*CANDIDS*

[mongoII]

chiO, since pin-up girl Bettie Page was actually in a few films, notably "Striporama" (1953), I will post a picture of her soon.
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Lana Turner & Steven Crane wed while Linda Darnell waits for a piece of cake.


Bette Davis greeted by her favorite husband Gary Merrill.

It's Clifton Webb as Santa getting ready to deliver those presents.


Movie star Van Johnson (August 25, 1916 - December 12, 2008)


Pin-up gal Bettie Page (April 22, 1923 - December 11, 2008)


Character actor Robert Prosky (12/13/30 - 12/8/08)


Errol Flynn preparing to play a boxer


Beauty Elizabeth Taylor giving ping pong a go


Keenan Wynn arriving at MGM on his bike in 1949.


Character actress/singer Esther Dale recuperating after an auto accident in 1928


Lauren Bacall visiting Bogart & director John Cromwell on set of "Dead Reckoning"


Audrey Hepburn having fun in a Mexican market in 1954


Mighty-mites Billy Barty and Mickey Rooney


It's Marilyn Monroe as vamp Theda Bara


Rand Brooks (Scarlett's husband), Jane Withers & Jimmy Lydon (Henry Aldrich)

[charliechaplinfan]

I love that picture of Joan Crawford, she's so beautiful.

[phil noir]

Thanks for all these great pictures, Mongo. Having just seen William Demarest in his middle-aged heyday in Sullivan's Travels, it was very interesting to see him as a young man.

[mrsl]

Whatever is that photo of Marilyn Monroe as Theda Bara from?

Anne

[mongoII]

Thank you CCfan and phil noir. It's nice to know that you both are enjoying the images.

Anne, the photographs were taken in the Fall of 1958 by Richard Avedon of Marilyn Monroe posing as Lillian Russell, Theda Bara, Clara Bow, Jean Harlow and Marlene Dietrich, some of which I posted prior on this thread.

[Vecchiolarry]

Hi Anne & Joe,

I remember seeing that issue of "Life" magazine with Marilyn Monroe done up as former sex-symbols...
Other photos of her, which were never publishedin America (but were in Europe), featured her as Cleopatra, Catherine the Great and Marie Antoinette.

Larry

[mongoII]

Larry, thanks for the additional info regarding those shots of Marilyn Monroe as various famous women.
I must add that the lusty blonde looked great in most of the images taken by the master Richard Avedon.
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Paulette Goddard anxious to open her Christmas presents


Jennifer Jones as Jo in the unfinished "Little Women" (1946)


The late Van Johnson surrounded by fans on the set of "The Romance of Rosy Ridge"


Carmen Miranda placing her 6" wedgie prints in cement


Character actor Guy Kibbee in all his glory surrounded by beauties


Vivien Leigh accepting her Oscar for "Gone With the Wind" in 1940


Marilyn Monroe bogged down with fan mail


Comic character actor Slim Summerville with his son Elliot.


Millie Perkins, Ed Wynn & director George Stevens on the set of
"The Diary of Anne Frank"


Superior character actor Eli Wallach (turned 93 on December 7th)


Oscar nominated character actor Monty Woolley dining solo


Dependable character actor Whit Bissell


Once teen idol Victor Mature keeping in shape


Beautiful couple Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield


Voluptuous Italian import Sophia Loren

[moira finnie]

Okay, Mongo. I know studio heads liked to say that certain actresses "had all the sex appeal of Slim Summerville", but that is the most appealing picture of the comic actor I've ever seen. Maybe I'm just a mushy female, but is there anything more endearing than a man who loves his baby? He and his baby were darling.

[ChiO]

I'm sorry. Was there a picture of Slim Summerville? The picture of Her Goddessness, Sophia Loren, wiped all other pictures out of my brain...even the one of the Whitster.

[movieman1957]

Cough! Cough!!

[moira finnie]

I'm sorry. Was there a picture of Slim Summerville? The picture of Her Goddessness, Sophia Loren, wiped all other pictures out of my brain...even the one of the Whitster.

Oh, you mean that underfed Italian girl?

[charliechaplinfan]

Marilyn is too beautiful to be anyone but Marilyn, here's a link to a site where you can see all the pictures from this sitting

http://home.att.net/~sallyann3/avedon.html

[mongoII]

Moira, I also thought that image of Slim Summerville with his son was most endearing, not to mention how much the kid resembles his daddy.

No doubt that Sophia Loren is better than spaghetti & meat balls.

CCfan, thanks for the link to the Richard Avedon images.
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Paulette Goddard on a bad hair day


Former chous girl Evelyn Nesbit (once involved in a sensational murder trial) with Joan Collins who portrayed her in "The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing"


Jennifer Jones getting prepared for a scene in "Since You Went Away"


The wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank Morgan into tennis.


Gifted actress Marsha Hunt tuned 91 in October.


Edward G. Robinson, wife Gladys and son Eddie Jr. in the holiday spirit.


Remembering Brooklyn's own SUSAN HAYWARD (6/30/1917 - 3/14/1975).


Remembering Brooklyn's own JEFF CHANDLER (12/15/1918 - 6/17/1961)


Remembering Brooklyn's own BARBARA STANWYCK (7/16/1907 - 1/20/1990)

[mrsl]

CharlieChaplinfan:

Thanks for that link to the other photos of Marilyn. She looks terrific in all of them especially the Marlene Dietriech - actually she looks better than Dietriech. The Clara Bow is kind of screwed up because there is a bow or balloon right in front of her face, but the gown and background for Jean Harlow are fantastic and that pose of Lillian Russell would have put those Victorian gentlemen into outer space.

Anne

[jdb1]

Nice photo of of E.G. Robinson and his Chanukah bush, Joe.

It's interesting that in many of these candids and non-glamour shots, Robinson (as does Joan Crawford) looks quite different - softer and more attractive.