earthbound stars

Esther Williams- c.1940s

Out of the Fog (1941) dir. Anatole Litvak

Marilyn Monroe, 1957. Photo taken by Richard Avedon.

Greta Garbo QUEEN CHRISTINA 1933 | Rouben Mamoulian

Tony Curtis with a seamstress on the set of Some Like it Hot (1959). He admitted he was "so scared to be playing a woman" that he was "tightly wound" on the set, unlike his co-star Jack Lemmon, who embraced the drag aspects of the role. Curtis was never comfortable in the female costumes but playing the role of "Josephine" certainly paid off. The movie became a critical and financial success and is widely regarded as one of the most successful comedies in Hollywood history.

DU BARRY WAS A LADY (1943) dir. roy del ruth

FILMS in 2026: 19 | Sullivan's Travels (1941) — dir. Preston Sturges    

Dorothy Dandridge in Cannes, France, photos by Jack Garofalo and Michou Simon, May 1955.

MARILYN MONROE Bus Stop (1956) dir. Joshua Logan

The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield (Charles W. Broun Jr., Joel Holt & Arthur Knight, 1968)

Frances Dee, 1933

KATHARINE ROSS The Graduate, Mike Nichols

Ex-Lady (1933) - Bonus

Joan Crawford and Nils Asther for Letty Lynton by George Hurrell, 1932

Pal Joey (1957)

Anita Ekberg made her first appearance in LIFE at age 20, in 1951.

Marilyn Monroe as Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk SOME LIKE IT HOT 1959 — dir. Billy Wilder