Classy - Elegance - Glamorous

theniftyfifties:

Outfits made from Wamsutta cottons, 1950s.

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theniftyfifties:

Model wearing a bag style dress. Photo by Yale Joel, 1957.

Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall’s Home Movies (x)

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vintagegal:

Desi Arnaz & Lucille Ball at a Costume Ball, 1946

Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur

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stardustmelody:

Classic Hollywood Meme 06 Classic friendships

→ Judy Garland and June Allyson

Judy was one of the best friends I had ever. I had to take buses to get from my one room apartment to MGM. And I’d wait on this corner every single morning at 5:00 and wait to take the three buses to MGM. And I’d watch this big limo go by. And one day it was raining and the limo stopped and the door opened and this unmistakable voice said “Will you please get in this car before you drown?” And it was Judy. So she took me to the studio and from that day on, before I could afford to buy a car, if she wasn’t working, she would send the limo and the driver to pick me up, take me to the studio, and bring me home everyday. She was wonderful to me.

-June Allyson

howtimeslipsaway:

(born Jan. 18, 1904, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died Nov. 29, 1986, Davenport, Iowa, U.S.) British-born American film actor whose good looks, debonair style, and flair for romantic comedy made him one of Hollywood’s most popular and enduring stars.

To escape poverty and a fractious family, Archie Leach ran away from home at age 13 to perform as a juggler with the Bob Pender Troupe of comedians and acrobats. He frequently worked in music halls in London, where he acquired a Cockney accent. Leach made the United States his home during the company’s American tour of 1920, and for the next several years he honed his performing skills in such disparate pursuits as a barker at Coney Island, a stilt walker at Steeplechase Park, and a straight man in vaudeville shows. His performances throughout the country in numerous stage musicals and comedies during the late 1920s and early ’30s led to a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1932. Studio executives thought “Archie Leach” was an unsuitable name for a leading man and rechristened the actor “Cary Grant,” a name he would legally adopt in 1941. Grant first appeared in several short films and low-budget features for Paramount, and he attracted some attention with his role as a wealthy playboy in the Marlene Dietrich vehicle Blonde Venus (1932). The next year Grant became a star, when Mae West chose him for her leading man in two of her most successful films, She Done Him Wrong and I’m No Angel (both 1933).

Although he appears a bit reserved in these early films, Grant established a screen persona of debonair charm and an air of humorous intelligence. Widely regarded as one of the handsomest men in film history, Grant was an ingratiating and nonthreatening sex symbol. Adding to his appeal was his unique speaking voice: his not wholly successful efforts to rid himself of his natural Cockney accent resulted in a clipped, much-imitated speaking pattern. His screen success was helped in no small measure by the great number of classic films in which he appeared. Upon the expiration of his Paramount contract in 1935, Grant became one of the few top stars to freelance his services, allowing him control over his career and the freedom to choose his scripts carefully

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vintagegal:

Ava Gardner 1950’s

vintagegal:

“Stenographers” from the Broadway musical Hellzapoppin sit on the largest typewriter in the world. New York 1939

iddavanmunster:

Thanks for posting my photo!

Much love,

Idda

vanishedknights:

IDDA VAN MUNSTER

vintagegal:

Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra (1963)