The image(s) of women smoking in black & white film is, for me, the epitome of sultry smoking. Now, don't get me wrong, I love color too, but there is something about black and white film. For me, its probably because my firts stirrings of the smoking fetish were initiated by watching actresses on those old movies that would be shown on TV during the day on the local channels in the days before HBO, Cinemas, and the 'net. Even today, pictires of the great female smokers of yesteryear like Joan Crawaford, Bette Davis, Rita Hayworth, etc. can evoke stirrings and their pictures can easily be found on smoking related websites thorughout the 'net, such as
Smoking Celebs. The only thing with some of the classic black & white film smoking pictures, is that so very few of them show the ladies actually smoking, usually just posing. But, when the woman is inhaling and exhaling thick streams of smoke in black & white....well,
sigh. The picture that decorates this post is of smoking model Monique, one of the models from
Smoking Rachel , in a clip from an upcoming movie that, will, if rumor is true, but available in both color and black & white. On the other hand, it may just be the fact that not many movies are shot in black & white anymore, which makes the ones that are seem more exoctic. Anyway, we will always have those old movies, and Hollywood serves up a black & white smoking masterpiece like
Sin City. Good stuff, if you ask me.
