A group photograph of MGM’s stars and starlets under contract, taken for the studio’s 20th anniversary in 1943.
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Photo of Barbara Stanwyck taken by a fan in the 1930s
“I feel like I’m in a foreign film” [approximate line]
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Jean Harlow spent every Sunday bleaching her ash blond hair platinum, with a mixture of peroxide, ammonia, Clorox, and Lux flakes. The painful procedure wreaked such havoc on her hair she was eventually forced to don a wig.
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Today in 1910 Mary Wickes was born
Today in 1926 Paul Lynde was born.
Born on this date (June 13), Lois Weber was a motion picture pioneer. Here she is acting in Suspense, a scary-as-hell film that she also directed. Seriously—look at this shot. It’s from 1913.
Esther Williams
TCM’s tribute to Esther Williams starts at 8 p.m. Eastern/5 p.m. Pacific with BATHING BEAUTY ‘44.
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Sheer beauty - Power and Rathbone.
Elizabeth Taylor appears as a mystery guest on the long-running CBS television program “What’s My Line?” Dated November 14th, 1954.
Her fake voice and accent are so funny, total mismatch