glamour

  • From Flickr: “Raquel Welch” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 81. American actress Raquel Welch (1940) is one of the icons of the 1960s and 1970s. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966). In Great Britain, she then made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although she had only three lines in the film, a…

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  • From Flickr: “Raquel Welch” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 81. American actress Raquel Welch (1940) is one of the icons of the 1960s and 1970s. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966). In Great Britain, she then made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although she had only three lines in the film, a…

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  • From Flickr: “Raquel Welch” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 81. American actress Raquel Welch (1940) is one of the icons of the 1960s and 1970s. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966). In Great Britain, she then made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although she had only three lines in the film, a…

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  • From Flickr: “Raquel Welch” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 81. American actress Raquel Welch (1940) is one of the icons of the 1960s and 1970s. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966). In Great Britain, she then made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although she had only three lines in the film, a…

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  • From Flickr: “Raquel Welch” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 81. American actress Raquel Welch (1940) is one of the icons of the 1960s and 1970s. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966). In Great Britain, she then made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although she had only three lines in the film, a…

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  • From Flickr: “Raquel Welch” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Belgian postcard in de ‘De 50 mooiste vrouwen van de eeuw’ (The 50 most beautiful women of the century) series by P magazine, no. 36. Photo: Sygma / VPM. American actress Raquel Welch (1940) is one of the icons of the 1960s and 1970s. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966).…

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  • From Flickr: “Jean Harlow” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    British postcard by De Reszke Cigarettes, no. 16. Photo: M.G.M. American film actress Jean Harlow (1911–1937) was one of the sex symbols of the 1930s. After being signed by director Howard Hughes, Jean Harlow’s first major appearance was in Hell’s Angels (1930), followed by a series of critically unsuccessful films. In 1932, she signed with…

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  • From Flickr: “Yvonne De Carlo in Salome Where She Danced (1945)” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Vintage postcard. Photo: Universal. Publicity still for Salome Where She Danced (Charles Lamont, 1945). Yvonne De Carlo (1922–2007) was a Canadian American actress, singer, and dancer whose career in film, television, and musical theatre spanned six decades. Yvonne De Carlo was born Margaret Yvonne Middleton in 1922 in West Point Grey (now part of Vancouver),…

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  • From Flickr: “Dorothy Lamour in The Jungle Princess (1936)” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    British Real Photograph postcard, London, no. FS 116. Photo: Paramount. Publicity still for The Jungle Princess (Wilhelm Thiele, 1936). American actress and singer Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996) is best remembered for appearing in the Road to… comedies, starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. During World War II, Lamour was among the most popular pin-up girls among…

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  • From Flickr: “Jean Harlow in Saratoga (1937)” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Italian postcard by B.F.F. Edit., no. 3827. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Publicity still for Saratoga (Jack Conway, 1937). American film actress Jean Harlow (1911–1937) was one of the sex symbols of the 1930s. After being signed by director Howard Hughes, Jean Harlow’s first major appearance was in Hell’s Angels (1930), followed by a series of critically unsuccessful…

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Paul Sedra

Historian of Modern Egypt