old hollywood

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

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LUCILLE BALL as MAY DALY

DU BARRY WAS A LADY (1943) dir. roy del ruth

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Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier, 1946.

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Sophia Loren having fun at an event in the mid 1960's.

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Actress Elaine Stewart at home in Los Angeles, 1957 | Earl Leaf

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Vivien Leigh, 1930s

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Lauren Bacall, The Big Sleep, 1946

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Audrey Hepburn on the set of Roman Holiday, 1953

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Roman Holiday (1953) dir. William Wyler

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“It was all clear blue sky all the way—as I was sure our life would be. I couldn’t forget Bogie’s tears. Every time I looked at him I welled up. How had I lived before him? I couldn’t remember my life before him—it all ran together, like watercolors. It seemed that everything that had ever happened to me had led to this day with him. I don’t know whether it was his particular personality, his strength and purity of thought, or whether all brides feel that way. Probably a combination. I had no doubt that this happiness would last forever. I could not imagine living a minute without him. From now on I would not have to—we were together now, like the man said, “till death do you part.”

— Lauren Bacall on her wedding to Humphrey Bogart, May 21st, 1945.

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Vivien Leigh - “Anna Karenina”, 1948

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MARILYN MONROE as SUGAR KANE

SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) dir. billy wilder

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Marilyn Monroe photographed by Harold Lloyd, 1953.

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GRACE KELLY as FRANCES STEVENS

TO CATCH A THIEF (1955) dir. alfred hitchcock

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Queen Christina (1933) dir. rouben mamoulian

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This photo was taken in late 1952 or early 1953 in Los Angeles at 20th Century Fox Studios (Century City, Los Angeles). This is the official studio portrait to promote the film.

The filming of the movie "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" took place from November 17, 1952 to January 22, 1953. There are records of costume fittings and tests during this period (for example, December 31, 1952).

In the picture, Marilyn Monroe's "leopard" ensemble was intended for the scene of the heroine's arrival in France.

This series of photographs (costume tests and promotional portraits) was originally shot in both color and black and white.

Since the movie "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" was one of the main color blockbusters of the year, 20th Century Fox studio actively used color film (Kodachrome) for promotional materials.

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Marilyn Monroe in River of No Return (1954) dir. Otto Preminger

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Instead of selling a patent of medicine or something like that, I was selling a philosophy. You know, a sort of a sunshine salesman | The Country Girl (1954)