Thank you gummgarland for coloring these photos! Exquisite!
R.I.P. Deanna Durbin
Thank you for sharing your beautiful gift.
(Source: classicfilmfanatic)
“This may be harder to see in the persona of Astaire because it exists in reverse form to the way that it appears in Valentino and Gable. With them it is their gentleness that is hidden, the discovery of which imbues their characters with a thrilling potential. With Astaire it is his power as a dynamic and undoubtedly masculine figure that is magically revealed when he begins to dance…. In terms of the film industry’s need to provide both a pleasurable viewing experience for a largely female audience and to meet the requirements of the Production Code, the asexual persona of Astaire was a perfect cover for the erotic significance of much of his dancing.”
Movies in Disguise: Negotiating Censorship & Patriarchy Through the Dances of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers by Sue Richard
katharinespants:
How to be a BAMF by Kathy Hepburn
(via gummgarland)
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1. Audrey Hepburn or Grace Kelly? Audrey Hepburn
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2. Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Gene Kelly
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3. Sunset Blvd or All About Eve? All About Eve
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4. Marilyn Monroe or Jayne Mansfield? Marilyn Monroe
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5. Cary Grant or Clark Gable? Clark Gable
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6. Bringing Up Baby or My Man Godfrey? Bringing Up Baby
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7. Bette Davis or Joan Crawford? Bette Davis
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8. James Dean or Marlon Brando? James Dean
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9. Carole Lombard or Myrna Loy? Myrna Loy
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10. Joan Fontaine or Olivia DeHavilland? Olivia DeHavilland
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11. James Cagney or Humphrey Bogart? Totally different from each other!
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12. Ernst Lubitsch or Billy Wilder? Billy Wilder... I think
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13. Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich? Marlene Dietrich
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14. Frank Sinatra or Bing Crosby? BING CROSBY
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15. Casablanca or Gone With the Wind? GONE WITH THE WIND
So cute!
classicmoviefanproblems:
When people say they’re in love with Audrey Hepburn when the only movie they’ve seen is Breakfast at Tiffany’s and they only like her because she was a style icon.
Submitted by: lets-take-a-roman-holiday
(Source: justlittleclassicfilmthings, via sweet-nostalgie)
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Source: justlittleclassicfilmthings, via sweet-nostalgie)
Look at what this photographer did with dolls as an homage to the movie, Funny Face! LOVE IT!