old hollywood

A side blog dedicated to classic & old Hollywood films and actresses.

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Vivien Leigh on the set of Waterloo Bridge, 1940

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Now, are you going to mind your own business, or must I really give you a piece of my mind? Oh, I couldn't take the last piece.

Ginger Rogers as Francey Vivacious Lady (1938), directed by George Stevens

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Elizabeth Taylor

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Stars + round sunglasses

Hedy Lamarr, Marlene Dietrich, Ginger Rogers, Joan Bennett, Bette Davis, Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, Vivien Leigh, Joan Crawford

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Ingrid Bergman at June Lake Resort, 1941

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SHIRLEY MACLAINE as LOUISA MAY FOSTER

WHAT A WAY TO GO! (1964) dir. j lee thompson

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Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier

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Eleanor Parker as Joanna Leiningen in The Naked Jungle (1954)

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Sylvia Sidney

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Marlene Dietrich as Marie Kolverer aka X-27 Dishonored (1931) Dir. Josef von Sternberg

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Claudia Cardinale

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The Manxman (1929)

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Jean Harlow as Vantine Red Dust (1932) Dir. Victor Fleming

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MARILYN MONROE as SUGAR KANE

SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) dir. billy wilder

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FAVORITE CLASSIC FILM PERFORMANCES

Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee in GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953) dir. Howard Hawks

If a girl's spending all of her time worrying about the money she doesn't have, how is she going to have any time for being in love?

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Tallulah Bankhead.