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Grace of Monaco and David Niven with Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev at Nice's ballet in August 1963.

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Margot Fonteyn, standing on "my very expensive soap box" during a press reception at her home, 1958. Behind her is her portrait by Pietro Annigoni, painted in 1955.

#margot fonteyn #anton dolin #pietro annigoni #victor blackman #candid #1950s

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Margaret Lockwood with Norman Wisdom and Glynis Johns at the British Film Academy Awards, 1954

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GLYNIS JOHNS (1923-2024)

"Why Miss Johns is ever off the British screen is one of the unintelligible idiocies of our film industry. A young Athene Seyler or Marie Tempest, this delicious actress has an impudent wit, a croaking mockery and an imperturbable matter-of-factness which makes anything from mermaids (Miranda) to Anglo-Vosnian misses (State Secret) real and funny." — Freda Bruce Lockhart, 1950

"I became a professional at 12, so it's always been my life. Later on, I wanted to lead what I thought of as a 'normal' existence, but I soon found I wasn't as normal away from the theater as in it. Acting is my highest form of intelligence, the time when I use the best part of my brain. I was always told, by my married friends, for example, that I could apply that intelligence to something else, some other aspect of living, but I can't."

"I like being a woman, and it may be small-minded of me, but I also like being given flowers, having the door opened for me, being cherished by a man. I'm a complete romantic - and very happy to be one."

"I throw away a lot of lines, but as someone once said to me, 'At least you know where you're throwing them.'"

"I don't believe in age. I don't believe in death."

#glynis johns #in memoriam #angus mcbean #john vickers #ron kelly #portrait #1940s #1950s #quote

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Vera Zorina in Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)

#vera zorina #star spangled rhythm #old hollywood #film #ballet #1940s #gifs

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Vivien Leigh and Robert Helpmann in costume as Titania and Oberon for the Old Vic production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, which opened on Boxing Day, December 27, 1937

"On 12 January, 1938 Queen Elizabeth fulfilled a promise to the late Lilian Baylis that her daughters should see their first Shakespeare at the Old Vic. After the performance the stars were presented. Helpmann and Vivien bowed and curtsied simultaneously and their elaborate headdresses became inextricably entwined. They had to retreat backwards from the room like two stags locked in combat." — Hugo Vickers

#vivien leigh #robert helpmann #a midsummer night's dream #shakespeare #theatre #1930s #quote

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The Frog Princess (1954)

#the frog princess #tsarevna-lyagushka #mikhail tsekhanovskiy #soyuzmultfilm #russian animation #animation #1950s #gifs

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The Frog Princess (1954)

#the frog princess #tsarevna-lyagushka #mikhail tsekhanovskiy #soyuzmultfilm #russian animation #animation #1950s #gifs

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Amarcord (1973)

#amarcord #federico fellini #italian cinema #film #1970s #gifs

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Amarcord (1973)

#amarcord #federico fellini #italian cinema #film #1970s #gifs

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Picturegoer, December 1925 (x)

#charles chaplin #charlie chaplin #picturegoer #old hollywood #1920s

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Picturegoer, December 26, 1931 (x)

#anna may wong #picturegoer #old hollywood #1930s

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Samuel H. Gottscho - Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, December 20, 1934

#samuel gottscho #samuel h. gottscho #rockefeller center christmas tree #rockefeller center #new york #photography #1930s

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Lev s bílou hrívou (1987)

#veronika zilkova #lev s bilou hrivou #jaromil jires #czech cinema #film #1980s #gifs

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At The Christmas Ball: A Vintage Xmas Anthology

01 - At The Christmas Ball - Bessie Smith (1925) 02 - Santa Claus, Bring My Man Back To Me - Ozie Ware (1928) 03 - Papa Ain't No Santa Claus - Butterbeans & Susie (1930) 04 - It's Winter Again - Isham Jones & His Orchestra (1932) 05 - Jingle Bells - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (1935) 06 - There's Frost On The Moon - Artie Shaw & His Strings (1936) 07 - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Mildred Bailey (1937) 08 - Christmas Morning The Rum Had Me Yawning - Lord Beginner (1939) 09 - Winter Weather - Fats Waller & His Rhythm (1941) 10 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters (1943) 11 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland (1944) 12 - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Connee Boswell (1945) 13 - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Mabel Scott (1948) 14 - Baby, It's Cold Outside - Pearl Bailey & Hot Lips Page (1949) 15 - All I Want For Christmas - Nat King Cole Trio (1949) 16 - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - The Orioles (1949) 17 - Midnight Sleighride - Sauter-Finegan Orchestra (1952) 18 - Silent Night - Dinah Washington (1953) 19 - White Christmas - The Drifters (1954) 20 - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Cadillacs (1956) 21 - Warm December - Julie London (1956) 22 - Love Turns Winter To Spring - June Christy (1957) 23 - The Secret Of Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald (1959) 24 - The Christmas Song - Carmen McRae (1961) 25 - A Christmas Surprise - Lena Horne (1965) 26 - Santa Was Here - Lorez Alexandria (1968)

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#music #christmas music #my compilation

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Daffy's Southern Exposure (1942)

#daffy's southern exposure #norman mccabe #looney tunes #animation #1940s #gifs

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The Little Match Girl (1928)

#catherine hessling #la petite marchande d'allumettes #the little match girl #jean renoir #french cinema #silent film #film #1920s #gifs