Bursting onto the Hollywood scene with a smoldering earthiness in 1943’s The Outlaw, which was banned or suppressed in several places due to its on-screen sexuality, Jane Russell was not the staid glamourpuss so common at the time, but something more visceral, wearing her curves with pride, and slipping easily into every genre, including musicals and comedies. In fact, she showed quite a talent for those last two, as shown in the clips below from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Son of Paleface, two excellent films in which Russell easily holds her own against Marilyn Monroe and Bob Hope. Thanks for the memories, Jane Russell. RIP.