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Vintage celebrity portraits give us a glimpse into the past and a way to connect with icons from bygone eras. These pictures, often taken by renowned photographers, show us things like fashion and style, as well as the cultural and social norms of the time.

But they also offer a sense of nostalgia for a time that many people may not even have experienced firsthand. The images serve as reminders of the enduring influence of certain stars and the impact they have had on popular culture.

And the Facebook page 'Things of the Past' is one of the richest online archives of such memorabilia. So let's take a scroll through its most prized possessions and who knows, maybe we'll see some of our beloved celebs in a way we still haven't.

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Tilda Swinton - 1988

Tilda Swinton - 1988

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LesAnimaux
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stuning photograph. Tilda has always had an almost unearthly quality about her.

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    Remembering Television Legend Betty White

    Remembering Television Legend Betty White

    January 17th, 1922 – December 31st, 2021
    Portraits of Betty from 1954 during the period she was starring in the syndicated sitcom Life with Elizabeth. First appearing on television in an experimental broadcast in the late-1930s, Betty was a true TV pioneer. Beyond her work as an actress (as well as a singer, dancer, hostess and game show contestant), Betty assumed various roles during her years in television and produced, wrote and directed a number of productions she was involved with, breaking new ground for women in the entertainment industry. Nominated for twenty-one primetime Emmy Awards and twice for a daytime Emmy during her eight decade long career, Betty won five of her primetime nominations, one of her daytime, and received a daytime Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 2015. She also won a regional Emmy Award in Los Angeles in 1951

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    Jan Bowyer
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Miss you, Betty. Fortunately I can stream Golden Girls 24-7. RIP.

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    #8

    Cate Blanchett

    Cate Blanchett

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    Mike Farrell, Loretta Swit, Alan Alda, Harry Morgan And David Ogden Stiers Raise A Toast And A Cake At A 7th Anniversary Cast Party

    Mike Farrell, Loretta Swit, Alan Alda, Harry Morgan And David Ogden Stiers Raise A Toast And A Cake At A 7th Anniversary Cast Party

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    #12

    Sean Connery & Michael Caine By Michael O’neill For “ Vanity Fair”

    Sean Connery & Michael Caine By Michael O’neill For “ Vanity Fair”

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    Christopher Walken, Robert Deniro, Chuck Aspegren, John Savage, And John Cazale On The Set Of The Deer Hunter (1978)

    Christopher Walken, Robert Deniro, Chuck Aspegren, John Savage, And John Cazale On The Set Of The Deer Hunter (1978)

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    Audrey Photographed By Mark Shaw In Beverly Hills, California During The Filming Of ‘Sabrina’ In 1953

    Audrey Photographed By Mark Shaw In Beverly Hills, California During The Filming Of ‘Sabrina’ In 1953

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    Little Liza Minnelli With Mom Judy Garland At Mgm During The Filming Of In The Good Old Summertime

    Little Liza Minnelli With Mom Judy Garland At Mgm During The Filming Of In The Good Old Summertime

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    Harpo Marx And His Children, 1954

    Harpo Marx And His Children, 1954

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    Marlon Brando And Al Pacino On The Set Of The Godfather (1972)

    Marlon Brando And Al Pacino On The Set Of The Godfather (1972)

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    Ingrid Bergman And Isabella Rossellini In 1971

    Ingrid Bergman And Isabella Rossellini In 1971

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    “The Best Time I Ever Had With Joan Crawford Was When I Pushed Her Down The Stairs In “Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?”“ - Bette Davis

    “The Best Time I Ever Had With Joan Crawford Was When I Pushed Her Down The Stairs In “Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?”“ - Bette Davis

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    Al Pacino And Robert De Niro Posing In A Production Still For The Godfather: Part Il (1974)

    Al Pacino And Robert De Niro Posing In A Production Still For The Godfather: Part Il (1974)

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    Audrey Hepburn And Gina Lollobrigida At The Marigny Theatre During The Nuit Du Cinema N Paris (1965)

    Audrey Hepburn And Gina Lollobrigida At The Marigny Theatre During The Nuit Du Cinema N Paris (1965)

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    Frank Sinatra Gets Carried Off Stage By Dean Martin While Sammy Davis Jr. Watches, Photo By Art Shay, Las Vegas, 1961

    Frank Sinatra Gets Carried Off Stage By Dean Martin While Sammy Davis Jr. Watches, Photo By Art Shay, Las Vegas, 1961

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    Sophia Loren In The Millionairess

    Sophia Loren In The Millionairess

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    The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981, Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos)

    The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981, Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos)

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    Jack Nicholson

    Jack Nicholson

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    David
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WHITE SUPREMICIST! CANCEL HIM!!! /S. Just reminding people the OK symbol and bunghole were both around for ages before anyone decided it could only mean the person was promoting white supremacy.

    Epona
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe because he is well known for portraying creepy and unlikable characters? I find him immensly icky. Just blech.

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    #31

    Hedy Lamarr By Laszlo Willinger, 1943

    Hedy Lamarr By Laszlo Willinger, 1943

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    Chewie Baron
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Absolutely stunning. And everyone with a Bluetooth compatible device and Wifi should say thank you to her.

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    Audrey Hepburn For Revlon’s “Most Unforgettable Women In The World” Campaign, Photos By Richard Avedon, New York, 1988

    Audrey Hepburn For Revlon’s “Most Unforgettable Women In The World” Campaign, Photos By Richard Avedon, New York, 1988

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    Audrey Hepburn, Dean Martin, And Jerry Lewis Photographed By Bob Willoughby, 1953

    Audrey Hepburn, Dean Martin, And Jerry Lewis Photographed By Bob Willoughby, 1953

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    Buster Keaton, Photographed By Melbourne Spurr, 1926

    Buster Keaton, Photographed By Melbourne Spurr, 1926

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    #36

    Michelle Pfeiffer And Al Pacino In Frankie And Johnny (1991)

    Michelle Pfeiffer And Al Pacino In Frankie And Johnny (1991)

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    Paul Newman

    Paul Newman

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    Klopec
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I road in a elevator with him alone. Those eyes and he was so nice.

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    David Lynch And Isabella Rossellini By Helmut Newton, 1988

    David Lynch And Isabella Rossellini By Helmut Newton, 1988

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    Lauren Bacall And Humphrey Bogart At Their Home In Benedict Canyon, 1954

    Lauren Bacall And Humphrey Bogart At Their Home In Benedict Canyon, 1954

    The remarkable Lauren Bacall knew who he was, let him be who he was, and, in return, he was at last able to give something no other woman could grab from him: his total commitment.“ - Mary Astor, Bogart’s Maltese Falcon costar

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    Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe

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    Greta Garbo By Clarence Sinclair Bull For Ninotchka, 1939

    Greta Garbo By Clarence Sinclair Bull For Ninotchka, 1939

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    John And Julian Lennon With The Cast Of Happy Days

    John And Julian Lennon With The Cast Of Happy Days

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    Marilyn Monroe Signing Autographs For Fans On The Set Of “Some Like It Hot” In Coronado Beach, California, Summer Of 1958. Photo By Richard Miller

    Marilyn Monroe Signing Autographs For Fans On The Set Of “Some Like It Hot” In Coronado Beach, California, Summer Of 1958. Photo By Richard Miller

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    #48

    Liza Minnelli And Alice Cooper

    Liza Minnelli And Alice Cooper

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    The Twilight Zone’s Rod Serling With Jodie Foster

    The Twilight Zone’s Rod Serling With Jodie Foster

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    #51

    Clint Eastwood And Telly Savalas In The Film "Kelly’s Heroes" (1970)

    Clint Eastwood And Telly Savalas In The Film "Kelly’s Heroes" (1970)

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    Federico Fellini And Sophia Loren, 1960s. Photo By Chiara Samugheo

    Federico Fellini And Sophia Loren, 1960s. Photo By Chiara Samugheo

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    Brigitte Bardot

    Brigitte Bardot

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    Li’l E.
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Somehow she always looks tousled in a sexy way, like she just got out of bed.

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    Nathalie And Alain Delon

    Nathalie And Alain Delon

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    talliloo
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i just watched 'red sun' with alain in it along with charles bronson and toshiro mifune.

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    John Belushi And The Go-Go’s

    John Belushi And The Go-Go’s

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    VonBlade
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny when you see a picture and most people will know Belushi as the mad one, but clearly the lovely Jane Weidlin is the kookiest person in that picture.

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    Barbara Eden And Sammy Davis, Jr

    Barbara Eden And Sammy Davis, Jr

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    Xenon
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They made her cover her belly button because it was too risqué for tv back then.

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    Marcello Mastroianni And Federico Fellini

    Marcello Mastroianni And Federico Fellini

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    Liz Taylor And Rock Hudson Cementing Their Handprints At The Grauman's Chinese Theatre

    Liz Taylor And Rock Hudson Cementing Their Handprints At The Grauman's Chinese Theatre

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    Klopec
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Elizabeth was and always will be the most beautiful woman in Hollywood. Poor Rock.

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    #61

    Audrey Hepburn In Charade (1963)

    Audrey Hepburn In Charade (1963)

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    Ingrid Bergman And Roberto Rossellini

    Ingrid Bergman And Roberto Rossellini

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    Audrey Hepburn In A Publicity Still For “Funny Face” (1957)

    Audrey Hepburn In A Publicity Still For “Funny Face” (1957)

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    Audrey Hepburn Taking Pictures In Belgian Congo On The Set Of The Nun's Story (1959)

    Audrey Hepburn Taking Pictures In Belgian Congo On The Set Of The Nun's Story (1959)

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    Shirley Macliane And Warren Beatty

    Shirley Macliane And Warren Beatty

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people still don't realize that they're brother and sister.

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    James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor And Rock Hudson On The Set Of Giant In 1955

    James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor And Rock Hudson On The Set Of Giant In 1955

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    Klopec
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She was indescribable beautiful, outside and inside!

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    English Actress Jacqueline Bisset Enjoys The Beach During Her First Year Living In California In 1965

    English Actress Jacqueline Bisset Enjoys The Beach During Her First Year Living In California In 1965

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    Ingrid Bergman, 1940s

    Ingrid Bergman, 1940s

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    Anita Ekberg By Andre De Dienes, C.1954

    Anita Ekberg By Andre De Dienes, C.1954

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    Marcello Mastroianni And Anita Ekberg At A Press Event For The Federico Fellini Comedy-Drama La Dolce Vita Held At The Martini Terrace In Milan, Italy On February 5th, 1960

    Marcello Mastroianni And Anita Ekberg At A Press Event For The Federico Fellini Comedy-Drama La Dolce Vita Held At The Martini Terrace In Milan, Italy On February 5th, 1960

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    Raquel Welch

    Raquel Welch

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    Cyd Charisse Resting Her Feet On Ice, Behind The Cameras After Rehearsals In 1948

    Cyd Charisse Resting Her Feet On Ice, Behind The Cameras After Rehearsals In 1948

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    Peter Falk And Gena Rowlands In A Woman Under The Influence (1974)

    Peter Falk And Gena Rowlands In A Woman Under The Influence (1974)

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    Marilyn Monroe Photographed By Milton Greene, 1956

    Marilyn Monroe Photographed By Milton Greene, 1956

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    Toni Tennille (Of Captain & Tennille), Perry Como, And Loretta Switt (Of M*a*s*h*)

    Toni Tennille (Of Captain & Tennille), Perry Como, And Loretta Switt (Of M*a*s*h*)

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    Marlon Brando

    Marlon Brando

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    Lori w
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apocalypse Now. They thought they were getting Brando how he looked in On the Waterfront and A streetcar Named Desire. Instead, he shows up 300 lbs and bald. He did a great performance in Apocalypse Now.

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    Nastassja Kinski

    Nastassja Kinski

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    Barbara Stanwyck

    Barbara Stanwyck

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    Ursula Andress

    Ursula Andress

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    Cary Grant And Randolph Scott

    Cary Grant And Randolph Scott

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    CHRIS DOMRES
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cary Grant did many therapeutic trips of LSD to work through psychological issues caused by childhood trauma.

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    Actress Faye Dunaway As Bonnie Parker, Standing Outside The Merchants Bank In The Film 'Bonnie And Clyde', 1967

    Actress Faye Dunaway As Bonnie Parker, Standing Outside The Merchants Bank In The Film 'Bonnie And Clyde', 1967

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    Greta Garbo “Mata Hari” By Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931

    Greta Garbo “Mata Hari” By Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931

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    Alicia M
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting bit about Greta Garbo. She was Hitler's favorite actress, a fact that mortified her. He sent her fan letters. She told a friend that she wanted to meet the Führer, but not out of support for Hitler. She wanted to shoot him and end the war.

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    Mick Jagger, Keith Richards And Bob Dylan

    Mick Jagger, Keith Richards And Bob Dylan

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    Xenon
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Keith doesn't look day day over 137 even to this day! Immortal.

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    Claudia Cardinale And Alain Delon

    Claudia Cardinale And Alain Delon

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    Gary Cooper And Marlene Dietrich In A Publicity Photo For Desire (1936)

    Gary Cooper And Marlene Dietrich In A Publicity Photo For Desire (1936)

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    Priests Mingle With Hippies At The Glastonbury Music Festival In 1971

    Priests Mingle With Hippies At The Glastonbury Music Festival In 1971

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    Kathryn Baylis
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The priests look pretty young, so probably went because they really dug the music.

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    Elizabeth Taylor In London, 1948

    Elizabeth Taylor In London, 1948

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    Gina Lollobrigida

    Gina Lollobrigida

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    Showgirl Rosemary Williams Reading, 1949 Photography By Stanley Kubrick

    Showgirl Rosemary Williams Reading, 1949 Photography By Stanley Kubrick

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    Rita Hayworth

    Rita Hayworth

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    Julie Christie

    Julie Christie

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    Susan Hayward

    Susan Hayward

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    Sharon Tate Photographed By Terry O’neill, 1968

    Sharon Tate Photographed By Terry O’neill, 1968

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    Elizabeth Taylor

    Elizabeth Taylor

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    Elizabeth Taylor Photographed By Bert Stern, 1962

    Elizabeth Taylor Photographed By Bert Stern, 1962

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    Jane Russell

    Jane Russell

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    Ava Gardner

    Ava Gardner

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    Alfred Hitchcock, Janet Leigh Psycho - 1960 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Paramount USA On Set Psycho (1960)

    Alfred Hitchcock, Janet Leigh Psycho - 1960 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Paramount USA On Set Psycho (1960)

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    The Great Gatsby, Mia Farrow, 1974

    The Great Gatsby, Mia Farrow, 1974

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    Monica Vitti

    Monica Vitti

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    Natalie Wood In Manhattan During Production Of The Mgm/Arthur Hiller Crime Comedy Penelope, Photo By Art Zelin, 1966. Natalie’s Costumes In The Film Were Designed By Edith Head

    Natalie Wood In Manhattan During Production Of The Mgm/Arthur Hiller Crime Comedy Penelope, Photo By Art Zelin, 1966. Natalie’s Costumes In The Film Were Designed By Edith Head

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    Marcello Mastroianni & Anita Ekberg On The Set Of 8 1/2

    Marcello Mastroianni & Anita Ekberg On The Set Of 8 1/2

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    Alan Arkin’s Son David, Rob Reiner, Joey Bishop’s Son Larry, And Richard Dreyfuss

    Alan Arkin’s Son David, Rob Reiner, Joey Bishop’s Son Larry, And Richard Dreyfuss

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    Anita Ekberg, 1956. Photo Taken By Peter Basch

    Anita Ekberg, 1956. Photo Taken By Peter Basch

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    Judy Garland And Jerry Lewis At Ciro’s Circa 1949

    Judy Garland And Jerry Lewis At Ciro’s Circa 1949

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    𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝑶𝒇 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒌 (1962) On The Set: Doris Day And Husband Marty Melcher

    𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝑶𝒇 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒌 (1962) On The Set: Doris Day And Husband Marty Melcher

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    John Wayne For 'The Quiet Man', 1952

    John Wayne For 'The Quiet Man', 1952

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