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The Love Goddesses (1965)

The Story of Sex in the Movies!

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 27M

Director : Saul J. Turell

Synopsis

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' 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), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.

Actors

Carl King
Carl King
Narrator (voice)
Agnes Ayres
Agnes Ayres
(archive footage)
Theda Bara
Theda Bara
(archive footage)
Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot
(archive footage)
Richard Barthelmess
Richard Barthelmess
(archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman
(archive footage)
Clara Bow
Clara Bow
(archive footage)
Clive Brook
Clive Brook
(archive footage)
Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks
(archive footage)
Horst Buchholz
Horst Buchholz
(archive footage)
Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Chevalier
(archive footage)
Montgomery Clift
Montgomery Clift
(archive footage)
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert
(archive footage)
Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
(archive footage)
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford
(archive footage)
Marion Davies
Marion Davies
(archive footage)
Bette Davis
Bette Davis
(archive footage)
Lya De Putti
Lya De Putti
(archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
(archive footage)
Anita Ekberg
Anita Ekberg
(archive footage)
Norman Foster
Norman Foster
(archive footage)
Clark Gable
Clark Gable
(archive footage)
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo
(archive footage)
Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner
(archive footage)
John Gilbert
John Gilbert
(archive footage)
Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish
(archive footage)
Louise Glaum
Louise Glaum
(archive footage)
Betty Grable
Betty Grable
(archive footage)
Cary Grant
Cary Grant
(archive footage)
Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow
(archive footage)
Laurence Harvey
Laurence Harvey
(archive footage)
Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa
(archive footage)
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth
(archive footage)
Brigitte Helm
Brigitte Helm
(archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
(archive footage)
Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings
(archive footage)
Ruby Keeler
Ruby Keeler
(archive footage)
Annette Kellerman
Annette Kellerman
(archive footage)
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr
(archive footage)
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Lamour
(archive footage)
Gina Lollobrigida
Gina Lollobrigida
(archive footage)
Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard
(archive footage)
Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren
(archive footage)
Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy
(archive footage)
Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette MacDonald
(archive footage)
Jayne Mansfield
Jayne Mansfield
(archive footage)
Mae Marsh
Mae Marsh
(archive footage)
Herbert Marshall
Herbert Marshall
(archive footage)
Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Menjou
(archive footage)
Ray Milland
Ray Milland
(archive footage)
Hayley Mills
Hayley Mills
(archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
(archive footage)
Mae Murray
Mae Murray
(archive footage)
Nita Naldi
Nita Naldi
(archive footage)
Pola Negri
Pola Negri
(archive footage)
Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck
(archive footage)
Dick Powell
Dick Powell
(archive footage)
Esther Ralston
Esther Ralston
(archive footage)
Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
(archive footage)
Heather Sears
Heather Sears
(archive footage)
Simone Signoret
Simone Signoret
(archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
(archive footage)
Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson
(archive footage)
Sylvia Syms
Sylvia Syms
(archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
(archive footage)
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple
(archive footage)
Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney
(archive footage)
Lana Turner
Lana Turner
(archive footage)
Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino
(archive footage)
Fannie Ward
Fannie Ward
(archive footage)
Mae West
Mae West
(archive footage)
Henry Wilcoxon
Henry Wilcoxon
(archive footage)

Crews

Saul J. Turell
Saul J. Turell
Director
Saul J. Turell
Saul J. Turell
Writer
Graeme Ferguson
Graeme Ferguson
Writer
Graeme Ferguson
Graeme Ferguson
Producer
Saul J. Turell
Saul J. Turell
Producer
Percy Faith
Percy Faith
Original Music Composer
Howard Kuperman
Howard Kuperman
Editor
Nat Greene
Nat Greene
Editor

Posters and backgrounds

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