II-era wartime song, ""I Don't Want To Walk Without You"". The song was performed on screen by actress Betty Jane Rhodes. While preparing for Midvale College's upcoming revue, which includes a trick shot with a gun, singer Susan Lawrence develops a romantic interest in Jack Mitchell,"
"discovery story in her 2007 book ""An Intimate Affair: Women, Lingerie, and Sexuality"", noting that it is emblematic of ""the American Dream fulfilled ... Because of her, being discovered at a soda fountain has become almost as cherished an ideal as being born in a log cabin."" Following her feature film debut in Mervyn LeRoy's ""They Won't Forget"" (1937), Turner was the first woman to receive the nickname the ""Sweater Girl"" due to her form-fitting attire which accentuated her bust. Though she herself detested the nickname, it was one with which she became synonymous over the duration of her career,"
"initiation rite at the school. She has also secretly exchanged Susan's trick gun with a loaded one, which she uses in the show. Everyone arrives too late, but luckily, Susan's aim is bad, Jack survives and all live happily ever after. Sweater Girl (film) Sweater Girl is a 1942 American mystery and comedy film written by Robert Blees and Beulah Marie Dix, directed by William Clemens and starring Eddie Bracken, June Preisser, Phillip Terry, and Betty Jane Rhodes. It was released on July 13, 1942. The film marked the debut of the classic World War II-era wartime song, ""I Don't"
"Neo-Victorian style, as well as strong use of symbolic color. It inspired the Princess Ballgown, a Victorian style dress reduced to full A line skirts with petticoats underneath for fullness. It was the most popular style for teens going to prom. Plunkett's ""barbecue dress"" for Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara was the most widely copied dress after the Duchess of Windsor's wedding costume, and Vogue credited the ""Scarlett O'Hara"" look with bringing full skirts worn over crinolines back into wedding fashion after a decade of sleek, figure-hugging styles. Lana Turner's 1937 film ""They Won't Forget"" made her the first Sweater"
"the film's release, ""Modern Screen"" journalist Nancy Squire wrote that Turner ""made a sweater look like something Cleopatra was saving for the next visiting Caesar."" Shortly after completing ""They Won't Forget"", she made an appearance in James Whale's historical comedy ""The Great Garrick"" (1937), a biographical film about British actor David Garrick, in which she had a small role portraying an actress posing as a chambermaid. In late 1937, LeRoy was hired as an executive at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), and asked Jack L. Warner to allow Turner to relocate with him to MGM. Warner obliged, as he believed Turner would not"
"and it would come to be applied to several actresses throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Several years after the release of ""They Won't Forget"", ""Modern Screen"" journalist Nancy Squires wrote an extensive article on Turner, in which she noted that she had ""made a sweater look like something Cleopatra was saving for the next visiting Caesar."" Turner's rise to fame and establishment as a Hollywood sex symbol following ""They Won't Forget"" was concurrent with World War II, and she became a prominent pin-up model at the time, appearing painted on the noses of U.S. fighter planes bearing the title ""Tempest"
"a teenage murder victim. Though she only appeared onscreen for a few minutes, Wilkerson wrote in ""The Hollywood Reporter"" that her performance was ""worthy of more than a passing note."" The film earned her the nickname ""the Sweater Girl"" for her form-fitting attire, which accentuated her bust. Turner herself always detested the nickname, and upon seeing a sneak preview of the film, she recalled being profoundly embarrassed and ""squirming lower and lower"" into her seat. She stated that she had ""never seen myself walking before ... [It was] the first time [I was] conscious of my body."" Several years after"
"Barboura Morris Barboura Morris (October 22, 1932 - October 23, 1975) was an American actress known as ""the girl with the lovely smile."" Morris was born Barboura O'Neill. in Los Angeles. She graduated from UCLA, where she won Best Actress awards two times. Morris appeared in many low-budget movies, such as ""The Wasp Woman"" and ""A Bucket of Blood"", two 1959 films directed by Roger Corman. She started her acting career at the Stumptown Players stock theater company, where her acting coach was Jeff Corey, and Roger Corman was a classmate. Corman gave her a leading role in the cult"
"of Hollywood glamour. Born to working-class parents in northern Idaho, Turner spent her early life there before her family relocated to San Francisco. In 1936, while still in high school, she was discovered while purchasing a soda at the Top Hat Malt Shop in Hollywood. At the age of 16, she was signed to a personal contract by Warner Bros. director Mervyn LeRoy, who took her with him when he transferred to MGM in 1938. Turner attracted attention playing a murder victim in her first film, LeRoy's ""They Won't Forget"" (1937), and she later transitioned into featured roles, often appearing"
"Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress and dancer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in a total of 61 films over 37 years. The press coined the term ""The Love Goddess"" to describe Hayworth after she had become the most glamorous screen idol of the 1940s. She was the top pin-up girl for GIs during World War II. Hayworth is perhaps best known for her performance in the 1946 film noir, ""Gilda"", opposite Glenn Ford, in which she played the ""femme"
"additional factors in her consideration as a gay icon. Scholar Robin Griffiths also considers Turner a ""camp icon"" due to her ""alternately deadpan and overblown performances."" Author Sam Staggs noted of Turner in ""Imitation of Life"": Lana Turner in popular culture Since her rise to fame in the 1940s, American film actress Lana Turner (19211995) has appeared and been referenced in numerous works across literature, film, art, and music. Her glamorous persona and publicized personal troubles have contributed to her recurring prevalence in popular culture. Turner first entered the popular culture lexicon under the nickname ""the Sweater Girl"" due to"
"Shearer. She had become one of the biggest movie stars in the world by the late 1930s, often nicknamed the ""Blonde Bombshell"" and the ""Platinum Blonde""; she was also popular for her ""Laughing Vamp"" movie persona. Harlow died at age 26 during the 1937 filming of ""Saratoga"". The film was completed using body doubles and released a little over a month after Harlow's death. The American Film Institute ranked her as the 22nd greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema. Harlow was born Harlean Harlow Carpenter in Kansas City, Missouri. The name is sometimes incorrectly spelled Carpentier, following later studio"
"at the Disneyland Hotel, which Jack Wrather owned until it was sold to the Walt Disney Company. The Bonita Tower and the Granville's Steak House were named in her honor. Bonita Granville Bonita Granville Wrather (February 2, 1923 – October 11, 1988) was an American actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her supporting role in the film ""These Three"" (1936). Her other notable film roles were in ""Cavalcade"" (1933), ""Ah, Wilderness!"" (1935), ""The Plough and the Stars"" (1937), ""Now, Voyager"" (1942), and ""Hitler's Children"" (1943). She was born on February 2, 1923 in New York City, the"
"five Best Actress nominations during her career: for ""Cimarron"" (1931), ""Theodora Goes Wild"" (1936), ""The Awful Truth"" (1937), ""Love Affair"" (1939) and ""I Remember Mama"" (1948). She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1958. Other honors include the Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame in 1949, the Bellarmine Medal from Bellarmine College in 1965 and Colorado's Women of Achievement in 1968. Received the Kennedy Center Honor in 1985. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6440 Hollywood Blvd. and displays in the Warner Bros. Museum and Center for"
"She was cremated and her ashes given to her daughter. Ann Rutherford Therese Ann Rutherford (November 2, 1917 – June 11, 2012) was a Canadian-American actress in film, radio, and television. She had a long career starring and co-starring in films, playing Polly Benedict during the 1930s and 1940s in the Andy Hardy series, and as one of Scarlett O'Hara's sisters in the film ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939). Rutherford was born on November 2, 1917, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to John Rutherford and Lucille (née Mansfield; 1890–1981)Rutherford. Rutherford's mother was a silent film actress, and her father was"
"Don't Tell the Wife Don't Tell the Wife is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Christy Cabanne using a screenplay by Nat Perrin adapted from the play, ""Once Over Lightly"", written by George Holland. The film stars Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, and Lynne Overman, with Lucille Ball, William Demarest, and Academy Award winner Hattie McDaniel in supporting roles. Produced by RKO Radio Pictures, it premiered in New York City on February 18, 1937, and was released nationwide on March 5. While serving time in jail, Major Manning wins a mine in New Mexico from a fellow inmate. Upon his"
"1926 silent film of the same name, directed by Tom Buckingham and starring Elaine Hammerstein; however Capra's film was also released in a silent version for theaters not equipped for sound. Both of Capra's silent and sound versions are held by the Library of Congress. The film was remade in 1937 by Columbia as ""Women of Glamour"", starring Virginia Bruce and directed by Gordon Wiles. Following the film's premiere on April 5, 1930, ""Photoplay"" magazine reported that halfway through the showing, the audience ""choked up"" and that ""something was happening ... a real, beautiful, thrilling wonder had been born."" The"
"Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress and received an Academy Honorary Award in 1954 for her ""luminous and unforgettable screen performances."" In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on their list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema, after Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, and Ingrid Bergman. Garbo launched her career with a secondary role in the 1924 Swedish film ""The Saga of Gosta"
"in films, to which she responded: ""I'll have to ask my mother first."" With her mother's permission, Turner was referred by Wilkerson to the actor/comedian/talent agent Zeppo Marx. In December 1936, Marx introduced Turner to film director Mervyn LeRoy, who signed her to a fifty-dollar weekly contract with Warner Bros. on February 22, 1937. She soon became a protégée of LeRoy, who suggested she take the stage name Lana Turner, a name she would come to legally adopt several years later. Turner made her feature film debut in LeRoy's ""They Won't Forget"" (1937), a crime drama in which she played"
"as a silent film. A talkie version was quickly made and was a smash hit for its star, Gloria Swanson. Goulding remade the film as ""That Certain Woman"" (1937) with Bette Davis and Henry Fonda. George Eastman House preserved the film with the help of the American Film Institute and The Film Foundation. This restored version was shown on Turner Classic Movies on December 14, 2011. ""The Trespasser"" proved to be one of Swanson's only two hit talkies, the other being ""Sunset Boulevard"" (1950), over 20 years later. Subsequent films like ""What a Widow!"" (1930), ""Indiscreet"" (1931), ""Tonight or Never"""
"Anne Baxter Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress, star of Hollywood films, Broadway productions, and television series. She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Emmy. Granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright, Baxter studied acting with Maria Ouspenskaya and had some stage experience before making her film debut in ""20 Mule Team"" (1940). She became a contract player of 20th Century Fox and was loaned out to RKO Pictures for a role in Orson Welles' ""The Magnificent Ambersons"" (1942), one of her earlier films. In 1947, she won"
"Bonita Granville Bonita Granville Wrather (February 2, 1923 – October 11, 1988) was an American actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her supporting role in the film ""These Three"" (1936). Her other notable film roles were in ""Cavalcade"" (1933), ""Ah, Wilderness!"" (1935), ""The Plough and the Stars"" (1937), ""Now, Voyager"" (1942), and ""Hitler's Children"" (1943). She was born on February 2, 1923 in New York City, the daughter of Rosina (née Timponi; 1892-1984) and Bernard ""Bunny"" Granville. Both of her parents were stage performers. She was raised Roman Catholic. She made her film debut at the age"
"years and her caregiver during her final illness. Crane challenged the will and Lopez claimed that the majority of the estate was consumed by probate costs, legal fees, and medical expenses. Upon Turner's discovery, MGM executive Mervyn LeRoy envisioned her as a replacement for the recently-deceased Jean Harlow, and began developing her image as a sex symbol. In ""They Won't Forget"" (1937) and ""Love Finds Andy Hardy"" (1938), she embodied an ""innocent sexuality"" portraying ingénues. Film historian Jeanine Basinger notes that she ""represented the girl who'd rather sit on the diving board to show off her figure than get wet"
"prayer for my soul in Hell. I was a good fellow, most people said, Betrayed by a woman all dressed in red. </poem> Hollywood films and television productions focusing on Dillinger also include references to Ana Cumpănaș. She has been portrayed, albeit not always as Anna Sage, by several actresses including: Ann Morriss (as Mildred Jaunce) in ""Gang Busters"" (1942) and ""Guns Don't Argue"" (serialized in 1952, and released as a feature film in 1957); Jean Willes in ""The FBI Story"" (1959); Cloris Leachman in ""Dillinger"" (1973); Bernadette Peters (as Nellie) in ""Love, American Style""; Louise Fletcher in ""The Lady"
"Bancroft, Nancy Carroll, the Four Marx Brothers, Charles Rogers, Clive Brook, Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Eleanor Boardman, Frances Dee, Jackie Searl, Kay Francis, Judith Wood, Regis Toomey, Peggy Shannon, Jackie Coogan, Lilyan Tashman, Eugene Pallette, Anna May Wong, Juliette Compton, Stuart Erwin, William Boyd, Miriam Hopkins, Wynne Gibson, Jack Oakie, Ginger Rogers, Robert Coogan, Carmen Barnes, Charlie Ruggles, Richard ""Skeets"" Gallagher, Mitzi Green, Richard Arlen, Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, Paul Lukas, Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Ruth Chatterton, Marlene Dietrich, and Maurice Chevalier. These stars are announced as appearing in upcoming films, including some never produced or released by"
"Kay Linaker Mary Katherine Linaker (July 19, 1913 – April 18, 2008) was an American actress and screenwriter who appeared in many B movies during the 1930s and 1940s, most notably ""Kitty Foyle"" (1940) starring Ginger Rogers. Linaker used her married name, Kate Phillips, as a screenwriter, notably for the cult movie hit ""The Blob"" (1958). She is credited with coining the name ""The Blob"" for the movie, which was originally titled ""The Molten Meteor"". Linaker was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and graduated from a private school in Connecticut and from New York University. She went on to attend"
"Fleming, who in turn was briefly replaced by Sam Wood while Fleming took some time off due to exhaustion. The film received positive reviews upon its release in December 1939, although some reviewers found it overlong. The casting was widely praised, and many reviewers found Leigh especially suited to her role as Scarlett. At the 12th Academy Awards, it received ten Academy Awards (eight competitive, two honorary) from thirteen nominations, including wins for Best Picture, Best Director (Fleming), Best Adapted Screenplay (posthumously awarded to Sidney Howard), Best Actress (Leigh), and Best Supporting Actress (Hattie McDaniel, becoming the first African American"
"Ruth Hiatt Ruth Hiatt (January 6, 1906 – April 21, 1994) was an actress in motion pictures beginning in the silent film era. She is known for performing in 1920s comedies directed by Jack White, Norman Taurog, and Mack Sennett. Hiatt was born in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Hiatt made her film debut at the age of nine with the Western Lubin Company in San Diego, California. She made two two-reel comedies ""The Inner Chamber"" (1915) and ""The Vigilantes"" (1918). Afterward she returned to high school which she completed around 1922. As teenager she was discovered by comedian Lloyd Hamilton. She"
"Forgotten Girls Forgotten Girls is a 1940 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and written by F. Hugh Herbert, Joseph Moncure March and George Beck. The film stars Louise Platt, Donald Woods, Wynne Gibson, Robert Armstrong, Eduardo Ciannelli and Jack La Rue. The film was released on March 15, 1940, by Republic Pictures. Factory worker Judy Wingate financially supports her stepmother Frances, who is keeping company with Eddie Nolan, a gangster. Eddie makes a pass at Judy, who knocks him cold with a skillet. A furious Frances finds Eddie recovering, strikes him again and kills him. But it is"
"acclaimed and propelled her to international stardom. In 1936 alone, she earned $119,000, more than the President of the United States and baseball player Lou Gehrig. With fame also came media attention, something Arthur greatly disliked. She did not attend any social gatherings, such as formal parties in Hollywood, and acted difficult when having to work with an interviewer. She was named the American Greta Garbo – who was also known for her reclusive life – and magazine ""Movie Classic"" wrote of her in 1937: ""With Garbo talking right out loud in interviews, receiving the press and even welcoming an"
"Lizabeth Scott Lizabeth Virginia Scott (born Emma Matzo; September 29, 1922 – January 31, 2015) was an American actress, known for her ""smoky voice"" and being ""the most beautiful face of film noir during the 1940s and 1950s"". After understudying the role of Sabina in the original Broadway and Boston stage productions of ""The Skin of Our Teeth"", she emerged in such films as ""The Strange Love of Martha Ivers"" (1946), ""Dead Reckoning"" (1947), ""Desert Fury"" (1947), and ""Too Late for Tears"" (1949). Of her 22 films, she was the leading lady in all but one. In addition to stage"