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• 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 •
Jean Arthur, 1929. Photographed by Eugene Robert Richee, against one of the flamboyant patterned backgrounds he often used.
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Jean Arthur, 1929. Photographed by Eugene Robert Richee, against one of the flamboyant patterned backgrounds he often used.
Gloria Swanson in the ruins of the torn down Roxy theatre in NYC. By Eliot Elisofon for LIFE magazine, Nov, 1960.
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Gloria Swanson in the ruins of the torn down Roxy theatre in NYC. By Eliot Elisofon for LIFE magazine, Nov, 1960.
Gloria Swanson by Eliot Elisofon, 1960. ⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Gloria Swanson by Eliot Elisofon, 1960. ⬇️
Gloria Swanson dressed in Jean Louis, posing in the ruins of the torn down Roxy theatre in NYC. By Eliot Elisofon for LIFE magazine, Nov, 1960. ⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Gloria Swanson dressed in Jean Louis, posing in the ruins of the torn down Roxy theatre in NYC. By Eliot Elisofon for LIFE magazine, Nov, 1960. ⬇️
Conrad Veidt by Lotte Jacobi, 1930.
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Conrad Veidt by Lotte Jacobi, 1930.
Carole Lombard in a publicity shot for Virtue (1932).
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Carole Lombard in a publicity shot for Virtue (1932).
Geraldine Fitzgerald by George Hurrell, 1939.
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Geraldine Fitzgerald by George Hurrell, 1939.
Geraldine Fitzgerald by George Hurrell for Esquire magazine, 1939.
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Geraldine Fitzgerald by George Hurrell for Esquire magazine, 1939.
Happy Geraldine Fitzgerald Day!
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Happy Geraldine Fitzgerald Day!
Joan Crawford by George Hurrell, 1934.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Joan Crawford by George Hurrell, 1934.
Happy Harpo Day!
November 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Happy Harpo Day!
Born today, Geraldine Page. With James Dean, New York City bar, 1955. Photo by Dennis Stock.
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Born today, Geraldine Page. With James Dean, New York City bar, 1955. Photo by Dennis Stock.
Paulette Goddard on the cover of Cinémonde magazine, December, 1936.
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Paulette Goddard on the cover of Cinémonde magazine, December, 1936.
Joan Crawford by George Hurrell, 1933.
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Joan Crawford by George Hurrell, 1933.
Cover art by John Rolston Clarke of Joan Crawford for the October issue of Silver Screen magazine in 1933. Based on a portrait by George Hurrell ⬇️
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Cover art by John Rolston Clarke of Joan Crawford for the October issue of Silver Screen magazine in 1933. Based on a portrait by George Hurrell ⬇️
Dana Andrews, c1945.
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Dana Andrews, c1945.
Greta Garbo by Edward Steichen.
A shot from the session appeared on the cover of LIFE magazine in 1955, "Greta Garbo working at MGM in 1927, walked off studio set to pose for Steichen. Her hair was loose and stringy and when she put up her hands to hide it, Steichen clicked shutter."
A shot from the session appeared on the cover of LIFE magazine in 1955, "Greta Garbo working at MGM in 1927, walked off studio set to pose for Steichen. Her hair was loose and stringy and when she put up her hands to hide it, Steichen clicked shutter."
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Greta Garbo by Edward Steichen.
A shot from the session appeared on the cover of LIFE magazine in 1955, "Greta Garbo working at MGM in 1927, walked off studio set to pose for Steichen. Her hair was loose and stringy and when she put up her hands to hide it, Steichen clicked shutter."
A shot from the session appeared on the cover of LIFE magazine in 1955, "Greta Garbo working at MGM in 1927, walked off studio set to pose for Steichen. Her hair was loose and stringy and when she put up her hands to hide it, Steichen clicked shutter."
According to Movie Mirror magazine, Sept, 1933, the image below "...is undoubtedly the last picture you'll see of Carole Lombard and William Powell together. Rumors that all was not well with that romance had been flying around associated with the usual denials..."
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
According to Movie Mirror magazine, Sept, 1933, the image below "...is undoubtedly the last picture you'll see of Carole Lombard and William Powell together. Rumors that all was not well with that romance had been flying around associated with the usual denials..."
"...two days before Carole [Lombard] left for Reno to establish residence for the divorce she and Bill [Powell] went to the Ritz Theatre in Beverly Hills...arm in arm like this..." ⬇️
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"...two days before Carole [Lombard] left for Reno to establish residence for the divorce she and Bill [Powell] went to the Ritz Theatre in Beverly Hills...arm in arm like this..." ⬇️
Marlene Dietrich photographed by Don English for Shanghai Express (1932).
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Marlene Dietrich photographed by Don English for Shanghai Express (1932).
Chuckling at #botd Evelyn Keyes being a fangirl of her pal, Paulette Goddard and "copied everything she did, even her laugh." And I hope she continued to annoy husband, John Huston.
From her autobiography, Scarlet O'Hara's Younger Sister.
From her autobiography, Scarlet O'Hara's Younger Sister.
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Chuckling at #botd Evelyn Keyes being a fangirl of her pal, Paulette Goddard and "copied everything she did, even her laugh." And I hope she continued to annoy husband, John Huston.
From her autobiography, Scarlet O'Hara's Younger Sister.
From her autobiography, Scarlet O'Hara's Younger Sister.
What's ridiculous about a beautiful woman in a stunning hat.
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
What's ridiculous about a beautiful woman in a stunning hat.
Barbara Stanwyck is a mood. The Purchase Price (1932).
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Barbara Stanwyck is a mood. The Purchase Price (1932).
Jodie Foster by Matthew Rolston, 1991.
November 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Jodie Foster by Matthew Rolston, 1991.