#acquanetta

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Acquanetta

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Acquanetta

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Acquanetta, 1944

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Who is the hottest old horror hottie?

Paula Dupree, The Gorilla Girl (Acquanetta)

Van Helsing (Peter Cushing)

Voting ended onNov 4, 2025

Propaganda

Paula Dupree, the Gorilla Girl (Captive Wild Woman, Jungle Woman)—I think it's very hot how she's Universal's only female monster to get her own franchise and the only one played by a black woman (passing as white, but still) [editor's note: Acquanetta's heritage is pretty unclear, with conflicting stories suggesting indigenous, Black, and Latina roots—op is not necessarily wrong but it's hard to say for sure.]

Van Helsing (Dracula)—Hot sharp-dressed sharp-cheekboned Vampire Hunter Professor. Saves you from the horrors while looking dapper af, also kind and great with kids

This is round 1 of the bracket. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support for your favorite horror hottie. The poll will last three days.

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Paula Dupree:

Van Helsing:

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Acquanetta (1921-2004)

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B-movie sex symbol Acquanetta was born on this date in 1921. She was billed as “The Venezuelan Volcano”, though she was actually born in the US of disputed ancestry. She claimed her birth name was Burnu Acquanetta, while other sources state her name as Mildred Davenport. She was born in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Wyoming, her ethnicity was Hispanic or Arapaho and/or part-African-American. I suppose she might have known for sure, but in the 1940’s ambiguity was a publicist’s dream, as were matters of race. Her so-so film career found her in films such as “Captive Wild Woman”, “Jungle Woman”, “Tarzan and the Leopard Woman” - well, you get the idea. In 1990, nearing 70, she made a brief comeback (after a 35-year absence) in a sequel “Legend of Grizzly Adams”. An interesting minor figure, but a minor figure, nonetheless.

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Portrait of Acquanetta, star of such 1940s horror films as Captive Wild Woman, Jungle Woman, and Tarzan and the Leopard Woman, photographed in the mid 1940's.