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BRIEF ENCOUNTER & First Love/Late Spring by Mitski

Rudolph Valentino was born on May 6, 1895. The Italian born actor immigrated to the United States in 1913 at age 18, and after appearing in supporting roles in films for several years, he became established as a Hollywood star with the movie, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921). His next film, The Sheik (1921) confirmed his reputation as Hollywood's leading Latin lover. He appeared in over 40 films until his untimely death at age 31 in 1926. His death was mourned the world over by his many female fans.

Marilyn Monroe on the set of Some Like it Hot in Los Angeles, California, 1958. Photo by Richard C. Miller.

Screenland Magazine, September 1929

Well, there are some things a man just can't run away from. Stagecoach (1939) dir. John Ford

Eleanor Parker as Joanna Leiningen in The Naked Jungle (1954)

LA DOLCE VITA (1960) Dir. Federico Fellini

Joan Crawford in HUMORESQUE (1946) dir. Jean Negulesco

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Ziegfeld Girl (1941) ​​​​

Großstadtschmetterling (Pavement Butterfly), dir. Richard Eichberg (1929)

Marilyn Monroe getting her hair done by stylist, Gladys Rasmussen, at the Fox Studios salon, Hollywood, 1952. Photo by Andre de Dienes.

Gertrude Welcker DR. MABUSE, DER SPIELER 1922 | dir. Fritz Lang

THE LADY EVE (1941) dir. Preston Sturges

Show Girl (1928)

METROPOLIS — 1927, dir. Fritz Lang

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