Joan Crawford, ca. 1940
Tag: classic hollywood
Mai Zetterling in Desperate Moment, 1953
Natale Wood and Dennis Hopper confer during a screening of A Streetcar Named Desire, 1956
Richard Burton and Lana Turner in The Rains of Ranchipur (Jean Negulesco, 1955), a remake of The Rains Came, 1939, a black and white epic that starred Tyrone Power and Myrna Loy
People forget that Richard Burton was a movie star in his own right before he met Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Cleopatra in 1962. Before that fateful meeting he had made 13 Hollywood features, won a Golden Globe, received 2 Oscar nominations and a BAFTA nomination. Among those films were My Cousin Rachel, The Robe, Alexander the Great and The Longest Day.
Constance Bennett, 1935, photo by George Hurrell
“One of a trio of sisters who first brightened movie screens during the tail end of the silent era, Constance Bennett was considered to be the most beautiful of the Bennett siblings. The eldest of the girls, Constance was followed by Barbara, who had the shortest career, and Joan, who was the most successful, but she was the first to really make her mark in Hollywood… While not among the most gifted actresses of her generation, Bennett was an able comedienne and more than competent when it came to the sort of dramatic plotlines she was assigned. Additionally, she was simply stunning to look at with her trademark slim figure and eye-catching blonde pageboy… Although sibling Joan ultimately had the longer and brighter career, Constance Bennett made the most of her time in the upper echelon of Hollywood and still impressed viewers decades later with her seemingly effortless beauty and sophistication.“ – John Charles, TCM
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Two promotional photos of Katharine Hepburn of her film Sylvia Scarlett (George Cukor, 1935). She plays a woman who masquerades as a boy to escape the police. / src
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