out in a world of tears

[loveleighvivien]

A Streetcar Named Desire 

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[allaboutmargo]

Vivien Leigh, who played Blanche in the London stage production, was brought from England for the movie, and I’ve always thought it was perfect casting. In many ways she was Blanche. She was memorably beautiful, one of the greatest beauties of the screen, but she was also vulnerable, and her own life had been very much like that of Tennessee’s wounded butterfly. It had paralleled Blanche’s in several ways, especially when her mind began to wobble and her sense of self became vague. Like Blanche, she slept with almost everybody and was beginning to dissolve mentally and to fray at the ends physically. I might have given her a tumble if it hadn’t been for Larry Olivier. I’m sure he knew she was playing around, but like a lot of husbands I’ve known, he pretended not to see it, and I liked him too much to invade his chicken coop. —Marlon Brando, Songs My Mother Taught Me

[ricksginjoint]

The best way to start any musical evening is with this girl. It don’t get better than this - Frank Sinatra (photograph of Ella Fitzgerald, c.1930s)

[theniftyfifties]

Audrey Hepburn with costume designer, Edith Head.

[missingmarilyn]

[avadcniels]

Marilyn Monroe and Bert Stern during a photo shoot, 1962.

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[allaboutmargo]

Marlon Brando with his Oscar, circa 1955.

[i-love-old-hollywood-blog]

[completelyunproductive-deactiva]

Janet Leigh in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho.” (1960)

[terrysmalloy]

Marlon Brando photographed by Lisa Larsen, 1948

[allaboutmargo]

Hey there folks! 

It’s been a long time since I stopped using this account, but I never really wanted to close this blog because of all the stories that happened here.. So, I’ve created a non-classic films account, more personal and psychedelic and surreal. Follow me there if it suits ya!

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See u there. <3 

[audreyandmarilyn]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Bert Stern, 1962.

[deforest]

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in Israel during the filming of Exodus  Photo by Leo Fuchs, 1959

[dearfawndoe]

Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard on the set of Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

for S.

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[joelmccrea]

Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Marlene Dietrich attending a private screening at the home of Paramount executive Jesse L. Lasky, 1933

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Ginger Rogers at a roller skating party, 1937

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[allaboutmargo]

Nine-year-old Betty Perske photographed by her mother Natalie outside of the Highland Manor School for Girls, c. 1933. Unknown to young Betty, in ten years she would begin her career as one of the most iconic and beloved film stars of all time: Lauren Bacall.