[dopelvis]

I've been so lousy lately with this blog. It's not that I'm growing out of my vintage obsession or even losing interest in Elvis by any stretch, but I am getting more interested in other things which I think is diverting my attention away from this blog. I need to update more and post more! :/

[theniftyfifties]

Dancing in the street, 1950s.

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Vivien Leigh in her dressing room at Elsinore before a performance of Hamlet, 1937.

[fuckyesoldhollywood-blog]

Dorothy Dandridge

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[wehadfacesthen]

Subway, New York, 1957, a photo by Inge Morath

via secretcinema1

[alwaysmarilynmonroe]

Marilyn and Joe on their Honeymoon in February 1954.

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Paul Newman

[mattybing1025]

Johnny Cash on a hunting trip, c. 1960s

[fashionsfromhistory]

Diadem

c.1919

Sotheby’s

[2nd100yrs]

[supermans]

I have no illusions about my looks. I think my face is funny.

[perfectlymarilynmonroe]

Marilyn photographed by Ben Ross, 1953.

[clarabows]

Jean Harlow for Dinner at Eight (1932)

[dopelvis]

I've been so lazy with updating my blog :(

[avagardner]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Milton Greene, New York City, September 1954.

[black-0rpheus]

[dopelvis]

In the show, Lucy visits the doctor and discovers she is pregnant. She is all set to tell Ricky when he comes home that afternoon, but he is called back to the club before she has the chance. She finally decides to visit the nightclub that evening and give Ricky the news during the middle of his show. Ricky is just finishing a musical number when the maître d hands him a note. Ricky walks from table to table singing “Rock-A-Bye Baby” and asking each couple, “Was it you?” While he’s doing this, Lucy comes in and sits down at an empty table. When he gets to the table where Lucy is sitting, he gives her a pantomime, “Hi”, between the words of the song and jokingly asks, “You?” Lucy slowly nods her head, “Yes.” Ricky gives her a wink, walking away as he sings the next verse of the song and suddenly he does a tremendous double take and rushes back to Lucy’s side. On the night of the filming, Lucy and Desi got to this point in acting out the script. And then, the strange thing happened. Suddenly, they remembered their own real emotions when they discovered at last they were going to be parents. And both of them began crying. It was one of the most touching moments I have ever seen. -Jess Oppenheimer, producer and head writer of I Love Lucy 

[mabellonghetti]

Ann-Margret in The Cincinnati Kid (Norman Jewison - 1965)