courage, dear heart.

Nat || 26 || England. This blog is dedicated to all of the actors/actresses that entertained us during the silent movie and early Hollywood era. ''I'm a woman who wants to take 40 million people in her arms.''

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GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953) dir. Howard Hawks

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“Oh Charlie. Now don´t start imagining things.” Shadow Of A Doubt (1943) Dir.Alfred Hitchcock.

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Backstage at The Frank Sinatra Show, 1951

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Joe DiMaggio may not have made a good husband for Marilyn, but no one cared more for her. He was always, before the divorce, and after the divorce, her best friend. - Allan ‘Whitey’ Snyder on Marilyn and Joe’s relationship

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James Dean by Sanford Roth, taken in 1955 during production of the Warner Bros./George Stevens western drama Giant (released in 1956).

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JEAN HARLOW in RECKLESS (1935) dir. Victor Fleming

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Rita Hayworth, 1940s

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SIDNEY POITIER in LILIES OF THE FIELD (1963) dir. Ralph Nelson

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Ginger Rogers in Swing Time, 1936

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Dorothy Dandridge in Tamango directed by John Berry (1958)

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Dorothy Dandridge in “Island In The Sun” (1957)   

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Audrey Hepburn on the set of The Nun’s Story (1959)

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Marlon Brando practices with his singing coach for Guys and Dolls, 1955

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Jean Harlow and Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s.

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“We can do this all summer!”

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Natalie Wood rehearsing her lines at home before a captive audience, 1957. Photo by Ralph Crane.

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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, c. July 1963.