Lana Turner's hottest husband and/or lover

Lex Barker, though he abused daughter Cheryl.

She had taste in men her entire life like a WeHo queen: she liked them handsome, muscular, tall, and dangerous. Plus, also like a WeHo queen, she was insatiable, and would often call in the studliest carpenter or electrician on set to her dressing room to service her over her lunch break.

Tyrone Power

R2 that might be why she has had lasting appeal among gay men. She was rather unabashed about her sexuality, and seemed to pursue men in a way that was somewhat masculine.

I've also always thought that Steve Crane, the father of her daughter Cheryl, was really handsome

I imagine it was probably some Acapulco pool boy or beach waiter whose name is lost to the ages.

R6 I wonder how many cabana boys ate her out?

Ava Gardner

Were there rumors that Lana and Ava had a fling, R8? I know they were good friends, and there are many photos of them together, but I've never heard that they were lovers.

Johnny Stompanato was ugly-hot with a big cock.

Reese Witherspoon has not quite aged out of being able to play Lana Turner in the Peyton Place era.

Rock Hudson, of course!

She and Ava had no problem pursuing whatever man they wanted. AND dumping them when they were no longer useful. Ava moved to Spain and lived an unabashed wild and crazy sex life. I can't imagine her with Sinatra -- I bet she ate him alive and was bored in two days.

no one more beautiful than Ava

Sean Connery

She as a total size queen.

Ava! Heavens those shoes! And not in a good way!

What’s with the obvious cartoon masquerading as a photo in R10?

Lana's hottest husband then, and now for eternity.

I have no idea what is going at R10 either. That's a very bizarre photo. Johnny was handsome. Here is with Lana and Cheryl (I had no idea Cheryl was so tall—Lana was pretty short.)

Stompanato was hot blooded alright. Hot blood all over the floor of her foyer after Cheryl sliced him with a kitchen knife.

Good God! A closeup of Stompanato's face in that photo above with the fish is scary as hell.

R1, Arlene Dahl has stated that former husband Lex Barker had the biggest cock she's ever seen.

Lex Barker was male perfection physically but I can't really get over the whole raping his own 10-year-old stepdaughter thing, especially since the stepdaughter turned out to be a lesbian.

Cheryl's daddy was indeed a cutie.

That's right, R9, you never heard that because you just made it up. You sound like breathless gossip gurl.

Lana wrote in her autobiography that husband #6, Robert Eaton, was her most creative and satisfying lover.

"but I've never heard that they were lovers."

NEVER heard that one? Just about everyone on planet earth has. Sinatra even yelled "lesbians!" at them when he though he'd caught them after a tryst.

Robert was Eaton her out.

Arlene Dahl doubts Cheryl Crane's rape allegations and confirms Lex Barker's cock size at 17:18.

Lana and Ava were into threesomes and shared many lovers between them: Mickey, Frank, Artie Shaw, Howard Hughes, Greg Bautzer, Clark Gable, Fernando Lamas, Howard Duff, Robert Taylor, Peter Lawford, Turhan Bey, Van Heflin, Johnny Stompanato, Robert Evans, etc., etc., etc. And if no man was around, no big deal, they would satisfy each other or invite their friend Barbara Payton to join in. Those two were good time girls had by all.

Ava's beauty is really a thing of the 50's. That big fat face, with shit tons of makeup and the brows in the middle of the forehead. I always found her ugly. Same with Taylor. A dwarfy sausage with a huge head ( but beautiful eyes) . They had NOTHING on Vivien Leigh,, Bacall, Grace Kelly and Natalie Wood, The only Hollywood beauties who would still make the most beautiful lists today IMO

I agree R31. Ava was attractive, but I never found her nearly as gorgeous as some people did. I think Lana was a prettier woman—she had a more timeless beauty.

Thee was some book written by a queen who was her hairdresser/best friend in her later years. Poorly written and not much interesting other than the fact that she was totally a gay man in terms of sexuality. And her daughter hated her and held a grudge against her until the end - ummm, maybe because she framed her for the murder of her boyfriend? Seemed like a sad end of days - watching TV, lonely and ignored.

Good lord R32, there is enough material on these two broads faces to repaint my entire apartment. 👀

To each his own. I thought Ava was a stunner, with dazzling, smiling eyes. Lana, to me, was a bland, dime a dozen pretty blonde.

R35 Lana did have the dime-a-dozen blonde hair for most of her career, but it was obviously not her natural hair color. She looked better to me as a brunette. Her face was exquisite.

Always thought it’s garnet that Ava was a genetic North Carolina redneck. She seemed so much more exotic.

Lana was pretty, but exquisite ?

R37 Mary Elizabeth Winstead (also born in North Carolina) is related to Ava; I believe her grandfather was Ava's cousin.

Rita Hayworth

[quote] [R2] that might be why she has had lasting appeal among gay men. She was rather unabashed about her sexuality, and seemed to pursue men in a way that was somewhat masculine.

She had appeal throughout her lifetime among gay men who remembered her, but since she was such a terrible actress she's pretty much forgotten now, although her name is still suggestive of high Hollywood glamour (mostly because of the apocryphal story she was discovered sipping a malted at a soda shop).

I recently re-watched what most people consider her best performance, in The Postman Always Rings Twice, and I had remembered it as quite decent. But it's actually not at all--she's very beautiful and iconic in her all-white ensembles, but when she has to squabble with John Garfield she's embarrassingly bad. The only movies where she's any fun in are the ones where her acting is so awful and mannered it's hilariously campy: The Bad and the Beautiful, Peyton Place, Imitation of Life, and (my favorite) Love Has Many Faces.

r41, most film critics regard Lana's performance in The Bad and the Beautiful as her best, with many thinking she deserved her Oscar nomination (in the Supporting category) for that film, not Peyton Place. (I think she's terrific in both.)

This famous scene from "The Bad and the Beautiful" should be in the High Camp Hall of Fame. With Kirk's hammy acting and Lana's overwrought emotionalism, it is a doozy.

Eva was beautiful (what fat face?). When I was young I thought Lanais had an odd shape.

[quote] Always thought it’s garnet that Ava was a genetic North Carolina redneck

Okay please humor me. What does "thought it was a garnet" mean?

r43, THANK YOU.

That driving scene is so hilarious, especially when she takes her hands off the steering wheel, the car keeps going at an insanely fast pace, and it STILL doesn't crash! She's awful in that scene.

r44, who do you mean by "Eva"?

Eva Gabor?

Eva St. Marie?

Eva Peron?

R47, None of the above.

Lana Turner on "Donahue" in 1982.

R45, My guess would be "great".

Ava was not the prettiest, but Ava was the sexiest. Bar none.

R32, Both of those gowns were hideous.

Rita Hayworth was, R51.

Turner's face was like something taken out of mold too soon... indistinct, inchoate, hardly memorable. Young Ava without too much make-up is sensual and alarmingly beautiful. If you say Lana Turner, who could remember what she even looked like?

Ava always said there were 140lbs of Frank, and 40 was COCK .

Always heard Frank walked in on Ava eating out Lana.

Ava and Liz Taylor , 2 gals that just oooozed the word FUCK . We don't have that anymore. Please don't say Madonna . Those days are long gone .

MARY, R54!!!

I find it trashy that Arlene Dahl would discuss in a public venue such seamy details of what a former husband's big ol' sex hog would have done to an 11 year old Cheryl Crane's coochiepop. I thought better of her, but instead she comported herself like a common juke gal.

No wonder Arlene's son Lorenzo Lamas turned out to be such a sleazeball.

[quote] I find it trashy that Arlene Dahl would discuss in a public venue such seamy details of what a former husband's big ol' sex hog would have done to an 11 year old Cheryl Crane's coochiepop.

I find it much trashier you would think it funny to write in such a way.

Oh yeah R55, Ava was pretty and sexy, but it seems that Frank still dumped her... For me

Rita Hayworth was beautiful, but the studio made her dye her hair from black to red, and made her use electrolysis on her hairline (which must have been incredibly painful) to broaden her forehead.

I prefer Rita. Ava's a close second. Lana third.

Rota was common looking until she received so thorough a makeover. Her good looks didn't protect her from a harsh and empty showbizlife,she was abused all her life.

Thank you, R54. I've seen many Lana Turner films, and her face is so generic to me that I wouldn't recognize a photo of her unless it was labeled. I think of Vera Miles in the same way.

Is this who you mean, R63?

Rita Hayworth was really just makeup. I can't even tell what her features are like. Same with Turner, and most actresses of that era. Beauty = tons of makeup. The only certified beauties were, Leigh (Vivien) Kelly Grace, and Farrow Mia. I suspect even Natalie Wood was not all that au natural. Gene Tierney was beautiful but could eat an apple through a picket fence. Anyone saying otherwise is a fool.

R60, Frank didn't dump Ava. Ava could not be contained. Ava took off for Spain and took on many lovers--bullfighters, waiters, writers, local politicians. Frank chased after her, but came back dejected. She filed for divorce because she refused to be the dutiful wife he wanted. He should've never left Nancy if he expected loyalty and domesticity.

Hedy Lamar has them all beat, R66.

Hedy...

R55, Ava never said that. It's one of those phony quote some people love, probably male Sinatra fans.

R53, Lena never had an affair with Rita.

I assumed Ava was a beautiful latin woman but it turns out her people are Irish descent and from the south. Rita's life story is grim,she was whored out and abused all her life.

Lamarr was just makeup , you fool. And FYI, she didn't ' invent' anything. She fucked the scientist who was working on the project, and to be nice he put her name on the licence, which was obsolete and never used anyway. Sorry to burst your bubble.

R70, Ava did say to Rex Reed when asked her opinion of Mia Farrow, "I always knew Frank would end up in bed with a boy".

You type cunt, R72.

Hedy reading something I love. Thought I'd throw it in here...

Read the article at R69, dumb cunt R72.

I don't need to read the stupid fabricated article. I know for a fact that Lamarr was stupid, and had a husband who was working on a similar project years before. Then she blew the guy who made their licence, which was useless anyway, and to reward her, as he knew it wasn't working anyway, he put her name on it. The rest is feministas fabrication. Lamarr was dumb as dirt, and crazy.

Joan Bennett is never credited for her beauty.

R77, how fucking smart are you? You can't even spell license, you dumb cunt!

The thing with Lana Turner is the name remained the same, but the face kept changing. If you look at pictures of Lana in her "Andy Hardy" days vs those during her glamour girl "Postman" years vs the "Peyton Place" years, they all look like different actresses. I don't think it's simply age and hair & makeup, but maybe surgical modifications, which rendered the Lana Turner look unmemorable in my mind.

When she showed up years later on "Falcon Crest" I didn't recognize that face at all. Contrast that with Jane Wyman, who simply looked like an older version of herself.

R79 you stupid lez /resident frau, you really believed that Lamarr was a hidden genious, posing as a moronic actress ? Did you ever see her 'act' '? Honey, she was just a whore. Some second rate scientist blew his load in her whore mouth, and put her name on a useless license to entice her to double down on him. Oh, you know who was a real genius ? Marilyn Monroe ! She discovered everything we know about quantum physics in a secret lab hidden I Bobby Kennedy 's garage.

Well, I see R81 has learned a lesson from me and is now spelling license correctly.

What I really believe is that you're a moron posing as a genius, when in reality you're just an old, old, old ka-ween.

And what I really believe is you shouldn 't be here, Lady. Oh btw, I just think anti abortion laws are great, and I can't wait to vote for Trump again.

Have you seen that documentary A Daughter's Memoir? It says that Lana's fave makeup artist was drafted into WW2 and before he left he taught her how to do the Lana Turner look. Apparently this is why she looks a little different on Postman as she did her own makeup then. Since the doco was made by Cheryl it also repeats the story that the girl was the one who stabbed Johnny and not Lana. With re-enactments.

R72/R83, in your case, I'm sorry your cunt mother didn't have an abortion.

License - AmE

Licence - BrE

R86, R81 is stupid, not British.

If all your boyfriends hit you - maybe it's you?

They don't make stars like these bitches anymore.

That's definitely true, r89; we won't be talking about Brie Larson, Gal Gadot and Emma Stone in 40 years the way we talk about Lana, Ava and Rita.

Exactly, r90.

90+ replies and no one has mentioned that Johnny Stompanato’s nickname around Hollywood was Oscar - because his massive dick was the size of the golden statuette?

So much time wasted sniping about spelling and make-up when you’re supposed to be arguing about who had the highest quality D that Lana Turner got her hands on.

Get back on the ball, boys.

Rita was just stunning. Even after her "Gilda" heyday, she retained her beauty for many years. I just watched "Separate Tables" on TCM the other night, and a much-older Rita was still beautiful.

R81 = angry queen with no place to go on a Saturday night.

Well, R94, you have to pity an unfuckable like R72/R81. When you have to go on Datalounge to advertise you're a Trump supporter, you're truly going to die alone.

^ Stay off the drugs, son.

Just read unfuckable R96's posts.

But what can you expect from someone who has a bone to pick with Hedy Lamar?

A Trump supporting, anti-Hedy Lamarr queen. The very definition of unfuckable.

Irrespective of Cheryl's accusations, I don't find Lex Barker remotely attractive; Bob Topping was also not attractive—very pasty and plain. I still maintain that Steve Crane was Lana's most attractive husband. Cheryl had good genes to pull from with both of her parents.

Lana was gorgeous in her youth.

R100:

Definition of irrespective 1 obsolete : lacking in respect : DISRESPECTFUL 2 archaic : functioning without or having no regard for persons, conditions, circumstances, or consequences oversteps in his irrespective zeal every decency and every right — S. T. Coleridge

Lana and Stephen Crane on their wedding day. I agree that he was very good-looking.

[quote]Lana Turner's hottest husband and/or lover

I'll take Gayest Datalounge Thread Ever for $1,000, Alex.

Suck my dick, R102. Also, do you know how to read?

Merriam Webster: [quote]2 archaic : functioning without or having no regard for persons, conditions, circumstances, or consequences

Cambridge Dictionary: [quote]without considering; not needing to allow for:

So R105 is right when she's in England.

I wouldn't suck your dick with Be a Arthur's mouth, whore.

Again, R106 cannot read. The definition they're pushing from Merriam-Webster—"lacking in respect"—is listed as obsolete. Stop trying to prove grammatical superiority when you don't have any.

Oh, hunty, R107, the obsolete one is the ONLY one M-w includes. Meaning it's irrelevant and not used in the US--like you!

Oh, R108?

Exactly, R109. Obsolete. Archaic.

Obsolete means the word is no longer actively used in that way; archaic simply means it's rarely used. It doesn't change the definition.

But no other definition comes up in the American dictionary for that word, meaning it's not used. Like you!

A few years before she died she used to come to a restaurant where I worked as a waiter she must’ve been in her 70s then and she came with her very effeminate and very tall and very blonde hairdresser I think his name was Eric something and he used to flirt with me and I just thought they both were so creepy I remember when I went to fill her glass with wine she cocked her head and said to me “a gentleman always fills a ladies glass to the rim “and I thought to myself gotcha hag.. Anyway the hairdresser asked me out to dinner and I thought why not I’d like to go to fancy restaurants because I had just moved to Los Angeles that’s a whole other story but he drove a bill Blass Lincoln what a horrible night anyway that’s my Lana Turner story years later her daughter popped up in town with her lesbian girlfriend and they were both realtors but they didn’t last long I think they moved to Palm Springs they were both pretty butch

If doing a copy-paste job from Merriam-Webster to let us know that a word is old is what you wanted to accomplish, then congratulations (I guess?)

R113, are you aware of something called punctuation?

R115. Maybe someday in your little village they’ll get voice text I don’t have hours upon hours to spend on data lounge all night like you do you little spelling Nazi so you can take your punctuation and cram it up your fat ass I got my story across

So that's your explanation for why you're an idiot, R116? You're voice texting your DL comments? MARY!

You do know, don't you, that you can actually say in your voice text: comma...period...

Poor dummy R116.

R117...did you really just use the word dummy to try and insult me? That’s hilarious do you still use the word fancy also? My God you must be 108 lol. Look you old haggard troll keep away from my posts and get back to your job at vons checkout. There are about three decent people on this site the rest of you are all haggard Homo’s and tranny‘s

Yes, dummy R118. You keep proving my point. Boy, do you type dumb.

"Homo's ad tranny's"

Oh, dear!

Barker was hotter than fire but when you read of his sadist abuse of a child, it negates the hotness. He becomes revolting.

R120 has standards!

R85 attacking my mother now ? Hahaha. She a pussy hat wearer just like you, cunt. Can't wait for your ovarian cancer.

Lex Barker was physical perfection.

Someone please call 911! The Evening Punctuationist read R113's post and had a heart attacK!

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Lana always seemed both hot and bland--a weird combination.

As a child I loved watching Lex Barker as Tarzan. I knew something was going on within me every time I saw him in his loin cloth. He was delicious to look at. As a young and impressionable youth Barker, Weissmuller, Gordon Scott & Jock Mahoney were the men who helped turn me into an ardent admirer of the male form.

I think Ava is the most attractive movie star of all time. Lana looks like every waitress in LA.

Sorry, R122, that your mother is a whore. And you're just a twat.

R113, are you perhaps confusing Lana with Betty Grable?

" her daughter popped up in town with her lesbian girlfriend and they were both realtors but they didn’t last long I think they moved to Palm Springs they were both pretty butch"

Yeah, they look so butch they could fix an Chevy Silverado!

I found pictures of the creepy hairdresser of LANA who tried to jump my bones . When all I wanted was A FANCY Restaurant dinner and he told me Lana was coming but she never showed up. Eric Root

Eric root

Yes, Eric Root was Lana's hairdresser, constant companion, and confidante. He wrote a book about his years with Lana and claimed that they became lovers. Yeah, sure, Eric.

I felt like I was in the big-time riding in a bill Blass continental we were supposed to pick up Lana but he took me to this cheap and tawdry Italian restaurant with the hopes of jumping my young hot body. I had And expensive dessert and then escaped

YES THATS HIM!! Am I mentioned in the book? He was quite impressed with me .I was young hot and new in town. No . Really I was!!

When I say Lana Turner, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, Ava Gardner a few times, it seems like they were named by the same Way Back in Time Name Changing Robot Computer. It can switch between names for Guys or Dolls. In Guy Mode you get Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter and so on.

Lana looks like she’s morphing into Vivian Vance at r133.

Lana was only in her late 50s when those pics were taken. Booze and cigs really took their toll. Later she had plastic surgery, lost weight, became celibate and looked sooooo much better before dying of throat cancer at age 74.

Lana Turner spelled backwards is Anal Renrut.

Spent all her money$ lived in a cheap 1 bedroom High rise condo century city

Elderly Lana with "daughters," waaaaaaay too thin.

The pic

Better thin than FAT

Yes, the cadaver look is very popular.

No boobs at r141.

R22 Johnny reminds me of Conrad Veidt in "The Man Who Laughs". Obviously, Johnny didn't laugh last.