The Selvedge Yard did a (very) little piece for DETAILS magazine’s online blog– The Daily Details here.
There was something about those lips, the flirty peek-a-boo eye, and that sexy, sweeping hair that’s seductive beyond words. Yes, Veronica Lake just had “it.”
Other pinups of her day may have been more racy (Bettie Page), more leggy (Bettie Grable), or more busty (Jane Russell), but in my book none of them can touch her stunning beauty, poise and indelible mystique. Standing a scant 4’ 11’ and weighing only 90lbs., Veronica Lake deftly filled the camera’s lens with more sex appeal in her little left eye than most beauties managed wearing half as much, and trying twice as hard.
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“I will have one of the cleanest obits of any actress. I never did cheesecake like Ann Sheridan or Betty Grable. I just used my hair.” –Veronica Lake
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Sadly, Her story was a tragic one. Beset by a troubled childhood, broken marriages, schizophrenia, and drinking woes (most likely in an attempt to self-medicate)—Veronica Lake was washed-up in Hollywood too early, and with little to live on besides her fading looks.
When one-time lover Marlon Brando heard she was working as a barmaid, he promptly had his people deliver her a check for $1,000. Too proud to cash it, Lake instead chose to have it framed as a memory of days gone by, and a not-so-subtle notice to others that she was once Hollywood’s reigning sex symbol.
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“I wasn`t a sex symbol, I was a sex zombie.” –Veronica Lake
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“Hollywood gives a young girl the aura of one giant, self-contained orgy farm, its inhabitants dedicated to crawling into every pair of pants they can find.” –Veronica Lake
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