"What Becomes A Legend Most?"
"What Becomes A Legend Most?"
#1"What Becomes A Legend Most?"
Posted: 5/13/12 at 4:51pm
To me, these Blackglama ads exuded elegance throughout their run. Because of the general attitude towards furs today, they are no longer produced the same way, but they honored many legends, and, especially in the early years of the campaign, Broadway legends in particular. I'll post as many as I can find, as I think they were really lovely.
The first one, shown with this post, is a 1968 photo of a young Barbra Streisand.
#2re: "What Becomes A Legend Most?"
Posted: 5/13/12 at 4:52pm
In the same year, Judy Garland was honored.
#2re: "What Becomes A Legend Most?"
Posted: 5/13/12 at 4:53pm
Lauren Bacall was also one of the women featured in the 1968 campaign.
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Posted: 5/13/12 at 4:54pm
Carol Burnett's personality shines through in this 1972 photograph.
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Posted: 5/13/12 at 4:56pm
1970- Evidently, Rosalind Russell didn't catch the memo that "no one kicks higher than Angela."
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Posted: 5/13/12 at 4:56pm
Merman looks stunning in this 1972 photograph.
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Posted: 5/13/12 at 4:58pm
Carol Channing in all of her quirky beauty - 1972.
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Posted: 5/13/12 at 4:59pm
That same year, Channing's final replacement as Dolly, Pearl Bailey, posed for the series.
EDIT: It has been pointed out that Merman was, in fact, Channing's last replacement as Dolly. Bailey was somewhere in between, but played a return engagement in the role in 1975, five years after the original production closed shop. In 1978, in another return engagement, Channing returned to the role!
Updated On: 5/13/12 at 04:59 PM
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Posted: 5/13/12 at 5:00pm
In 1973, a young Liza Minnelli is captured. The resemblance to her mother, as always, is striking.
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Posted: 5/13/12 at 5:02pm
Mary Martin, in 1975, shows off the youthful spunk that made her so marvelous as Peter Pan and Nellie Forbush.
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Posted: 5/13/12 at 5:03pm
In 1978, Helen Hayes, the First Lady of American Theatre, posed.
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Posted: 5/13/12 at 5:04pm
Angela Lansbury, then appearing in Sweeney Todd, looks wonderful in this 1979 photograph.
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Posted: 5/13/12 at 5:05pm
Julie Andrews in a 1982 photograph, reminiscent of Victor/Victoria.
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Posted: 5/13/12 at 5:07pm
Jessica Tandy, during a wonderful career revival, in 1991.
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Posted: 5/13/12 at 5:08pm
Tommy Tune, one of a very few men who posed for the series, in 1994. The last photograph I will post here for now.
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Posted: 5/13/12 at 5:20pm
I think that was the aim of the Janet Jackson and Gisele Bundchen ads, as well as others like them, but to me, the star power of the "legends" depicted has dropped a bit. It's also no longer an annual series, and the photography isn't, to me, as attractive, or as incredible at capturing the personality of the star sitting for the portraits.
Ah, thank you for the correction about Bailey and Merman. Last night I was watching the "Carol Channing & Pearl Bailey On Broadway" DVD, which is fantastic, and I must have gotten that misconception into my head.
Updated On: 5/13/12 at 05:20 PM
