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  • Dutch postcard by PCB. American film star Betty Grable (1916-1973) was known as ‘The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs’. During World War II, the quicksilver blonde’s famous pin-up pose – in bathing suit, back to the camera, smiling over her right shoulder – adorned barracks all around the world. Her 42 films during the…

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  • Dutch postcard by PCB. American film star Betty Grable (1916-1973) was known as ‘The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs’. During World War II, the quicksilver blonde’s famous pin-up pose – in bathing suit, back to the camera, smiling over her right shoulder – adorned barracks all around the world. Her 42 films during the…

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  • Dutch postcard by PCB. American film star Betty Grable (1916-1973) was known as ‘The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs’. During World War II, the quicksilver blonde’s famous pin-up pose – in bathing suit, back to the camera, smiling over her right shoulder – adorned barracks all around the world. Her 42 films during the…

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  • German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 665/1. Photo: Hansaleih. Publicity still for The Kid (Charles Chaplin, 1921). English comedian Charles ‘Charlie’ Chaplin (1889-1977) was one of the most creative and influential personalities of the silent-film era. His most famous role was that of The Tramp with his toothbrush mustache, undersized bowler hat and bamboo cane…

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  • Spanish postcard by Archivo Bermejo, Barcelona, no. 3912. Photo: Columbia. Publicity still for Gilda (Charles Vidor, 1946). Sultry Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) was an American dancer and actress was one of the top pin-up girl for GIs during World War II. Her beauty catapulted her to international stardom and she is best known for her sexy…

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  • Spanish postcard by Archivo Bermejo, Barcelona, no. 3912. Photo: Columbia. Publicity still for Gilda (Charles Vidor, 1946). Sultry Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) was an American dancer and actress was one of the top pin-up girl for GIs during World War II. Her beauty catapulted her to international stardom and she is best known for her sexy…

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  • Spanish postcard by Archivo Bermejo, Barcelona, no. 3912. Photo: Columbia. Publicity still for Gilda (Charles Vidor, 1946). Sultry Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) was an American dancer and actress was one of the top pin-up girl for GIs during World War II. Her beauty catapulted her to international stardom and she is best known for her sexy…

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  • Spanish postcard by Archivo Bermejo, Barcelona, no. 3912. Photo: Columbia. Publicity still for Gilda (Charles Vidor, 1946). Sultry Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) was an American dancer and actress was one of the top pin-up girl for GIs during World War II. Her beauty catapulted her to international stardom and she is best known for her sexy…

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  • Spanish postcard by Archivo Bermejo, Barcelona, no. 3912. Photo: Columbia. Publicity still for Gilda (Charles Vidor, 1946). Sultry Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) was an American dancer and actress was one of the top pin-up girl for GIs during World War II. Her beauty catapulted her to international stardom and she is best known for her sexy…

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  • British Best Wishes card. Photo: R.K.O. Radio. American actress Joan Blondell (1906–1979) performed in more than 100 films and on television for five decades, often as the wisecracking blonde. After winning a beauty pageant, Joan Blondell embarked upon a film career. Establishing herself as a sexy wisecracking blonde, she was a pre-Code staple of Warner…

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Paul Sedra

Historian of Modern Egypt