The Midcentury Scene

[sheholdsyoucaptivated]

- “You think you’re very clever.” - “I don’t think it. I know it.”

The Razor’s Edge (1946)

[gatabella]

Audrey Hepburn by Richard Avedon for Funny Face, 1956

“Audrey Hepburn is a dream. She has great inventiveness and you get wonderful shots from her…I am and forever will be devastated by the gift of Audrey Hepburn before my camera. In a way that is unique in my experience as a photographer, I love her but I have always found her impossible to photograph. However you define the encounter of the sexes, she wins. I cannot lift her to greater heights. She is already there. I can only record, I cannot interpret her. There is no going further than who she is. She paralyzes me. She has achieved in herself her ultimate portrait.”

-Richard Avedon

[themidcenturyscene]

Pelerine of pink moiré threaded in satin and silver by Hattie Carnegie

Illustrated by Marcel Vertès, Harper's Bazaar, November 1943

[filmgifs]

THE HAUNTING — 1963, dir. Robert Wise

[lady-of-the-harbour]

I MARRIED A WITCH — 1942, dir. René Clair

[screengifs]

#AtoZOneWordFilm Challenge:

VERTIGO (1958) Director: Alfred Hitchcock

[didanagy]

GRACE KELLY as FRANCES STEVENS

TO CATCH A THIEF (1955) dir. alfred hitchcock

[sheltiechicago]

Elegant Fashion Illustrations by Fernando Bosc From the 1940s and ’50s

Fernando Bosc was a French fashion illustrator active in the 1940s and early 1950s, renowned for his stylish promotional artwork in couture magazines and advertisements.

[oldtimesnew]

Fuller Brush 1956

[oldtimesnew]

1950 Kelloggs Corn Flakes

Life Magazine April 1950

[oldtimesnew]

Garland 1960

Iris Bianchi, center

Seventeen Magazine

[oldtimesnew]

Exquisite nightgown in Bur-Mil satin

llustrated by Joseph Bolegard, Harper's Bazaar, December 1943

[oldtimesnew]

Brooks Foods

September 1958-Woman's Day

[oldtimesnew]

Esso (1966)

[themidcenturyscene]

Laura Hidalgo

Scanned from Brazilian magazine Cruzeiro, 6 March 1954

Laura Hidalgo (1927–2005) was a prominent Romanian-born Argentine actress and producer who rose to fame during the golden age of Argentine and Mexican cinema. Often compared to Hollywood icon Hedy Lamarr, she starred in sixteen films and earned a 1954 Ariel Award nomination for Best Actress.

[themidcenturyscene]

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