face life singing and dancing

basically old hollywood but some other stuff too. that should cover it.

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Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets (2002) dir. Chris Columbus

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Let us hope that Mr. Potter will always be around to save the day. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) Dir. Chris Columbus

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

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Salazar Slytherin wished to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts. He believed magical learning should be kept within all magic families. In other words, pure bloods. Unable to sway the others, he decided to leave the school. Now according to legend, Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in this castle, known as the Chamber of Secrets. Though shortly before departing, he sealed it until that time when his own true heir returned to the school. The heir alone would be able to open the chamber and unleash the horror within, and by so doing, purge the school of all those who, in Slytherin’s view, were unworthy to study magic.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), dir. Chris Columbus

[annehathaways]

Well, you all know, of course, that Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago, by the four greatest witches and wizards of the age. Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. Now three of the founders co-existed quite harmoniously. One did not. Salazar Slytherin wished to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts. He believed magical learning should be kept within all magic families. In other words, pure bloods. Unable to sway the others, he decided to leave the school. Now according to legend, Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in this castle, known as the Chamber of Secrets. Though shortly before departing, he sealed it until that time when his own true heir returned to the school. The heir alone would be able to open the chamber and unleash the horror within, and by so doing, purge the school of all those who, in Slytherin’s view, were unworthy to study magic.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) dir. Chris Columbus

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Carole Lombard, 1929. Photo by William E. Thomas

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Babes on Broadway (1941) Judy Garland

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Bette ...... Jezebel ..... 1938

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[madamspeaker]

I’d never met anybody like him before in my life. I thought he was absolutely sensational, so I was… I didn’t have to act much. Let’s put it like that. - Maggie Smith on working with Rod Taylor, from the documentary Rod Taylor, Pulling No Punches

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Olivia de Havilland, Franchot Tone and Joan Fontaine at the Trocadero, published in The Tatler, August 30, 1939. Photo by Hyman Fink.

[annehathaways]

Well, you all know, of course, that Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago, by the four greatest witches and wizards of the age. Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. Now three of the founders co-existed quite harmoniously. One did not. Salazar Slytherin wished to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts. He believed magical learning should be kept within all magic families. In other words, pure bloods. Unable to sway the others, he decided to leave the school. Now according to legend, Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in this castle, known as the Chamber of Secrets. Though shortly before departing, he sealed it until that time when his own true heir returned to the school. The heir alone would be able to open the chamber and unleash the horror within, and by so doing, purge the school of all those who, in Slytherin’s view, were unworthy to study magic.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) dir. Chris Columbus

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R.I.P. Doris Day (April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019)

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Remembering Jack Benny on his birthday, here with Carole Lombard in TO BE OR NOT TO BE (‘42)

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New arrival …

Debbie Reynolds at M-G-M Studios, ca. 1950

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