...means a mysterious, sophisticated, and unrealistic (i.e. not explicit) sexuality, and is typified by actresses from the popular high society sex comedies (called screwball comedies) of the time, especially Jean Harlow in "Platinum Blonde" (1931), Miriam Hopkins in "Design for a Life" (1933), and Carole Lombard in "The Twentieth Century Express" (1934). However, as the term itself became popular, it faded away, and soon most of the "sexy" actresses of the 1930s were simply called "glamour girls" (including Mae West, who was also called "baby bump"). In 1938, the term also came to be used in the fashion world as a synonym for "best dressed," and the nickname "glamour girl" was given to a beautiful dark-haired woman named Brenda Fraser, which caused a stir. After the war, the original meaning of the word glamour was completely lost, and in Hollywood, the adjective "glamorous" was sometimes used to describe Grace Kelly as an "intelligent blonde beauty," while the term "glamorous" was sometimes used to describe Marilyn Monroe as a "voluptuous blonde beauty." *Some of the terminology that mentions "West, Mae" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…神秘的で,洗練されていて,非現実的な(つまりは露骨ではない)性的魅力を意味し,当時大流行の上流社会のセックス・コメディ(スクリューボール・コメディと呼ばれた)の女優たち,とくに《プラチナ・ブロンド》(1931)のジーン・ハーロー,《生活の設計》(1933)のミリアム・ホプキンズ,《特急二十世紀》(1934)のキャロル・ロンバードらにその典型が見られる。しかしことばそのものは流行語になるとともに風化していき,やがて30年代の〈セクシーな〉女優の大半が安易に〈グラマーガールglamour girl〉の名で呼ばれるに至り(その中には〈ベビー・バンプ〉とも呼ばれたメエ・ウェストもいた),また,38年には,ファッションの世界でも〈ベスト・ドレッサー〉の代名詞として使われるようになり,ブレンダ・フレーザーという黒髪の美女に〈グラマーガール〉のニックネームが付されて話題を呼んだ。戦後はグラマーということばの本来の意味がすっかりすたれ,ハリウッドでは,ときには〈知的なブロンド美女〉としてグレース・ケリーに〈グラマラス〉という形容詞が使われる一方,〈豊満な肉体のブロンド美女〉としてマリリン・モンローに〈グラマー〉の名が冠せられたりした。… ※「ウェスト,Mae」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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