--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, David Wright
<dwright333@...> wrote:
>
>
> ..and not half bad:
>
> (
http://research.amnh.org/users/siddall/IMAGES/bogart.gif)
>
> ...though no Mitchum, who (together w/
Lancaster)
> seems to have been the ideal of
barrel-chested
> mid-century virility, and who loses his
shirt
> quite a few movies. Both impressive
physiques,
> but not hyper-pneumatically so in the spirit
of
> the current Rambo standard (really just a
male
> equivalent of the silicone jungle),
cartoonish
> enough to make Steve Reeves and Jayne
Mansfield
> appear semi-normal.
>
Kirk Douglas and William Holden were also in the muscular mix
with Lancaster and Mitchum. I think boxing was a popular
workout in the forties and fifties.
Best,
mrt
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