More on the Masked Marauders Album, Catherine Deneuve Today, and for your viewing pleasure...

Thanks to Andrea for asking about the album.  The photo did come from the Playboy March 1967 edition and yes, it was originally taken by Polanski.  The album was just a bunch of sound-a-likes of major rock stars such as Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, and John Lennon.  However, it is still unknown how or why Sharon's photo--a publicity photo for "The Fearless Vampire Killers"--ended up on the cover.

You can certainly tell that the photo has been manipulated when you put the pictures close to each other:

Catherine Deneuve is looking great at the Venice Film Festival.  This makes me wonder if Sharon would have aged like one of her favorite actresses, Deneuve? :

http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/9/7/112825/4330/travel/Catherine+Deneuve+Nears+Her+50th+Year+of+Attending+the+Venice+Film+Fest

There are a lot of great videos as we all know on Sharon right now on You tube but I thought I'd remind everyone about Tammy and Andrea's set of great montage videos too.  If you haven't seen them yet, give them a look! :

http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/my_shared?z=409241fe839fff14f2ea96&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url

http://sharontaterememberedandvideoblog.blogspot.com/

http://sharontaterememberedvideoblog2.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/rhiannon185

Sharon Tate Influencing Wedding Dresses for 2010? Roman's "Milky Way" and Great Actresses of the 60s Includes Sharon

I think it is wonderful that Sharon is still influencing fashion after 40 some years after her passing:

http://www.luxist.com/tag/Bridal+fashion+2010/

The Fashion Statement: Brides, 2010!

by Kristin Young

In India, the color is red. In the West, the hue is white (off-white back in the day, if you were considered less than virginal). Even black is making a comeback. When it comes to bridal gowns these days, anything goes.

Historically, designers have created wedding gowns -- usually making their debut in the finale of their shows -- that are reflective of the cultural norms and political messages of the day. Coco Chanel caused a stir in the roaring '20s when she introduced a knee-length dress with a long veil, a look vastly different from the house's current collection.

In 1968, Yves Saint Laurent sent brides down the catwalk in bikinis made of actual flowers to celebrate the sexual revolution (the look resurfaced again in the '90s as a nod to history). Remember Sharon Tate's mini dress that same year in the much published photo with Roman Polanski? In 1969, Yoko Ono sported the same short hemline as she walked down the aisle with John Lennon. In the '70s, pantsuits had a moment, no doubt because it represented the day's feminist ideal.

These are all from the Azzaro Line:

So what's the message in 2010? It seems everything old is new again. Vivienne Westwood has picked up where YSL left off with a two-piece, toga-like number. Azzaro gives us plenty of short minis à la Tate and Ono. And Tuleh makes the statement that shorts are perfectly okay on the aisle as are corsets. Reem Acra and Donna Karan are all about elegance, draping and Greek goddesses while Charles Anastase has raised the empire waist to a new level, sitting just above the breast line.

I looked through the photos for wedding dresses for 2010 and in addition to Azzaro, Karl Lagerfeld, Channel, and Chloe are also showing off mini wedding dresses as well.

Here is a recent photo of Roman and photos of the place he is staying at called "The Milky Way" in Switzerland:

And here is a blogger who has some very nice big images of some great actresses in color.  He, of course, includes Sharon but also Brigitte Bardot, Audrey Hepburn, Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress and many others:

http://community.livejournal.com/everyday_i_show/66276.html

Quote of the Week, The Bealtes and Sharon Tate and More

Quote of the Week by Susan Strasberg:

Actress Susan Strasberg.

"Who could ever forget those huge, evocative hazel almond eyes and that Mona Lisa smile?  What a supreme vision she was."

And here are some great quotes I found by the Bealtes about Sharon:

"Ah, Sharon, it's very hard to talk about her without getting a bit weepy. The word exquisite perfectly sums up this lady. Almost other-worldly, so beautiful and sensitive. But in no way wishy washy, she was smart and not taken in by the shallowness of the industry. Well grounded and natural, very much in tune with her life and very happy when I last saw her in London in 1969. A hideous tragedy her being killed and the grotesque speculation of the press. She was such an innocent and unspoilt by her success. I couldn't recognize any of the Sharon I knew in the newspaper reports. An enormous loss. Too, too sad."--Beatle George Harrison

Ringo felt bad about Sharon's death as well and said:

"It was upsetting. I mean, I knew Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate and - God! - it was a rough time. It stopped everyone in their tracks because suddenly all this violence came out in the midst of all this love and peace and psychedelia. It was pretty miserable, actually, and everyone got really insecure - not just us, not just the rockers, but everyone in LA felt: 'Oh, God, it can happen to anybody.' Thank God they caught the bugger."

I have often heard that the Bealtes felt bad about Sharon's death.  In one of John Lennon's biographies it says Lennon threw a chair and blamed Roman Polanski for the murder of Sharon.  Maybe he was angry because he thought Polanski should have made Sharon stay in London to have her baby?  Does anyone know about this or have any ideas on it?

Footnote: The day the Abbey Road Album cover was taken was on August 8, 1969.

A nice bloggers dedication to Sharon:

http://nosmokingintheskullcave.blogspot.com/2008/07/lovely-sharon-tate.html