Classy & Glamorous

"Hollywood is a cultural bone yard" ...........but old Hollywood takes it in the most glamorous way.

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Marlon Brando in a football attire

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) dir. Howard Hawks

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Marilyn Monroe photographed by Antony Beauchamp, 1951.

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Sophia Loren in A Countess from Hong Kong (1967, dir. Charles Chaplin)

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Elizabeth Taylor during the filming of Cleopatra, 1962.

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Kim Novak and Cary Grant in Les Ambassadeurs, Cannes, 1959.

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Joan Crawford in a wardrobe test for Torch Song, 1953

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Pre-fame Norma Jeane

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Rest in peace, James Byron Dean (Februari 8, 1931 – September 10, 1955)

“Dream as if you will live forever; Live as if you will die today.”

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You are forever in our hearts, Jimmy. 

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Jimmy was the strangest actor I’ve ever known. He was the never the same person you left at the last meeting. He’d be different each time. His knowledge of and love for music, sports cars, acting, and art was amazing. He knew every little thing. You could not help but love his spirit. - Katy Jurado

James Dean - February 8, 1931 - September 30,1955

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James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)

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James Dean (February 8, 1931 - September 30, 1955)

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.

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“On this date 60 years ago, 24-year-old actor James Dean was killed in an car crash near Cholame, Calif. “ We are still missing you up to this day, legend. 

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Real diamonds. They must be worth their weight in gold.  

Some Like It Hot (1959)

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Happy Birthday, Deborah Kerr (30 September 1921 - 16 October 2007)

She was never really conscious of the fact that she was world famous. She was an actress, she loved to act, and in acting she assumed somebody else’s personality. I think she made movies that have never worn of their splendour. — Peter Viertel

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With the exception of “The African Queen,” when I won Katharine Hepburn, I rarely get the girl or any girl. In “The Petrified Forest,” I won a slug of lead on my face. In “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” I won a bolo knife around my throat. I also came to a nasty end in “The Maltese Falcon,” with someone else walking off with the girl, whoever she happened to be. But now at long last, I win a girl, and what a girl — Audrey Hepburn, no less. I win her fairly and squarely too, against the tremendous odds of William Holden. When they started the picture, they weren’t entirely sure which of us, Bill Holden and myself, would win the girl. They asked me what I thought about it. ‘Girl Smirl,’ I said. ‘Let Bill win her. He’s more romantic, and besides, if I won her, I might have to shave every morning before reporting for work.’ But it was no good. They decided I had to win the girl. So I shaved every morning. I dance in the picture. I even play the ukelele. —Humphrey Bogart ( via The Deseret News, July 20, 1954 )