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• Laura she/her • mostly Old Hollywood films, photography, style, graphics •
• someone on twitter once told me I post too many Carole Lombard pics •
• someone on twitter once told me I post too many Carole Lombard pics •
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Gloria Swanson and Raoul Walsh play fighting in Sadie Thompson (1928).
Charlotte Rampling, Milan, 1974.
February 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Charlotte Rampling, Milan, 1974.
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Charlotte Rampling by Yousuf Karsh, 1976.
September 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Charlotte Rampling by Yousuf Karsh, 1976.
Anita Loos, photographed by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1932.
February 5, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Anita Loos, photographed by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1932.
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Style for the day.
Dita Parlo by Emil Bieber, 1928.
Dita Parlo by Emil Bieber, 1928.
February 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Style for the day.
Dita Parlo by Emil Bieber, 1928.
Dita Parlo by Emil Bieber, 1928.
A tiny colour snippet of #botd Ida Lupino in La Fiesta De Santa Barbara (1935).
A Mexican-themed revue and festival in Santa Barbara with musical numbers and comic routines including Buster Keaton and The Garland Sisters.
A Mexican-themed revue and festival in Santa Barbara with musical numbers and comic routines including Buster Keaton and The Garland Sisters.
February 4, 2026 at 10:52 AM
A tiny colour snippet of #botd Ida Lupino in La Fiesta De Santa Barbara (1935).
A Mexican-themed revue and festival in Santa Barbara with musical numbers and comic routines including Buster Keaton and The Garland Sisters.
A Mexican-themed revue and festival in Santa Barbara with musical numbers and comic routines including Buster Keaton and The Garland Sisters.
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Ida Lupino by John Florea, 1948.
August 19, 2023 at 8:01 AM
Ida Lupino by John Florea, 1948.
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Ida Lupino and Dana Andrews in WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956). Ida's appreciative little head shake after her sip kills me every time.
January 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ida Lupino and Dana Andrews in WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956). Ida's appreciative little head shake after her sip kills me every time.
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Ida Lupino by Scotty Welbourne, 1941.
June 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Ida Lupino by Scotty Welbourne, 1941.
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Ida Lupino and Jean Gabin in “Moontide” (1942)
July 13, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Ida Lupino and Jean Gabin in “Moontide” (1942)
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Greta Garbo by Anita Parkhurst for the cover of Screenland magazine, 1928.
May 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Greta Garbo by Anita Parkhurst for the cover of Screenland magazine, 1928.
Ida Lupino in a Warner Bros publicity shot, c1940.
February 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Ida Lupino in a Warner Bros publicity shot, c1940.
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Carole Lombard, publicity shot for No Man of Her Own (1932).
August 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Carole Lombard, publicity shot for No Man of Her Own (1932).
One of my favourite Travis Banton designs for Carole Lombard. The unusual hemline. The wide neckline and unexpected draped blouson effect of the back and sleeves. Genius.
From White Woman (1933).
From White Woman (1933).
February 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
One of my favourite Travis Banton designs for Carole Lombard. The unusual hemline. The wide neckline and unexpected draped blouson effect of the back and sleeves. Genius.
From White Woman (1933).
From White Woman (1933).
Sylvia Sidney in a Travis Banton design for Merrily We Go To Hell (1932).
February 2, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Sylvia Sidney in a Travis Banton design for Merrily We Go To Hell (1932).
Marlene Dietrich in costume design by Travis Banton for Shanghai Express (1932).
February 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Marlene Dietrich in costume design by Travis Banton for Shanghai Express (1932).
"You know sometimes I think I ought to pay Paramount for the privilege of working with that girl. It must be wrong, don't you think, to take money for so much sheer pleasure?"
Costume designer, Travis Banton, who died today in 1958, talking about Carole Lombard. Photoplay magazine, 1936.
Costume designer, Travis Banton, who died today in 1958, talking about Carole Lombard. Photoplay magazine, 1936.
February 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
"You know sometimes I think I ought to pay Paramount for the privilege of working with that girl. It must be wrong, don't you think, to take money for so much sheer pleasure?"
Costume designer, Travis Banton, who died today in 1958, talking about Carole Lombard. Photoplay magazine, 1936.
Costume designer, Travis Banton, who died today in 1958, talking about Carole Lombard. Photoplay magazine, 1936.
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Vivian Maier
The Balaban & Katz United Artists Theatre, Chicago, 1961
The Balaban & Katz United Artists Theatre, Chicago, 1961
February 1, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Vivian Maier
The Balaban & Katz United Artists Theatre, Chicago, 1961
The Balaban & Katz United Artists Theatre, Chicago, 1961
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Poster art by German illustrator, Walter Schnackenberg, for dancing duo Peter Pathe and Maria Hagen, 1918.
February 1, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Poster art by German illustrator, Walter Schnackenberg, for dancing duo Peter Pathe and Maria Hagen, 1918.
I love Liam Dunn as the Judge in What's Up, Doc? (1972). With Ryan O'Neal and Kenneth Mars. 🎬
February 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I love Liam Dunn as the Judge in What's Up, Doc? (1972). With Ryan O'Neal and Kenneth Mars. 🎬
Lee Miller by Man Ray, c1929-32.
February 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Lee Miller by Man Ray, c1929-32.
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Carole Lombard and Clark Gable at the races, 1936.
September 3, 2023 at 4:41 PM
Carole Lombard and Clark Gable at the races, 1936.
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Carole Lombard and Clark Gable in NO MAN OF HER OWN (1932). 🎬
November 18, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Carole Lombard and Clark Gable in NO MAN OF HER OWN (1932). 🎬