10 things you didn’t know about Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn received four Academy Awards for Best Actress – I think this is a record but I couldn’t verify
1920s movie stars Vilma Bánky & Rudolph Valentino looking passionate
1920s movie stars Vilma Bánky & Rudolph Valentino in The Eagle, 1925. Aren’t they beautiful?
Marilyn Monroe’s costume test for her unseen last movie (video)
Marilyn Monroe‘s costume test for the unfinished 1962 movie Something’s Got to Give. She’s absolutely hypnotic, even just trying out
10 things you didn’t know about Audrey Hepburn
Did you know that Audrey Hepburn wasn’t Capote’s first choice to play Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s? Hope you
10 things you didn’t know about Rita Hayworth
Best known for her performance in Gilda, Rita Hayworth was one of the 1940s most famous (and one of my
The pre-Hollywood Greta Garbo
Swedish actress Greta Garbo photographed in 1925 just before she made the move to Hollywood (and before she had her
Joan Collins being attacked by Giant Ants
I love a good monster movie, well truth be told I love a *rubbish* monster movie. If the monster movie
Joan Crawford flashing her legs, 1930s
Joan Crawford flashing her legs whilst dancing and gazing seductively at the camera in this 1930s publicity photo.
Joan Collins screentest for Liz Taylors part in Cleopatra
Did you know that Joan Collins was considered for the part of Cleopatra before Elizabeth Taylor finally won the role?
Joan Crawford looking veiled and edgy, 1930
Isn’t this a stunning photo of Joan Crawford? It dates from the early 1930s and I love the dark lace-veiled
Silent movie actress Lillian Gish
1920s Hollywood star and silent movie actress Lillian Gish photographed by Charles Albin, New York, 1922. Aren’t her gloves and
Greta Garbo before she was told to ‘lose weight and get her teeth fixed’
These photos of Greta Garbo were taken in 1924, the year she made her first movie in The Saga of
Joan Collins in the 1970s
Goodness me, now that’s a cross face if I ever did see one! This 1970s photo of Joan Collins (looking
Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock
A series of promotional photos of Elvis Presley from the movie Jailhouse Rock. You can see why he drove the
Young Greta Garbo aged 15
A young Greta Garbo photographed aged 15 in 1920 by Henry B Goodwin. It was another 4 years before she
Young Joan Collins with a pancake on her head
As you can see it’s not *actually* a pancake, but the hat does look like a pancake so I’m going
Hollywood star Helen Twelvetrees riding an elephant
1930s movie star Helen Twelvetrees photographed riding an elephant in 1936 at Taronga Park Zoo, Sydney whilst filming the Australian
1930s Actress Mary Maguire
Australian actress Mary Maguire (1919-1974), photographed some time around 1937. Does anyone know anything about her?