The Midcentury Scene

The Razor’s Edge (1946)

Lovely Marilyn

“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

Eleanor Lucky / photo by Bunny Yeager.

Madimoselle; March, 1948

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Tanuki by Shiro Kasamatsu (1955)

SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) dir. billy wilder

Omar Sharif as Ahmed صراع في الوادي / The Blazing Sun (1954) dir. Youssef Chahine

隠し砦の三悪人 // The Hidden Fortress (1958) 監督 • 黒澤明 // dir. Kurosawa Akira

TO CATCH A THIEF (1955) dir. alfred hitchcock

Barbara and Robert Taylor on the ranch in Los Angeles.

barbara stanwyck in the lady eve