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  • From Flickr: “Cyd Charisse” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    German postcard by Kunst und Bild, Berlin, no. A 961. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cyd Charisse (1921-2008) was born to be a dancer. She became one of the top female dancers in the golden era of the musical. Her films include Singin’ in the Rain (1952), The Band Wagon (1953), Brigadoon (1954) and Silk Stockings (1957). She…

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  • From Flickr: “Esther Williams” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    German postcard by Kunst und Bild, Berlin, no. A 190. Photo: Keystone. ‘Hollywood’s Mermaid’, Esther Williams (1921-2013), swam her way through more than a dozen splashy MGM musicals in the 1940s and early 1950s. While smiling at the camera, she was able to do a combination of crawl, breast and backstroke, and was forever blowing…

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

    Spanish postcard by Eurochromo, no. R 009, 1966. 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: “Diana Dors” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    German postcard by Ufa, Berlin-Tempelhof, no. FK 3954. Photo: Georg Michalke / Ufa. Blonde and curvey Diana Dors (1931-1984) was called ‘The English Marilyn Monroe’, to her disgust. In her own words: “I was the first home-grown sex symbol, rather like Britain’s naughty seaside postcards." For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our…

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  • From Flickr: “Betty Grable” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Dutch postcard by Fotoarchief Film en Toneel, no. AX-154. Photo: 20th Century Fox. 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…

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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!

    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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Paul Sedra

Historian of Modern Egypt