Gallery: 1930s wedding photos
The 1930s was such an elegant decade, and nothing shows this more than the beautiful wedding dresses people wore. Here’s a gallery of a few of my …
Archive by category 1930s
A decade of Hollywood-inspired sophistication and grown-up glamour sandwiched in between the roaring 20s and the austerity of the 1940s.
1920s Style Icons: Marion Davies
Marion Davies is as well known for being a famous man’s mistress as she is for being a movie star. She already had a successful movie career when she …
Gallery: 1930s Beach Acrobatics
Apparently some people prefer taking exercise on the beach rather than just lounging with a Margarita. I don’t understand it myself. It’s all very …
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Greta Garbo
Swedish-born Greta was christened Greta Lovisa Gustafsson. Garbo’s first job was as a soap-lather girl in a barbershop. She also worked as an errand girl …
Gallery: Betty Ford WAY Before She Became First Lady
Betty Ford wasn’t born a First Lady (well, of course she wasn’t!), and in fact didn’t even meet Gerald Ford until she was 30 years old and …
The Changing Face (and Outfits) of Cheerleaders
Cheerleaders didn’t always look and dress they way they do today. Far from athletic girls in crop tops Cheerleaders of the 1920s looked very different …
Gallery: Carmen Miranda Before She Hit The Bigtime
We all know Carmen Miranda as the famously exotic lady in the tutti-frutti hat, complete with stacked platform shoes and fabulously ruffled costumes, but she …
Screen Idols: Fred Astaire
Was Fred Astaire the greatest dancer on the silver screen? Personally I think he probably was, I grew up glued to Fred and Ginger movies and absolutely adored …
Screen Idols: Bela Lugosi
Who comes to mind when you hear the name Dracula? Gary Oldman? Christopher Lee? Or is it in my opinion the ultimate Dracula, Bela Lugosi? Lugosi was born in …
10 Moving Crime Scene Photos from the 1940s
I hope you don’t think these photos are too macabre, but there’s something terribly poignant about seeing these ordinary domestic scenes which have …
9 Classic Movies Where the Actors Died During Filming
An actor or actress dying suddenly during the filming of a movie can either make it a huge success of cause enormous problems (like Oliver Reed dying during …
Silent Screen Icons: Alice Brady
Alice Brady was a silent movie actress who won an Oscar for best supporting actress in 1937, and successfully made the transition into talkies. She started her …
A Century of Summer: 12 Vintage Photos Summertime Fun!
I heard on the radio that a week-long heatwave has started here in the UK, so I’m ignoring the fact that the sky has clouded over in the past few hours …
Quotes: Clark Gable on Laughing
I never laugh until I’ve had my coffee: Clark Gable I feel this is a particularly appropriate quote for a Sunday morning when I had to set my alarm at …
Screen Idols: Clark Gable, The King of Hollywood
Gable started out in Hollywood playing bit-parts in silent movies in the mid 1920s and starred in his first starring role in 1931 in The Painted Desert …
7 Classic Hollywood Stars Before They Were Famous
There’s little more fascinating than looking at stars back when they were ‘normal people’. Even Marilyn Monroe looked like any other girl …
When Paris Was a Very Different Place
It’s spring, and so of course my thoughts have returned to Paris, the beautiful city of blossom and boulevards, baguettes and bicyclette *sigh*. But …
Vintage Style Icons: Adrian – MGM’s Costume Designer Extraordinaire
Adrian Adolph Greenberg, better known as just ‘Adrian’ was one of the most amazing costume designers ever seen in Hollywood. He was MGM’s …