Film Noir Photos: February 2013

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Modern Femmes Fatale: Part 89

Emma Stone

Hanne-Gaby Odiele

Leighton Meester

Nicole Kidman

Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Vanessa Ferlito and Jordan Ladd in Death Proof (2007)

Clizia Incorvaia

Diana Dondoe

Jana Milic

Kate Upton

Maria Furtwaengler

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Adventures in Androgyny: Dorothy Revier

The Rose of Paris (1924

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Dance Hall Demoiselles: Jorja Curtright & Marjorie Reynolds

with Robert Cummings in Heaven Only Knows (1947)

Monday, February 25, 2013

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Inside Looking Out: Joan Crawford

1925

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Smoking in Bed: Nyree Dawn Porter

This New Zealand born actress first gained wide recognition in the starring role of Irene in the 1967 broadcast of John Galsworthy's "Forsyte Saga." Her first name 'Nyree' is a phonetic spelling of her birth name 'Ngaire', a Maori word for a shrub with star-shaped flowers.

Friday, February 22, 2013

Tracking with Closeups: Romy Schneider

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Out on the Town: Rita Hayworth & Evelyn Keyes

Rita Hayworth and best friend Evelyn Keyes at the Beverly Hills Brown Derby, October 12, 1940

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Sweater Girl: Bessie Love

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Bathing Beauties: Virginia Grey

Monday, February 18, 2013

President's Day: Marilyn Hearts Honest Abe

Marilyn Monroe shows off a portrait of the Great Emancipator from her convertible. Was she flea marketing? I don't know, but I hear Abe wasn't the only president she admired.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Reflections: Myrna Loy

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Outlandish Hats: Sandra Milo

8½ (1963)

Friday, February 15, 2013

Oh Nurse! Dorothy Granger

with WC Fields and Zedna Farley in The Dentist (1932)

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Vintage Hollywood's Interracial Valentines

The issue of race was no less significant in Hollywood during the 20th Century than anywhere else in America. Despite the enormous social pressures against such unions, cupid's arrow still managed to strike up a few sparks of exogamous romance among the film community. Interracial marriage was, by the way, illegal in 31 states until, in 1967, the Supreme Court ruled such laws unconstitutional in Loving v. Virginia.