Welcome to my Retro Life

20 something love of all things vintage/retro/classic. I dabble in comedy from time to time too. Follow me on Twitter & Instagram: @Jew_Majesty

[forever--judy]

Some rare shots of Judy performing at a cancer benefit hosted in memory of Judy Holliday, who had died of the disease the previous year. 1966.

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Gena Rowlands, 1970′s

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The Genius of Gena Rowlands: Sheila O’Malley explores Rowlands’s role in Love Streams, and the way the actor both hides essential truths about her character from the audience and seems to lay herself emotionally bare.

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Gena Rowlands, 1968

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Gena Rowlands modelling a dress by designer Robert Rosenfeld, 1958

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Opening Night (1977, John Cassavetes)

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Gena Rowlands, c.1959

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A Woman Under the Influence (1974) dir. John Cassavetes

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Irene Dunn, Photoplay Magazine June 1935

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Irene Dunne No Other Woman, J. Walter Ruben (1933). Photo: Harold Tomlin

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Irene Dunne

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Irene Dunne wears a slinky gown by Edward Stevenson in this publicity photo for Love Affair (Leo McCarey, 1939)

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Irene Dunne in a publicity shot for “Ann Vickers” (1933)

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Irene Dunne, 1937

“I don’t know why the public took a liking to me so fast. Popularity is a curious thing. The public responds to a dimple, a smile, a giggle, a hairstyle, an attitude. Acting talent has less to do with it than personality.”

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Ava Gardner, Irene Dunne, Diana Lynn and Loretta Young at the Ribbon Ball, 1951