Barry from Attention Earthlings! blog and I are having a 1950s SciFi day because we love it so very much and his blog is dedicated to it and is a dream come true for me.
This post is dealing with the typical female leads in 1950s SciFi movies:
Requirements:
Brunette
Fast talking, sassy, witty
Intelligent
Able to get the men coffee
Scream at the drop of a hat
Be related to a scientist or professor
Catch the eye of the hero
A little bit tomboy
The Thing From Another World (1951)
Nikki Nicholson
The Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
Kay Lawrence
It Came From Beneath the Sea (1958)
Professor Leslie Joyce
20 Million Miles To Earth (1957)
Marissa Leonardo
Others: The Man From Planet X, The Day the Earth Stood Still, When Worlds Collide, Invaders From Mars
This post is dealing with the typical female leads in 1950s SciFi movies:
Requirements:
Brunette
Fast talking, sassy, witty
Intelligent
Able to get the men coffee
Scream at the drop of a hat
Be related to a scientist or professor
Catch the eye of the hero
A little bit tomboy
The Thing From Another World (1951)
Nikki Nicholson
The Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
Kay Lawrence
It Came From Beneath the Sea (1958)
Professor Leslie Joyce
20 Million Miles To Earth (1957)
Marissa Leonardo
Others: The Man From Planet X, The Day the Earth Stood Still, When Worlds Collide, Invaders From Mars
And you forgot the most important thing.
ReplyDeleteThe missile boobs!
If they were smart they would have used more red-heads.
ReplyDeleteAll the gals back then pretty much looked the same. lol.
ReplyDeleteYes, the short brown hair assured they were even smarter, right? No redheads--too sexy for the part.
ReplyDeleteSassy and brassy.... I can see my sis in a movie. Those are definitely classics.
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