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I LUST After Men From Long Ago

I keep viewing a video on youtube that shows the opening of Miracle On 34th Street (1947). Kris Kringle walks into a small shop where a man is setting up the Reindeer display for Christmas. The man is SO good looking. I looked him up. He's be about 103 years old now.

I watch a video on the NY Worlds Fair from 1964. They show these two HANDSOME men chasing after these two woman in the park. The man are SO good looking I imagine myself in a threesome with them. They would be maybe 80 years old now. WHY do I lust after men from the DISTANT past?

by Anonymousreply 74March 5, 2021 6:36 PM

This thread is useless without pictures.

by Anonymousreply 1February 21, 2021 3:25 AM

OP, do you mean the man at around 40 seconds in?

Good lord. While I don't think that was worth the keystrokes to search on YouTube.... knock yourself out. Whatever makes you happy.

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by Anonymousreply 2February 21, 2021 3:38 AM

R2-, NOT that version .The version from 1947. Miracle On 34th Street- Reindeer Mistake. That is the title of the video on youtube.

by Anonymousreply 3February 21, 2021 3:49 AM

The worlds fair video is titled- To The Fair! 1964 Worlds Fair In New York City 2:30 into the video , two HANDSOME guys.

This video is on youtube also.

by Anonymousreply 4February 21, 2021 3:54 AM

OP, I can relate. Men were encouraged in good grooming habits and a more elevated sense of personal presentation than often seen today, even with men on the lower end of the economic curve. Achieving maturity as quickly as possible, rather than perpetuating adolescence, was also supported. These qualities build attraction for me from the inside out, even if a man doesn’t fit a stereotypical ideal of beauty.

by Anonymousreply 5February 21, 2021 3:56 AM

OP, I know what you mean. Every day I watch "Adam-12" on MeTV and want to do all kinds of naughty things to Martin Milner, who I thought was so hot then.

by Anonymousreply 6February 21, 2021 4:01 AM

R6-Me too. I find him MUCH more attractive than Kent McCord. Martin Milner was SO good looking in Valley Of The Dolls (1967).

by Anonymousreply 7February 21, 2021 4:09 AM

I'm 66 and still lust after guys from high school.

by Anonymousreply 8February 21, 2021 4:10 AM

I'm lusting after 20 year old Warren Beatty (looking rather doughy in unflattering shorts) in "Suspicion' in 1957 with David Wayne.

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by Anonymousreply 9February 21, 2021 4:12 AM

Men used to be leaner then.

Or maybe the bowtie?)

by Anonymousreply 10February 21, 2021 4:13 AM

I LUST after Bill Holden ca. 1950. He he was good looking , fit and had a HAIRY chest and that RASPY voice.

by Anonymousreply 11February 21, 2021 4:14 AM

R10- You watched the short video of 34th street? I definitely like my men SLIM and neat.

by Anonymousreply 12February 21, 2021 4:15 AM

[quote] a man is setting up the Reindeer display for Christmas. The man is SO good looking. I looked him up. He's be about 103 years old now,

Link please.

by Anonymousreply 13February 21, 2021 4:17 AM

[quote]This thread is useless without pictures.

OP's fantasy is useless without a time machine.

by Anonymousreply 14February 21, 2021 4:17 AM

Bowtie guy

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by Anonymousreply 15February 21, 2021 4:21 AM

R15- Thank you. That is the video.

by Anonymousreply 16February 21, 2021 4:21 AM

The two HANDSOME guys in the Worlds Fair video look like Ivy Leaguers.. Has anyone watched that video? Do you agree with me on their handsomeness - especially the blond guy.

by Anonymousreply 17February 21, 2021 4:26 AM

Yes, indeed. The bowtie guy is CUTE. If I were back in 1947 ( no I'm not that old ,1947 is WAY before I was born) I would take him out on a date to the AUTOMAT- I guess I'm a cheap date.

by Anonymousreply 18February 21, 2021 4:30 AM

^ This post if from me the OP.

by Anonymousreply 19February 21, 2021 4:31 AM

These dudes at 2:27?

Man, the 60s were fucking weird.

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by Anonymousreply 20February 21, 2021 4:36 AM

David Farrar in Black Narcissus.

by Anonymousreply 21February 21, 2021 4:37 AM

R20- Yes. Those are the two handsome guys I was referring to. It's sexist the way they were chasing after those two EXCESSIVELY feminine women in the park.

by Anonymousreply 22February 21, 2021 4:39 AM

My post R22

by Anonymousreply 23February 21, 2021 4:40 AM

The bowtie guy is definitely hot af.

by Anonymousreply 24February 21, 2021 4:43 AM

MARY @ OP.

by Anonymousreply 25February 21, 2021 4:58 AM

Dear OP, I think a psychologist would suggest we have have Daddy issues.

We deliberately yearn for the unobtainable as a way of unsatisfying an unobtainable goal.

I'm sure there are plenty of men who available in the here and now who may be a little more obtainable.

by Anonymousreply 26February 21, 2021 5:33 AM

With Covid no one is attainable for me. I have not had sex in 11 months.

When I was a young boy in the 1970's I would watch old black and white episodes of LASSIE. I had a MAJOR crush on the cute blond boy Timmy, but even then I knew he was unattainable because that little boy was gone and he was all grown up.

by Anonymousreply 27February 21, 2021 5:39 AM

There is a movie on Amazon called 1992. It's set then but it was made recently. The older guy 27ish-is JUST my type. Slim and good looking and kind of ethnic. Has anyone seen this short (20mins) film?

by Anonymousreply 28February 23, 2021 2:39 AM

1992

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by Anonymousreply 29February 23, 2021 2:49 AM

you don't have to deal with their tatoos for starters

by Anonymousreply 30February 23, 2021 3:19 AM

R30-True

I guess in 1992 tattoos were not en vogue.

The watchmen doesn't look 1992 he looks more like 1982.

by Anonymousreply 31February 23, 2021 3:33 AM

It seems that every other guy in his 30s/40s today looks and acts like Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons (the Scuzzball look.) I had to think of that scene from”Sunset Boulevard” where Norma Desmond accosts Joe Gillis for “always wearing that sports jacket”. By today’s he looks like he’s attending a wedding.

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by Anonymousreply 32February 23, 2021 12:02 PM

^ “today’s standards”

by Anonymousreply 33February 23, 2021 12:04 PM

Is there any particular reason OP doesn't post the links to Youtube that he gives keywords etc. for?

by Anonymousreply 34February 23, 2021 12:17 PM

He had a really nice body too R6. He was shirtless in some movie and I was so surprised because he always seemed (Adam-12) kind of dweeby to me.

by Anonymousreply 35February 23, 2021 1:02 PM

R34- It's because I don't know how to.

by Anonymousreply 36February 23, 2021 1:56 PM

Another blast from the past. I'm watching a video on youtube of John Sebastian and The Lovin Spoonful singing Do You Believe In Magic at a live performance in 1965. He was a good looking guy back then.

by Anonymousreply 37February 23, 2021 2:06 PM

Sir Roger Casement is my favorite historical daddy. He might have been family but the record is murky.

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by Anonymousreply 38February 23, 2021 2:31 PM

OP You copy the link then paste it into the box labeled "web site link."

by Anonymousreply 39February 23, 2021 4:48 PM

I lust after men from the 18th and 19th Centuries and would love to know what life then was like for a gay man.

by Anonymousreply 40February 23, 2021 5:28 PM

[quote]I lust after men from the 18th and 19th Centuries and would love to know what life then was like for a gay man.

I would imagine that gay guys would have had a difficulty time dealing with all of the hygienically challenged men back then.

by Anonymousreply 41February 23, 2021 6:00 PM

^^ a difficult time ^^

by Anonymousreply 42February 23, 2021 6:32 PM

OP/R36 you can link to the videos by pasting the url into the link bar.

by Anonymousreply 43February 23, 2021 6:35 PM

Meet your dream man, OP.

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by Anonymousreply 44February 23, 2021 6:46 PM

Take me back to the era of men wearing top hats, vests, and suspenders. Yeah, baby

by Anonymousreply 45February 23, 2021 6:55 PM

OP, that guy in the bow tie fixing the reindeer was actor Robert Gist. He was a well known character actor. Miracle On 34th Street was his screen debut in 1947.

Here's a pic of him. More interesting, do you recognize his wife? It's none other than DL fave Agnes Moorehead!

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by Anonymousreply 46February 23, 2021 6:56 PM

Someone posted this pic of their old family member, I think from Idaho or somewhere. I wouldn't mind at all sharing a cabin with him, just the two of us in the wild. I mean, if he did all the work and all I had to do was provide sexual services.

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by Anonymousreply 47February 23, 2021 7:04 PM

R46- If he was married to Agnes Moorehead that makes it more likely (in my opinion) the he was GAY.

by Anonymousreply 48February 23, 2021 7:06 PM

^ is my post

by Anonymousreply 49February 23, 2021 7:07 PM

I agree with Polly Bergen. This British male model from 1959 was "beautiful."

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by Anonymousreply 50February 23, 2021 10:42 PM

The sailor at 2:15 -- terrible capture, so watch it when it's on TCM. He's in one other scene and he's just marvelous to look at.

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by Anonymousreply 51February 24, 2021 12:16 AM

Okay, please don't laugh, but I find a lot of the guest stars on the old "Perry Mason" series very attractive. So naturally masculine. I love the strong, silent type like the detective who replaced ailing Lt. Tragg.

by Anonymousreply 52February 24, 2021 3:17 AM

Yes, R50, that model guy is hot.

by Anonymousreply 53February 24, 2021 2:56 PM

I ashamed to talk of the man after whom I lusted long ago.

I was naive, and young and foolish.

by Anonymousreply 54February 27, 2021 12:07 AM

Ronnie Burns, George and Gracie's kid.

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by Anonymousreply 55February 27, 2021 12:54 AM

[quote]I ashamed to talk of the man after whom I lusted long ago.

You're aware this is an anonymous message board, right?

by Anonymousreply 56February 27, 2021 12:54 AM

I have lusted after young Marlon Brando, always wondered what sex would have been like with Oscar Wilde, and fell in love with young, slender Freddie Mercury's lips and Persian beauty. Yes, men in the past were hot and natural and flawed and that was sexy.

by Anonymousreply 57February 27, 2021 12:56 AM

My tastes were set in stone in the 1970's when all the men on tv had SLIM, NATURAL bodies. No muscles, tattoos, piercings, rings etc.

Randolph Mantooth was my slim DREAMBOAT in the 1970's and the main reason I watched the show.

by Anonymousreply 58February 27, 2021 1:00 AM

Ronnie Burns, Aussie pop star

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by Anonymousreply 59February 27, 2021 1:10 AM

[quote] I LUST After Men From Long Ago

Just how long ago are you talking, OP? Does this fellow tickle your fancy?

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by Anonymousreply 60February 27, 2021 1:57 AM

It could be worse, OP. At least you’re not lusting after an unconventionally attractive man from the past like I am.

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by Anonymousreply 61February 27, 2021 3:28 AM

Their breath most probably stunk, if you will take into account less advanced hygienic practices plus 80% of the population being smokers back then

by Anonymousreply 62February 27, 2021 2:13 PM

Been woefully lusting after Montgomery Clift for four years now. Probably the longest on-going lusful desire I ever had for a man of the past.

by Anonymousreply 63March 4, 2021 11:45 PM

Oh, that's nothing, r63. I've been lusting after Monty since the early '90s.

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by Anonymousreply 64March 4, 2021 11:51 PM

I've been lusting after Gregory Peck ca. 1948 for YEARS.

He was such a HANSDOME dreamboat back then. I don't care if he was a good actor or not.

by Anonymousreply 65March 5, 2021 12:05 AM

I find Peck's grandson Ethan quite lustworthy.

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by Anonymousreply 66March 5, 2021 12:10 AM

This soldier from the American Civil War, he is so handsome and has such attitude with that hand on his hip. All I have been able to find out about him is that he was a member of Brigadier General Gustavus A. DeRussy Staff on Steps of Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia May 1864

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by Anonymousreply 67March 5, 2021 12:31 AM

This is a clearer picture of him, so handsome.

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by Anonymousreply 68March 5, 2021 12:34 AM

Yes in the 90s in communal showers it was very very rare to see men with large tattoos if any at all. Today if they still had them it would be like walking into a Sunday comics wind storm.

by Anonymousreply 69March 5, 2021 12:38 AM

There is a photo of three Confederate soldiers bathing naked in a river while a fourth dressed soldier on the show looks on. One or two of the soldiers are REALLY hot.

by Anonymousreply 70March 5, 2021 12:38 AM

I know this is a thread for the dudes, but tattoos on women really disgust me.

by Anonymousreply 71March 5, 2021 11:58 AM

R71- I'm a gay male and I think tattoos on men are UGLY.

Do you like shaved pubic hair on a woman?

by Anonymousreply 72March 5, 2021 12:17 PM

[quote]Do you like shaved pubic hair on a woman?

I'm not R71, but, as a gay man, this is not an issue I care about one way or another.

by Anonymousreply 73March 5, 2021 5:54 PM

I am R71--I'm fine with whatever as long as there has been at least some trimming. But, honestly, there are very few lesbians (in my experience) who don't take care of their hygiene or will go on a date with a full bush. (My one experience with this was in high school, when my high school girlfriend absolutely did nothing to make herself more attractive--in sundry ways. That was the last time I ever dated someone I wasn't attracted to physically: it's better to be single then be stuck with someone gross.)

by Anonymousreply 74March 5, 2021 6:36 PM
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