1950s Hollywood

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James Dean / September 30, 1955.Photo 1: Dean in front of Competition Motors at 1219 N. Vine St., Ho

talesfromweirdland:Actresses and models often pay homage to Marilyn Monroe—but did Marilyn Monroe ev

vintageho:Hedda Hopper playing herself in Sunset Blvd (1950) Dir. Billy Wilder

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Harold Lloyd at his Greenacres estate in 1953.

I’ve always loved this photo. Marilyn Monroe, startled by a firecracker, opens the Time-Life Buildin

talesfromweirdland:Marilyn Monroe running through the back alleys of Los Angeles, before stardom. 19

Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

williamholdenappreciation: William Holden and Kim Novak on the set of Picnic (1955)

Marilyn Monroe in the makeup chair. 1954.

Marilyn Monroe hair and make up test for Niagara (1953).

Marilyn Monroe promoting MONKEY BUSINESS in Atlantic City, 1952.

Lauren Bacall and her son in NYC, c. 1951

Desi Arnaz c.1940s-1950s

talesfromweirdland:Marilyn Monroe photographed by Michael Ochs in 1952.

talesfromweirdland:Marilyn Monroe in a publicity shot for her 1954 movie, River of No Return.

Marilyn Monroe publicity photo for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953).

Marilyn Monroe at producer Jerry Wald’s office. Wald interviewed her for a role in Clash By Night (w

prettynerdieworks:SUNSET BLVD. (Billy Wilder, 1950)“So they were turning after all, those cameras. L

Betty Brosmer 

The Beautiful Esther Williams, c.1952

Marilyn Monroe teaches the Art of Seduction in this 1951 article. A bit more from this day a little

heirloombabydoll:Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), dir. Howard HawksThis last shot of Dorothy and Lor

calidreame-r:The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills during the 1950s.Since 1961, the hotel’s Internatio

Marilyn Monroe in her first important role: gangster moll Angela, in John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungl

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