British postcard in the Picturegoer Series, London, no. D 103. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Publicity still for The Great Caruso (Richard Thorpe, 1951). Mario Lanza (1921–1959) was an American tenor, actor and Hollywood film star of the late 1940s and the 1950s. His masterpiece was The Great Caruso (Richard Thorpe, 1951), the Read More →
French postcard by Editions du Globe, Paris, no. 408. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM). Lana Turner (1921-1995) was one of the most glamorous superstars of Hollywood’s golden era. One of her first lead roles was in Dancing Co-Ed (1939), a vehicle for bandleader Artie Shaw. The two married a year Read More →
French postcard by Editions du Globe, Paris, no. 408. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM). Lana Turner (1921-1995) was one of the most glamorous superstars of Hollywood’s golden era. One of her first lead roles was in Dancing Co-Ed (1939), a vehicle for bandleader Artie Shaw. The two married a year Read More →
French postcard by Editions du Globe, Paris, no. 408. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM). Lana Turner (1921-1995) was one of the most glamorous superstars of Hollywood’s golden era. One of her first lead roles was in Dancing Co-Ed (1939), a vehicle for bandleader Artie Shaw. The two married a year Read More →
French postcard by Editions du Globe, Paris, no. 408. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM). Lana Turner (1921-1995) was one of the most glamorous superstars of Hollywood’s golden era. One of her first lead roles was in Dancing Co-Ed (1939), a vehicle for bandleader Artie Shaw. The two married a year Read More →
French postcard by Editions du Globe, Paris, no. 408. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM). Lana Turner (1921-1995) was one of the most glamorous superstars of Hollywood’s golden era. One of her first lead roles was in Dancing Co-Ed (1939), a vehicle for bandleader Artie Shaw. The two married a year Read More →
Italian postcard by Casa Editrice Ballerini & Fratini, Firenze (B.F.F.), no. 199. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn, Roma (MGM). Publicity still for La Bohème (King Vidor, 1926). American actress Lillian Gish (1893-1993) was ‘The First Lady of the Silent Screen’. During the 1910s, she was one of director D.W. Griffith’s greatest stars. She Read More →
British postcard in the Picturegoer Series, London, no. 1281. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Publicity still for Love Finds Andy Hardy (George B. Seitz, 1938). American film actor Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) had one of the longest careers in cinematic history. Judy Garland (1922-1969) was an American singer, actress, and vaudevillian. During a career Read More →
French postcard, no. 1. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Publicity still for On the Town (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1949). Blonde, slim Vera-Ellen (1921-1981) was one of the most vivacious and vibrant musical film talents to glide through Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s. Whether performing solo or dueting with the best male Read More →
British postcard in the Picturegoer Series, London, no. W. 350. Photo: David O’Selznick Production / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Publicity still for Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939). Extraordinarily beautiful British actress Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) won two Academy Awards for playing ‘Southern belles’: Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Read More →
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