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Dutch postcard, no. 3522. Photo: Warner Bros. American actress and dancer Virginia Mayo (1920-2005) is best known for her series of film comedies with Danny Kaye, including Wonder Man (H. Bruce Humberstone, 1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (Norman Z. McLeod, 1946), and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Norman Z. McLeod, 1947). The popular actress…
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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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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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