Handsome Fellas!

[Caity Lynn]

A few of my friends and I find Snape dead sexy. Alan Rickman, yes, but Snape?! He's so....sinister, and I love it! Very few people agree [huh]

I have a thing for the "bad boy" so Mohawks, Tripp Pants, Tatoo's, etc...but on the other hand, I love a "Sophisticated man".

Hugh Jackman, Robert Duval, Gerard Butler (at times) etc.

 

[Lady Jessica]

A few of my friends and I find Snape dead sexy. Alan Rickman, yes, but Snape?! He's so....sinister, and I love it! Very few people agree [huh]

I have a thing for the "bad boy" so Mohawks, Tripp Pants, Tatoo's, etc...but on the other hand, I love a "Sophisticated man".

Hugh Jackman, Robert Duval, Gerard Butler (at times) etc.

Snape from Harry Potter? Mmmm... I agree whole-heartedly.

 

[HadleyH]

You have wonderful taste! (I love his jumper.)

Thank you Rhian!


Circa 1929 - actor Gilbert Roland(1905-1994)

 

[dgenevieve]

Ray Milland (1907-1986)
Photo taken by George Hurrell in 1930.

Excuse me as I melt all over the floor!!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

What most men don't understand is that women would rather see them in a well-tailored suit instead of their birthday suit!

Depends on the woman. Depends on the birthday suit, too. lol


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[Mary]

Oh, my! :whistling This man is so attractive, great style!Thanks, Hadley. I had no idea. Where do you find these photos?

Ray Milland (1907-1986)
Photo taken by George Hurrell in 1930.

 

[Macheath]

What most men don't understand is that women would rather see them in a well-tailored suit instead of their birthday suit!

Let's not rule out the well-tailored birthday suit just yet!

 

[Lenore]

A few of my friends and I find Snape dead sexy. Alan Rickman, yes, but Snape?! He's so....sinister, and I love it! Very few people agree [huh]

I have a thing for the "bad boy" so Mohawks, Tripp Pants, Tatoo's, etc...but on the other hand, I love a "Sophisticated man".

Hugh Jackman, Robert Duval, Gerard Butler (at times) etc.

Mmm... Snape. Yes, I totally agree. Alan Rickman portrays him so.... mmm. I can't wait for Half-Blood Prince since he's getting the whole villain treatment... sexy hair, rocking robes, and more screen time! Yay!

Also, I have to totally agree in regards to Gerard Butler. He's on my list of 5 freebies. Granted a lot of people didn't care for it, but I adored his performance in Phantom of the Opera. I get very good chills when I hear him sing "Past the Point of No Return" and have told my husband on many occasions that if Gerard Butler would sing to me like that he'd be replaced tout suite.

Of course, that might change if I could convince my man to wear something other than the occasional baseball cap...

 

[Annyth]

Ha. I might have known this was the one forum where I could confess my problem with men, and know lots of you would Get me...

OK... *cough*... here it is....

Men, especially of the highly-muscled types, in swimsuits (or less..!) leave me cold. Don't know why. Maybe it's because nothing is left to the imagination... And I have a very vivid imagination. Or perhaps I'm just a Brains Babe..

But put a good-looking man in a DJ and -- if he is intelligent, kind and funny -- I need smelling-salts..

Hugh Jackman is a case in point. You can keep Wolverine. But the latter scenes of "Kate and Leopold".. Or when showing off his outrageous talent in "Oklahoma!" ...

*swoon*

*thud*

But isn't that the beauty of "our" era? .. It's all about brains, wit, dash and sophistication...? .... Not sweaty muscle.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

But isn't that the beauty of "our" era? .. It's all about brains, wit, dash and sophistication...? .... Not sweaty muscle.

Riiiight. That explains why a barely clothed Johnny Weissmuller was especially popular with 1930s female audiences.



Of course, 1934's male audiences had their own reward : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNGXdw2_6DM

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[Lenore]

It's all about brains, wit, dash and sophistication...? .... Not sweaty muscle.

I completely agree. My husband doesn't seem to understand why the fact he's not the svelte young man that I started dating years ago doesn't seem to bother me. Regardless of getting a bit softer around the middle, in his tortoise shell glasses, and a sharp suit, my heart still skips a beat each time I see him.

Heck, he says he fell in love with me while we were sitting on the floor of Barnes and Noble arguing about Greek Mythology so I think he could understand, even if he doesn't believe me.

 

[Laura Chase]

Riiiight. That explains why a barely clothed Johnny Weissmuller was especially popular with 1930s female audiences.

Hehe, I love this, people so often idealize the past as being soooo much better than the present in all possible ways.

And what a great clip, by the way!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

And what a great clip, by the way!

Yes, the clip is fun! Poor Jane barely comes up for air, and Cheetah is naughty.



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[Antje]

How about Clark Gable,
sigh

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Gable, suitless:

Bonus torso: Franchot Tone.

 

[Annyth]

Clark Gable will do...

But luckily for you all, I don't trust myself to post pics [if anyone has the energy to tell me how, please feel free.. ] Otherwise I'd have the perfect excuse to rifle through the online albums of the beautiful, the great, the best tux-wearer ever, the funny, the quirky, the one-and-only... Cary Grant.

 

[Annyth]

..a barely clothed Johnny Weissmuller was especially popular with 1930s female audiences.

Well, yes. Marc C. Fair point. I wasn't implying that there weren't ladies about then who didn't obtain more than a powder-compact's pleasure from admiring semi-clad males. I only meant that the kulture of the era wasn't all about pecs-n-a-sixpack. Men didn't have to get their kit off to be considered attractive. And Attractiveness was about more than looking good in swimmers. Personality and wit (real, scripted or perceived) counted for as much.

Or did they? Have I been idolising the 30s/40s movie culture too much?

 

[HadleyH]

Oh, my! :whistling This man is so attractive, great style!Thanks, Hadley. I had no idea. Where do you find these photos?

Thank you Mary!
I usually Google the names.The last 2 are from Getty images.

 

[chanteuseCarey]

He looks a bit skinnier as a pirate, but then the food on those ships wasn't so good back then...

Gable, suitless:

Bonus torso: Franchot Tone.

 

[JennyLou]

Snape from Harry Potter? Mmmm... I agree whole-heartedly.

I also agree! I'm not a big Harry Potter fan, except for Snape...I watch the movies only to see him.