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	• Glamour Girls: The Illustrated Encyclopedia Steve Sullivan St. Martin's Griffin, 2000 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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very good book

Given its subject matter, there really should be a photo for every entry. Also the picture in the color section labeled "Heather Thomas" is clearly "Donna Dixon". Hopefully this is the only mislabeled photo in an otherwise very good book.

Poor Judgement

While some of the negative reviews are too extreme, I agree that "Glamour Girls" is a deeply flawed effort. First, the "GGs" should have been listed alphabetically or chronologically. The arbitrary descending-order approach is SO wrong-headed. How can the fabulous Diana Rigg be as low as #69? And the delectable Diana Dors is #70! Absurd! Second, Steve Sullivan should have focused on those women who are genuine personifications of glamour. I have nothing against Nichelle Nichols, but glamorous she ain't. Also, how can Mr. Sullivan include Caroline Munro, while neglecting her truly bewitching mother, Janet Munro? And I share the dismay of a previous reviewer at the inclusion of Madonna: ugh! Mr. Sullivan's worst offense in this regard is including a seemingly endless (and tedious) supply of Playboy centerfolds and, worse, porn actresses. Talk about a total suspension of judgement! Third, there are NOT some 1,000 glamour girls -- a little discrimination, a little taste. Magnificent mammaries do not a glamour girl make. Sure, Jayne Mansfield had them (boy, did she have them!), but she had much else besides. Fourth, I'm disappointed in Mr. Sullivan's indifferent research. For example, he mentions that Inger Stevens (#258) "played Robert Morse's sexy wife in the hit 'A Guide for the Married Man' (1967)." No, she didn't -- she played Walter Matthau's wife.

Despite all my carping, this isn't a bad book. The problem is that it was such a damned good idea so abominably handled, and that makes it appear so much worse than it is.

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Here are the women who, over the past century, have captivated our imaginations, fueled our libidos, and won our eternal love. Now these luscious ladies are all in one extraordinary volume.

Glamour Girls encompasses the world's most sensual goddesses from the Gay '90s of Lillian Russell through Clara Bow's Roaring '20s and Rita Hayworth's WWII years, on into the Swinging '60s of Raquel Welch and up to the hottest beauties at the brink of the new millennium. Actresses, figure and fashion models, performers, cult queens, porn stars, news anchors---more than 1,500 women from every field of entertainment are covered with incisive profiles and hundreds of rare photos.

With rankings that are sure to provoke debate and with coverage so thorough that it inspires awe, Glamour Girls is the definitive book on the subject.

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