Nejla Ates

[yasmindiab]

This video was posted on Livejournal, and I wanted to share it with you all here...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucKDPh0uOjI"]YouTube - Nejla Ates (Son of Sinbad , 1955)[/ame]

Her backbend is bloody amazing! :)

[bintbeled]

OMG, you're right! Thanks for sharing.

[tamrahennatx]

I've never seen her dance before, thank you!

[Lilladancer]

I am always confused by the facial expressions that are shown in the old movies when people are watching belly dancers: they range from dumbfounded, to confused, to slightly amused yet suspicious, to something that looks like "someone just poked me with a stick!".... what's that all about? ..l;,

[angelique2]

I have never seen her dance before. Thanks for this :)

[*Shira*]

I love this dance scene. I have the movie it's from, Son of Sinbad, on video. This movie is a constant parade of women in glamorous harem fantasy costumes. It was made by Howard Hughes' production company, and Hughes used it as an excuse to indulge his desire to see a lot of scantily-clad beautiful women gathered together.

The scene in your link is the only "belly dance" scene in the movie, but there are several other scenes of other types of dance such as modern dance.

[habibiyaeini]

Gee, that was great! I always expect to see crappy dancing in those type of movies. Thanks for posting :)

[lizajuk]

Is she also the dancer in the Charlton Heston film Khartoum?
there is also a film called the Crusaders featuring dancers and she looks to be one of those. Oh yea, bedlah toting dancers at the turn of the 12th and 13th century..l;,
Still that's Hollywood for ya! All good fun!Samia wears one in the Valley of Kings...getting nearer!..g.:

[lizajuk]

PS Was not Vincent Price gorgeous?

[wigglewhiz]

I've never seen Nejla dance before! Thank you so much for posting that! ..g.:

Also - I agree, Liz... our man Vincent was a bit of a cracker! Loved the bit when he's surprised by his own dancing shoulder. ..l;,

[Lilladancer]

PS Was not Vincent Price gorgeous?

That was Vincent Price? Wow... quite a different man at that age than when he got to the character actor years...

[Sashy]

PS Was not Vincent Price gorgeous?

Same thoughts here,Lizajuk:tongue:
And gosh,what a backbend.w.: Eat your heart out,Rachel Brice!..l;,

[Sashy]

That video brought me some nice thoughts of my little girl years since i would run to sit in front of the TV everytime i saw that movie playing.
I was i such a delight!!!

[yasmindiab]

I'd never seen Nejla dance before watching this clip either, but I remembered reading about her being on the cover of "Port Said" in "Snake Hips."

She is very good! :)


And I agree...Vincent Price was pretty stinkin hot! ;) Then again, I thought he was pretty handsome as an old man too. :)

[azahara]

I have an old record with her on the cover , thanks I loved seeing her dance.

[SamiraShuruk]

I've always been in awe of her beauty (and cuteness) in her photos. It's lovely to see her dance. Thanks for posting.

[Vasha_Hatal]

I love old clips of dancers sooo much, thanks for posting!!!

Her arms remind me so much of Lili St. Cyr...

[spicedjellybeans]

Her arms remind me so much of Lili St. Cyr...

Ironically, Lili St. Cyr was in another dancing scene in this same movie. I didn't know the man was Vincent Price. I'd been wracking my brain trying to figure out who that was.

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[spicedjellybeans]

Here are some pics of Nejla in street clothes with celebrities, plus some dance related photos I've never seen before, including one of her posing while a sculptor works on the infamous nude statue! . I didn't think I'd ever find a picture of that. There are also two pics allegedly of her as an older woman, but I don't know if these or the article itself are genuine considering she is widely reported to have passed away in the early 60's. Supposedly she did overdose on barbituates, but survived and returned to Turkey letting the public think she had passed away.

Nejla Ates Story by Özer Baysaling

Here's biography focusing on her love life. It alleges that she passed away in 2005.

http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/15/Nejla+Ates/index.html

[spicedjellybeans]

Here is a good collection of photos of her, mostly ones often seen before, but also a couple new (to me anyway) ones. Two of them are of her without makeup by her statue.;

Nejla Ates - Bellazon

I like this one a lot. He's not appreciative of the statue, at least not outwardly:

Nejla Ates [Misc.];Albino Marcus [Misc.] - Photo - LIFE

[Elibelinde]

She was a terrific dancer, also, note her smoothness!