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Whatever Happened to the WAMPAS Baby Stars?

What on earth were the WAMPAS Baby Stars you might well ask? Well, if you lived in 1920s and 30s

I have just read the most fabulous book! Silent Murders is a stylish murder mystery set in 1920s Hollywood. Not

Rubye De Remer was a particuarly pretty silent movie actress during the 1920s. She landed a spot in the Ziegfeld

Boy have there been some strange beauty contests over the years! These photos include the contestants for ‘Miss Psywar’ (doesn’t

Alfred Cheney Johnston is most well-known for his photographs of the girls who performed in the Ziegfeld Follies in the

It’s easy to get carried away and think that swimwear styles in the past was more beautiful, more elegant and

You might be surprised to know that during the 1910s and 20s the biggest name in American cinema was that

Who doesn’t love letting their hair down (or putting their hair up) and having a good dance? And if you’ve

Another day another bevy of vintage bathing beauties – this time I’ve found some amazingly clad 1920s contestants from the

Whatever your personal feelings about beauty pageants, they serve as a great reminder that fashion dictates what each generation considers

Amelia Earhart was a pioneering aviatrix who was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic. She mysteriously disappeared

Marion Davies is as well known for being a famous man’s mistress as she is for being a movie star.

My blog seems to have taken a decidedly Russian turn this week, what with clearing up the rumours about Rasputin

Continuing on the theme from yesterday with Hollywood stars before they were famous, here’s a very young and rather risqué photo of Joan Crawford

We all know what Mae West looked like (above). Her sexy on-screen image is probably one of the most iconic

‘I learnt one thing on my honeymoon – to take drugs’. Tiger Woman is the autobiography of Betty May, a

Marie Doro was an American silent movie actress of the early 1920s. Isn’t she stunning? She started out as a

French Impressionist painter Monet, photographed in his gardens in Giverny, the inspiration for his famous Water Lilies series of paintings.