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The Shining
dir. Stanley Kubrick | 1980
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Sharon Tate outside of Century City Mall in Los Angeles, California. Photographed by Shahrokh Hatami, 1968.
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watercolor sketches from this past summer
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Stars of the Silver Screen all at Sea.
The sight of photographers crowding around a newly docked ocean liner was nothing new at the turn of the 20th Century. Disembarking celebrities could be photographed jostling for space alongside fellow passengers.
1. Mrs Rudolph Valentino on the Aquitania in early 1920s.
2. Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford.
3.Count Tolstoy stands on board the RMS Lusitania.
4. As she arrives in America from France on 18 April 1925, actor Gloria Swanson smiles at photographers.
5. Marlene Dietrich, the star of The Blue Angel, is captured leaning against the ship’s railings by photographer Bill Probst.
6. Showbiz siblings Fred and Adele Astaire dance around on deck as they make their way to London in 1922.
7. Western star Tom Mix is accompanied by his wife Victoria Forde and child on board the Aquitania.
8. A notorious performing chimpanzee in the Parisian music halls, Consul Peter makes his way to perform in New York.
9. Accompanied by his dog, US pianist and composer Ernest Shelling sits for a portrait taken around 1915.
BAIN COLLECTION LIBRARY OF CONGRESS & CUNARD
(Source: bbc.co.uk)
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Barbara Kruger in her New York City studio, ca. mid-1970s; Photo by Susan Katz for "The Woman I Am" Collection, part of the Archives of Women Artists, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Betty Boyd Dettre Library & Research Center, Washington, D.C.
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We have very few props and costumes from silent films here at Recycled Movie Costumes, so when we get them, I find them to be very special.
This stunning gown, adorned with sequined “Peacock feathers” was made for Norma Shearer to wear in the film Upstage. She wore it in both promotional images for the film, taken by photographer Ruth Harriet Louise, as well as in the film itself, which you can see here.
Norma is an interesting actress, as she is one of a hand full of talent that made the transition from silent films to talking pictures without too much trouble. She went on to wear some pretty magnificent costumes.
The gown appears to have been used for Gwen Lee, who also appeared in the film Upstage as the character Dixie Mason. However, it does not appear that she wore the dress in the film, and it is likely that the dress simply did double duty for the purpose of promotion.
Costume Credit: David via Normashearer.com
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They're both so gorgeous.
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
Robert Redford and Jane Fonda
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“She devoured men the way she devoured cigarettes.” -Claude Rains.
“She used smoking in a way I’d never seen before. It was a signature.” -Dr. Irvin Prince.
“If I didn’t smoke a cigarette, they wouldn’t know who I was” - Bette Davis
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AUDREY HEPBURN AS SUSY HENDRIX
WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967) Dir. Terence Young
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Period Dramas + Hands
Hands are unbearably beautiful. They hold on to things. They let things go.
The Piano (1993), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Anna Karenina (2012), Pride and Prejudice (2005), Carol (2015), Titanic (1997), In the Mood For Love (2000), The Handmaiden (2016), The Age of Innocence (1993), Maurice (1987)
#carol#the piano#portrait of a lady on fire#pride and prejudice#Maurice#in the mood for love#titanic#anna karenina#the age of innocence
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Antonio Salvati, ornamental vase, 1870. Opalescent glass, hand blown. Venice. Via imm.hu
The two sides of the body are decorated with handles, formed of swans with their head bent down. The whole surface of the vase is pink, striped by melted glass threads and spotted. The body of the swans are made of white opaque glass, their beaks and feet are of red glass. The form and the decoration of the vase are based on traditions of Venice-Murano glass art.
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Dresses in Franz Xaver Winterhalter's Paintings.
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Map Showing Defences of Cincinnati, Covington & Newport, 11/27/1862.
Check out this map in our new catalog–you can zoom so far in!
Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers
Series: Fortifications Map File Plans of Military Forts
File Unit: Drawer 132
Image description: A map showing the area from downtown Cincinnati to Bank Lick Creek in Covington, Kentucky. There is a lot of detail about features significant to military actions, including topography, bridges, and batteries.
#archivesgov#1862#1800s#Civil War#U.S. Civil War#Cincinnati#Ohio#Covington#Newport#Kentucky#maps#maps and charts
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It doesn’t matter who made the first move.
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 花樣年華
2000┃Wong Kar Wai
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Every Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers Dance Number
“I Used to Be Color Blind” in CAREFREE (1938)
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