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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Star Wars Behind The Scenes (rare photos)

Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year intervals.

Our Dancing Daughters

Our Dancing Daughters is a 1928 MGM silent drama film starring Joan Crawford and John Mack Brown (later billed after a career decline as "Johnny Mack Brown"), about the "loosening of youth morals" that took place during the 1920s. The film was directed by Harry Beaumont and produced by Hunt Stromberg. This was the film that made Joan Crawford a major star, a position she held for the following half century.

Awesome Classic Movie Gifs

Movie posters of 1970s

Blaxploitation Movie Posters

Kiss Me, Stupid

Kiss Me, Stupid is a 1964 American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Dean Martin, Kim Novak, and Ray Walston.

Kiss Me, Stupid poster

Monday, June 6, 2011

Goodness Geisha

Rosalind Russell in A Majority of One (1961, Warner Bros.)

Shirley MacLaine in My Geisha (1962, Paramount)

Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance in "The Ricardos Go to Japan" from The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1959)

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Cinerama 1940s

Hot And Cold Running Girls!

"By A Waterfall" production number from "Footlights Parade", 1933

Fountain pyramid construction.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-born American actress. Beginning as a child star then throughout her adulthood, she became known for her acting talent, glamour and beauty; as well as a much publicized private life, which included eight marriages, several near-death experiences, and decades spent as a social activist, championing the cause of AIDS awareness, prevention and cure. Taylor, a two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress, was considered one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age. The American Film Institute named Taylor seventh on its Female Legends list.