Since an Everyday Starlet’s life is a movie, sometimes she needs inspiration. Here are some films to get you thinking like a Starlet…
Starlet Movies
These are movies with classic Starlet’s that will help get you in a glamorous mood
- The Postman Always Rings Twice – Lana Turner at her steamiest
- Cat on Hot Tin Roof– Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman at THEIR steamiest… plus Ms. Taylor has some great fashion in this film
- Bombshell– a Jean Harlow coined the term “Blonde Bombshell” with this film
- The Misfits– Marilyn Monroe has the best hair of her career in this role that was written for her
- The Seven Year Itch– hot and steamy… enjoy with potato chips and champagne
- Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?- a funny film where the skinny girl tries to be more like the curvy star… those were the days
- Barefoot Contessa– Ava Garner is stunning
- How To Marry a Millionaire– Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall… a Starlet triple threat
- Some Like It Hot– a comedy classic that will make you want to take a glamorous train ride
Foreign Films
Anything Brigitte Bardot… and anything with subtitles counts as a sexy French (or Italian) language lesson
- Naughty Girl
- Come Dance With Me
- …and God Created Woman
- La Dolce Vita
- Belle De Jour
Grace Kelly Classics
- To Catch a Thief
- High Society
- Rear Window
Audrey Hepburn Classics
- Sabrina
- My Fair Lady
- Funny Face
- Roman Holiday
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Dita Von Teese’s Favorite Films
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These are films that Dita has mentioned in her book Burlesque and the Arts of the Teese, as well as in interviews as her favorite films…
- The Girl Can’t Help it
- Pinup Girl
- The Dolly Sisters
- Bandwagon
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- Ziegfeld Follies
- Ziegfeld Girl
- Signing in the Rain
- Cover Girl
Classic Dance Films
You can’t beat Fred & Ginger…
Starlet’s Favorite Movies
Most Old Hollywood Starlets, including Marilyn, Lana, and even Jackie O, will list their favorite film as Gone with the Wind. That is still a classic today, and if you have a chance you should definitely take a day off and watch it…
Here are some other Starlet favorites:
- Bambi
- Indiana Jones– a Starlet love a ruggedly handsome man, and she especially loves the one with Sean Connery
- Wizard of Oz– a movie about a wide-eyed lost girl with bejeweled shoes who loves her little dog too. Starlet heaven.
- Midnight in Paris– Starlets have a soft spot for Woody Allen, Paris, and nostalgia
- Casablanca– a classic love story, and what Starlet can resist a man in a tux
- Annie– a Starlet love a rags to riches story
- Phantom of the Opera– a Starlet loves tortured souls
Anything by Baz Luhrmann
- Romeo + Juliet
- The Great Gatsby
- Moulin Rouge
Now grab some popcorn or your favorite candy… and maybe a little champagne, and get inspired!
Kisses
Sarah
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