Saturday Spark: Old Hollywood
Cleopatra, Maggie the Cat or Butterfield 8, Elizabeth Taylor sums up all that is true Hollywood Glamour and Royalty. She eats up the screen in any film and I dare you to take your eyes off this goddess. via LIFE
The original emo actor and best friend of Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean chewed up the scenes with such lines as “Your tearing me apart!” Here he is on the set of East of Eden, via The Nifty Fifties
Ginger Rogers matched all the moves Fred Astair could choreograph, but she did it backwards and with heels. Here she is in an unguarded moment via Flickr.
M.I.C… K.E.Y… M.O.U.S.E There could be no mouse with out a cat like Walt Disney. He drew and spoke the life into Mickey Mouse and the empire for children, Disneyland. via LIFE on Google Images.
George Hurrell was a master of Hollywood photography. Here he is sharing an intimate moment with Ms. Bettie Davis, whom was a master in her own right of the silver screen. via the George Hurrell website.
Watch them cheek-to-cheek, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, the most wonderful dancing pair. Movies like Top Hat and Swing Time will make you want to learn to TAP.
Here she is, Ms. Norma Jean Baker, better known today as the most iconic woman of Hollywood, Marilyn Monroe. Perhaps this was before she received her crown as the Artichoke Queen in Castroville, California.
Haven’t seen it in a while? Probably a good time to re-watch Rear Window, starring Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart. via Twenty-Four Frames
