Like a lot of her stage costumes, this lavender and silver skirt and blouse set was sewn by her mother, Hilda Hensley, and is (or was) on display at the Grand Ole Opry Museum.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Patsy Cline, 1962
Like a lot of her stage costumes, this lavender and silver skirt and blouse set was sewn by her mother, Hilda Hensley, and is (or was) on display at the Grand Ole Opry Museum.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Sylvia Sidney, 1920s
Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow; August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American character actress of stage, screen and film, who rose to prominence in the 1930s appearing in numerous crime dramas. Often referenced in media as the woman with the heart-shaped face and the saddest eyes in Hollywood.
Clubbing, circa 1935
Hollywood, circa 1935: Director Wesley Ruggles, Clara Bow, Rex Bell and starlet Toby Wing at Bow's "IT" Cafe
Bird of Paradise (1932)
Dolores del Rio, Bird of Paradise (1932)
MarÃa de los Dolores Asúnsolo López-Negrete
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Monday, October 14, 2013
Gilbert Roland, 1928
GILBERT ROLAND shorn of his mane does not mean Gilbert Roland minus his fire and picturesqueness. Far from it. Submitting to the shears prepared him for his role in “The Woman Disputed,” and maybe the pleas of the fans counted, too.
— Picture Play Magazine, 1928
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Gilbert Roland and Norma Talmadge, circa 1929
Real-life lovers Gilbert Roland and Norma Talmadge at Norma's Santa Monica house.
Norma Shearer, 1930
From Norma Shearer’s first photo session with Hurrell, part of her effort to convince husband Irving Thalberg she was sexy enough to play The Divorcee(1930.)
Jayne Mansfield, 1955
Jayne Mansfield in her pink Jaguar at a Los Angeles drive-in, 1955
Left to right, Mansfield, Lance Fuller, John Smith, Natalie Wood, Bob Fuller
Taylor Swift
New dog. I call him Taylor Swift because he’s needy and clingy and gives you a look of unbounded stupidity when he wants something. If he had bangs he’d nail it.
He’s yawning, not rabid.
Ann Sheridan by Madison Lacy, 1941
Ann Sheridan photographed by Madison Lacy for Navy Blues (1941)
That Oomph thing snowballed — but it gave me a tiny foot in the door. When people asked me what it meant, I told them that it always reminded me of a fat man bending down to tie his shoelaces. The studio hated me saying that.
— Ann Sheridan to John Kobal, 1966
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