RIP Shirley Temple

April 23, 1928 - February 10, 2014

Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Theda Bara, 1915

Vamping a jug

January 16, 1942

January 15, 1942

January 14, 1942

Carole Lombard and mother Bess Peters stop over in Chicago on their way to Indianapolis.

December, 1939

Clark Gable and Carole Lombard en route to Atlanta for the premiere of Gone With the Wind

Carole Lombard, RKO 1939

Gable and Lombard, 1936

Carole Lombard and Clark Gable out in public

Gene Tierney

You're Telling Me! (1934)

Louise Carter, Kathleen Howard and W.C. Fields, You’re Telling Me! (1934)

Along with It’s a Gift, one of the best comedies to come out of the Thirties.

FUN FACT #1: Barbara Stanwyck accidentally fractured Kathleen Howard’s jaw while filming Ball of Fire.

FUN FACTS: Kathleen Howard (1884-1956,) who played Fields’ shrewish wife twice in It’s a Gift and The Man on the Flying Trapeze was originally an opera singer who got her start in Berlin in 1905, and joined the Met ten years later. By 1928, she was fashion editor for Harper’s Bazaar and held the position until 1933, when she quit to take an acting job in Death Takes a Holiday. She was also president of The Fashion Group, an association of 450  of the most important women in fashion, and a frequent lecturer on the subject of historic costumes.

         —— From W.C. Fields: A Biography by James Curtis (2003)

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.

Sylvia Sidney, 1929

Sylvia Sidney, 1937

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

Cheesecake, 1933

Paramount starlet Toby Wing

Lucille Ball

Dolores Del Rio, 1920s

Dolores Del Rio, 1920s