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Sex, Both Valuable and Skin Deep. BlogNosh 08/05/08

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  • In a piece at The House Next Door subtitled “More Valuable Than Sex,” Andrew Johnston talks about the 80s teen movie that taught him that “a real, intimate connection with someone you can turn to in your darkest hour is more valuable than mere sex — a downright subversive notion in an era loaded with movies about hormone-crazed maniacs desperate to lose their virginity by any means necessary.” And what film was this? You’ll have to click through, but here’s a hint: it’s vaguely related to the item below.
  • Mr. Skin: first the Wikipedia for nudity in Hollywood movies, then a minor plot point in Knocked Up. Now? It’s a blog. The top entry as of this writing: “Who’s the Hottest Wife of Tom Cruise — Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, or Katie Holmes?” I vote Mimi. Via Fleshbot
  • Above: a “kiss for the ages” from Frank Borzage’s Desire, via Daniel Kasman.

Today in Classic Hollywood Nudity: Mamie Van Doren

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marilyn-monroe-246.jpgBack in October, we brought you a guide to finest examples of on-screen cleavage from the days of pre-code Hollywood. In our ongoing quest to revisit Hollywood history through the nip-slip and up-skirt crazed lens of the celebrity coverage of today, we now point you to the World Of Wonder blog, where Chip Duckett has nothing but praise for a recent “accidental boob reveal” by Mamie Van Doren. “This woman is 77 years old, and is frankly hotter than anybody on the planet one-third her age,” Duckett writes. This, he says, is how the “oopsie! semi-nip-slip…is done properly in 2008.”

Van Doren, seen at her heyday at right, was Universal’s card in the Marilyn Monroe copycat craze of the late 50s, the star of such not-quite-classics at Ain’t Misbehavin‘ and High School Confidential! She’s been pretty much off the radar since the end of the Fantasy Island era, but with the tenuous Marilyn connection intact, can we assume this is Van Doren’s entry in the Monroe–>Lohan–>Musto self-promotion-via-calculated toplessness sweepstakes? Let’s hope!