Waiting for you... (Via Life Magazine)

That list I did regarding Madonna's “Vogue” put me in a Lana Turner mode, so I dug out this memorable shot of Turner meeting Sir Laurence Olivier at Night of 100 Stars II (1985), when she was 64 and he was 77.

The man with her is Eric Root (allegedly 35 then) who later wrote a dishy book about his ladyfriend, one that engendered some pretty contemptuous Amazon reviews (see above!).

Thanks to Root, we have this observation of the moment Turner met Olivier, which is loaded with insight into Turner's view of herself:

“She's waited her whole career to meet that man.”

The photo was taken by Katia Beebe and published as a full page in Life.