In appreciation of Old Hollywood

All About Eve (1950) dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz

judy garland in till the clouds roll by (1946)

Audrey Hepburn photographed by Hans Gerber in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, 1954

Marpessa Dawn

Marpessa Dawn, during her dance lesson, photographed by Loomis Dean (1960).

Dorothy Dandridge (1954)

A black and white summer beauty break, courtesy of ten classic actresses and entertainers — Audrey Hepburn, Julie Andrews, Dorothy Dandridge, Dolores del Río, Pam Grier, Rita Hayworth, Eartha Kitt, Carole Lombard, Marilyn Monroe, and Anna May Wong ☀️💕

Dorothy Dandridge with her manger Earl Mills and writer-historian Clarence A. De Lima (l.) on producer Raul Fernandez’s estate. These are some of the last pictures ever taken of Dorothy.

Two of the very last pictures of Dorothy Dandridge. She is photographed here applying makeup as she prepared to depart from Oaxaca, Mexico for Los Angeles on September 7, 1965.

Photograph: By photographer Phil Stern, captured on the set of the film, Porgy and Bess (1959)

Dorothy Dandridge arriving with her sister Vivian Dandridge at the 27th Annual Academy Awards held at the Century Theatre in New York City on March 30, 1955. Dorothy became the first African American woman to be nominated for an @theacademy Award for Best Actress, and the first African American actress to present an award at the ceremony.