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The Love Goddesses

  • 1965
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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The Love Goddesses (1965)
Documentary

This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' po... Read allThis insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent-movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the... Read allThis insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent-movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie "True Heart Susie," starring Lillian Gish, to "Love Me Tonight" (1932), blen... Read all

  • Director
    • Saul J. Turell
  • Writers
    • Graeme Ferguson
    • Saul J. Turell
  • Stars
    • Carl King
    • Agnes Ayres
    • Theda Bara
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    750
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Saul J. Turell
    • Writers
      • Graeme Ferguson
      • Saul J. Turell
    • Stars
      • Carl King
      • Agnes Ayres
      • Theda Bara
    • 2User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Carl King
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Agnes Ayres
    Agnes Ayres
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Theda Bara
    Theda Bara
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Brigitte Bardot
    Brigitte Bardot
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Richard Barthelmess
    Richard Barthelmess
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Ingrid Bergman
    Ingrid Bergman
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Clara Bow
    Clara Bow
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Clive Brook
    Clive Brook
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Louise Brooks
    Louise Brooks
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Horst Buchholz
    Horst Buchholz
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Maurice Chevalier
    Maurice Chevalier
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Montgomery Clift
    Montgomery Clift
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Claudette Colbert
    Claudette Colbert
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Gary Cooper
    Gary Cooper
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Joan Crawford
    Joan Crawford
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Marion Davies
    Marion Davies
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Bette Davis
    Bette Davis
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Lya De Putti
    Lya De Putti
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • Director
      • Saul J. Turell
    • Writers
      • Graeme Ferguson
      • Saul J. Turell
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    6gridoon2025

    Great fun but too short

    This collection of clips with leading ladies from the silent era up to the mid-1960s contains lots of memorable scenes and lines (the chess match from "L'Atlantide" with Brigitte Helm is amazing; the choice of Marilyn Monroe film footage is quite unexpected), but tries to cover too much ground and does so superficially due to insufficient length (about 1 hour 20 minutes). It should have been twice as long to do justice to its subject. **1/2 out of 4.
    8ptb-8

    full frontal glamor

    One of the great docos ever made with excellent clips from films over 70 years of cinema.....and some absolutely impossible to see in the 21 st century, this is a must for all aficionados of silent and 30s female spectacle. Part of a series of film history docos like HAROLD LLOYD's WORLD OF COMEDY or MGMs BIG PARADE OF LAUGHTER this was about the women and their Hollywood gorgeousness. Very successful in 1965 upon release and never been seen much since.....the world changed a lot the next year, and more so the year after, this last stop before psychedelia and rock took over is a valentine to Paramount and Fox's female stars. Fascinating and quite revealing, literally.

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    • Goofs
      The narrator erroneously refers to Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy, a character he first played in 1937 in "A Family Affair".
    • Connections
      Features Bertha, the Buttonhole-Maker (1914)
    • Soundtracks
      Can-Can
      (uncredited)
      from "Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld)"
      Music by Jacques Offenbach
      From Die Herrin von Atlantis (1932)

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    • Release date
      • March 3, 1965 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Love Goddesses: A History of Sex in the Cinema
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Walter Reade
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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