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From the V&A

Martha Holmes, Life, Dec 1945

Veronica Lake

Dir. W. S. Van Dyke.

Marilyn Monroe in England, 1956.

Holiday (1938) dir. George Cukor Singin’ in the Rain (1952) dir. Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly

Greta Garbo QUEEN CHRISTINA 1933 | Rouben Mamoulian

Vivien Leigh and Rex Harrison in Sidewalks of London

Judy Garland getting an outfit for the day from her hidden closet behind a bookshelf in her MGM dressing room, 1940

Grace Kelly as Frances Stevens To Catch a Thief (1955) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

“My [singing] style really has no style, because I try to sing each number differently. I’ve always believed that if style takes precedent over the words and music, the audience get’s cheated. It’s like when people see a fine play or movie. They imagine themselves in the leading role. I want them to imagine that they’re singing - not just listening to someone else.” - Judy Garland

Lee Gershwin on Judy Garland

From Left to Right: Myrna Loy, William Powell, Jean Harlow, Robert Montgomery, Janet Gaynor, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Leslie Howard, Kay Francis

Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden on the set of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Via Flickr: “Fashion Queen of Nippon… Kinuyo Tanaka, popular Japanese star who as one of the principle fashion leaders in the Japanese Capitol, introduced this new style of headdress, which is now the rage in Tokyo.” E.F.S. May 22, 1927. Vintage press photograph by Sherwood and Sherwood. Kinuyo Tanaka was a leading lady from a young age, appearing in Yasujirō Ozu’s motion picture, “Graduated but…” in 1929 and later in 15 films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, including “The Life of Oharu” in 1952 and “Ugestsu” in 1953. She became Japan’s second female Director in 1953.