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Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh visit Alfred Hitchcock in his studio office before the filming of Psycho in 1959. Photographed by Sid Avery.
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Posted on May 19, 2013 via meow with 2,423 notes ()
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It’s father-crooner / daughter day here as Frank n’ Nancy share a casual cardigan vs vest moment in the back of some stage.
Frank shares a moment with daughter Nancy before performing onstage together at her high school in 1955. He assures his nervous daughter that singing in front of her classmates will be “easy as pie”.
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Posted on April 26, 2013 via flop sweat with 202 notes ()
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James Dean did ballet, 1955. Diggit. That’s him, leotarded.
At the age of five Jimmy was taking tap and ballet lessons and appeared in a recital with the Marion College of Dance and Theater Arts. Years later he continued his dance lessons with instructor Katherine Dunham in New York. Photographs by Dennis Stock, 1955.
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Posted on April 16, 2013 via James Dean Daily with 2,774 notes ()
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‘The Blob’ - 1958 film poster via theniftyfifties
Posted on March 30, 2013 via Roger Wilkerson, The Suburban Legend. with 527 notes ()
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Zombies are here! Martine Franck / Pilgrims at Lourdes, France (1958). Via shihlun
Martine Franck (April 2, 1938 – August 16, 2012) was a well-known Belgian documentary and portrait photographer, and the second wife of Henri Cartier-Bresson. A member of Magnum Photos for more 32 years, Franck was also co-founder and president of the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation.
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Posted on March 12, 2013 via zero focus with 15 notes ()
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A 50’s tentacular beauty: German actress Ursula Thiess
She left postwar Germany at the urging of Howard Hughes and signed up with RKO. She co-starred with Robert Stack in The Iron Glove (1952), Rock Hudson in Bengal Brigade (1954), Glenn Ford in The Americano (1955), and Robert Mitchum in Bandido (1956).
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Posted on March 11, 2013 via Ambrose's Tumblr with 140 notes ()
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“Henri Cartier-Bresson at work” photo from 1955 by Dmitri Kessel via LIFE and theshinyboogie and chagalov
Posted on March 8, 2013 via T for tout with 11 notes ()
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Eartha Kitt on “What’s my Line” (1959) via holdmypurse
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Posted on March 3, 2013 via Truuuu I'm a Unicorn with 4,689 notes ()
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Sluggo goes beatnik. Out of boredom. So ahead of his time. And so alliterative. I am not. Bored. All Worlds Fair day two!
Posted on February 23, 2013 via CHEATER SLICKS with 5 notes ()
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Marlon Brando in rehearsals for Guys and Dolls, 1955. Via terrysmalloy
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Posted on February 8, 2013 via Stabbed in the cuticle; what a way to die. with 535 notes ()
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Robert Rauschenberg - Cy + Roman Steps (1952) - suite of gelatin prints of fellow artist and Cy Twombly. Via likeafieldmouse
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Posted on January 23, 2013 via not shaking the grass with 668 notes ()
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Oh my. A John D MacDonald Dutch edition! Swoon. He’s a favorite, and the early book covers in America are fantastic pulp-y art. First Dutch edition I’ve ever seen, this of a book called “Death Trap” which I haven’t read in any language.
Awesome Christmas eve eve surprise! Here’s a whole (non-Tumblr) blog of MacDonald book cover art. Via twincovercollector & mudwerks
Posted on December 24, 2012 via sloth unleashed with 14 notes ()
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