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Lana Turner is 39 in this??


Wow. People sure aged fast in the day!

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This is a little late response, but I think Lana Turner was gorgeous and looked great in this movie. She may have looked a little older because she was a smoker, and the hairstyles back then were not always flattering, but she still looked great, and she had a very nice figure.

Knock if off Napolean make yourself a dang quesadil-la!

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I thought her character was supposed to be a little older. Guess I was wrong.

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My guess is her character was meant to be hovering around 30 at the start of the film and was early forties at the end. That would make sense I think. If she were early to mid-20s at the beginning she wouldn't have been told she was getting a late start.

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Wow, I think she looked really beautiful in this movie. I think everyone is right about the hairstyles being aging. The costumes were absolutely fabulous and she looked glamorous in them.

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I'd hit that. Even if I was in my 20's! YUM!

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Most of them were heavy smokers. I don't think that helped.

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