In 2009, People Magazine selected and photographed around two dozen celebrities as the “World’s Most Beautiful People.” Maxim Magazine chose 100 hot women and published revealing pictures of a selected few. In the same realm, FHM cherry-picked the “100 Sexiest Women in the World.”

But no one did it quite like Andy Warhol, the most famous and revolutionary American pop artist of the late 20th century.

Rather than settling for static photography or his usual style of prints like those of Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, or a banana, Warhol shot 500 different “Screen Tests,” as he liked to call them, each containing video footage of various musicians, dancers and sometimes just regular folk. These films weren’t as blood-pumping as action flicks, but they provided a glimpse into the charisma of those whom Warhol considered absolutely beautiful or indescribably fascinating. The screen tests either ran in the background during one of Warhol’s many exhibitions or played exclusively at a theater, but now, a carefully hand-picked number of those screen tests are coming to a theater near you – the Cornell Cinema, tomorrow, Sept. 25.

Presented by the Andy Warhol Museum, indie gems Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips (you might know them now as Dean & Britta, or as the defunct band Luna) wrote, produced and covered various songs to fit 13 of the 500+ screen tests: the joint result is 13 Most Beautiful. The two musicians aren't new to the Warhol scene; Luna sang a song for the 1996 independent film I Shot Andy Warhol’s soundtrack. The lucky few 1960s beauty kings and queens who will now have a song associated with their names and their films are Paul America, Susan Bottomly, Ann Buchanan, Freddy Herko, Jane Holzer, Dennis Hopper, Billy Name, Nico, Lou Reed, Richard Rheem, Edie Sedgwick, Ingrid Superstar and Marry Woronov. None sound familiar? Don’t worry; that’s what Dean and Britta are here for.

Paul was nicknamed Paul America because of his resemblance to what Warhol called a comic-book illustration of a Mr. America, with the geometrically perfect embodiment of a man: clean shaven, perfectly six feet tall and as close to symmetrical as anyone can get. He passed away in October of 1982, but his screen test depicts him as the unfairly handsome boy next door, with a slightly rotten attitude, chewing gum like there’s nothing wrong in the world.

Susan Bottomly kind of looks like the 1960’s version of Kim Kardashian, and not just because of the “Bottomly” name. Bottomly embodies everything about the sixties: overly thick black eyeliner, oversized accessories like earrings dangling from petite ears and false eyelashes. Sounds like a Kardashian, right? Hailing from Boston, she met Warhol at the age of 16 and starred in her first film at 17. Her screen test features an awkward angle of her face, which looks like it might just come attacking you.

Then, there’s Anna Buchanan, whose screen test is arguably the most haunting. With flat lighting all across the screen, she never loses focus from the camera as a tear rolls down from her eye down her cheek. The box that held Buchanan’s test was labeled “Girl Who Cries a Tear,” a drop that Warhol called “something wonderful marvelous.”

As a student of Julliard School, Freddy Herko appeared in multiple Warhol films. He was primarily a dancer, but his film merely shows him smoking a cigarette sans all the movement and the choreography. He saved all his dancing for 1964 when he danced through an open window and tumbled towards his death.

Jane Holzer and Dennis Hopper were both actors in Hollywood. While the former lived as a socialite and eventually became an art collector, the latter still continues to act after appearing in world famous movies like Rebel Without a Cause with James Dean.

Next, there’s Billy Name, who served as both the factory’s decorator and lighting director.

Nico was the Paris Hilton of Warhol’s factory and the lead singer of band The Velvet Underground who had affairs with a good number of fellow celebrities. One of the men that she was purportedly involved with, Bob Dylan, reportedly wrote his “I’ll Keep It With Mine” for her, which was chosen as the song most appropriate as the soundtrack to Nico's film.

Lou Reed was also a member of The Velvet Underground and his own song, “I’m Not a Young Man Anymore,” will be covered by Dean and Britta for his screen test.

And Richard Rheem is my homeboy — just a small town boy — from my hometown of Fullerton, CA.

Edie Sedgwick is one of the most popular screen test subject and was for a short while Warhol’s love interest. If you’ve seen the 2006 Hollywood movie, Factory Girl, you'll know how tragic her life was: drugs, alcohol, betrayal, rehab, love and, like Nico, Bob Dylan. Her beauty, however, remains undeniable and unfazed by the tragedy that is her life.

Unlike many of Warhol’s other subjects, Ingrid Superstar had to work for her pseudonym. She was originally an office temp working in Manhattan before she met the greatest pop artist of all time. But like the star that shines at night, after appearing in a Warhol film San Diego Surf, she mysteriously disappeared and faded into the dark.

Finally, Cornell University’s very own Mary Woronov: an arts student who probably roamed the halls of Willard Straight Hall at one point in her life, Woronov eventually became a dancer and actress, starring in over a 100 cult films.

For the price of your ticket, you get to see the wonder of Andy Warhol’s silent screen tests that kept the people of the 1960s fascinated: films that tell so much with so little, accompanied by live music by a very talented duo. At the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival, Woronov said of Warhol, “He wanted to watch another person, but he didn’t want them to watch him” and describes herself and her screen test peers in the movies as “living and breathing” yet “trapped in this celluloid cage.” So go purchase your own key to see these 13 most beautiful people of all time – while Dean & Britta attempt to free them through the sounds of their live music.

13 Most Beautiful will be playing, accompanied by indie duo Dean & Britta, at Cornell Cinema tomorrow Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $18.50 for the whole show.