When you grow up with actresses like Rita Hayworth and Ava Gardner and Catherine Deneuve, it’s hard to appreciate Taylor Swift
Even if you didn’t grow up with these stars, it’s easy to watch a movie like Cleopatra and see that they just don’t make ‘em like that anymore. Virtually no major actress on the scene today could pull of the title role like Elizabeth Taylor could. Not really any Richard Burtons left on the male side either. And this from someone who did not grow up in the Golden Era of Hollywood.
Once the film industry was opened up to ordinary-looking people (and actors no longer had to prettify their real names), it seemed to usher in the complete collapse of glamor in film.
As I write this, I'm watching a Carole Lombard movie and kvelling at her beauty and acting chops. Taylor Swift: eat your heart out!