#Life Magazine

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Claudia Cardinale in "LIFE" magazine:

Italian beauty takes a desert bath on location in Nevada. /In this photo Claudia was filming "The Professionals" on July 8, 1966/

Claudia Cardinale, a wary beauty is afraid Hollywood will ruin her. Claudia Cardinale has a problem. At 26 she has become the most admitted international film star since Sophia Loren. Lusciously built along Italian lines, like Sophia, Claudia also has a special tender beauty in her face. Easy to work with, she is a director's pet. Unmarried, she has no close family worries. So what's her problem? Her problem is, now that she has finally agreed to work in Hollywood, she is afraid she will be over-glamorized and exploited-as Sophia was. Her first Hollywood movie, the recent 'Blindfold', confirms Claudia's worst fears of her. And she has two more coming up soon. Between Hollywood chores, she rushes away to make films in Italy, Spain, Brazil, anywhere but Hollywood. She gets paid less in Europe. "If I have to give up the money, I give it up," she insists, "I don't want to become a cliché."

She'd rather lose money than be a cliché In high spirits at being out of Hollywood and back in Italy, Claudia stopped her car to join villagers who had shouted "Claudia, Claudia", Then they all joined their favorite star for a picture.

Claudia likes the sun of Italy more than of Hollywood. Always rushing from one picture into another, she grabs five minutes to back on her Hotel Excelsior Lido balcony in Venice.

Anthony Quinn, who has acted with both Claudia and Sophia says: "I adore them equally But if I had to say, well, I relate easier to Claudia; Sophia creates an impression of something unobtainable but Claudia-She's not easy, still she's within reach".

Helping pick Miss Italy, Claudia lunches with each judges at Salsomaggiore. She got her own movie start by winning a rather specialized contest as "Most beautiful Italian in Tunisia". In Las Vegas, working on her next Hollywood picture, 'The Professionals'.

In Brazil a waiter proposed to her by mail, posted a marriage notice in his church, and changed his name to "Mr. Cardinale".

Claudia gobbles up a pile of magazines. She reads them to improve her English and keep up on fashions.

Claudia hangs on the words of Luchino Visconti, who directed her in 'Sandra', which won a Venice Festival prize.

Claudia says: "He sees me as cat that someday will turn into a tiger."

Credits:

📷 Photographs by Howell Conant. 📰 Text taken from the magazine "Life" in 1966. 🎥 My Gifs are behind the scenes of "The Professionals" memories.

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Showgirls Play Chess Backstage at the Latin Quarter Nightclub

Gordon Parks, “The Girls Backstage,” Life, Dec 22, 1958

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Marilyn Monroe (1952)

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high schoolers photographed by arthur schatz for life magazine, 1969📚

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In 1963 photographer Bert Stern photographed some of the top actors/actresses at the height of their fame playing their dream roles for a photo series in LIFE magazine's December 20, 1963 issue.

Cary Grant as Charlie Chaplin's Tramp / Audrey Hepburn as Pearl White in 'Perils of Pauline' / Tony Curtis & Natalie Wood as Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Bánky in 'The Sheik' / Paul Newman as a Douglas Fairbanks Sr. swashbuckler / Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin as Judah Ben-Hur and Messala from 'Ben-Hur' / Bing Crosby & Bob Hope as 1930s gangsters / Jack Lemmon as a war pilot / Shirley MacLaine as one of Busby Berkeley's showgirls / Rock Hudson as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

#cary grant #audrey hepburn #tony curtis #natalie wood #paul newman #frank sinatra #dean martin #bing crosby #bob hope #jack lemmon #shirley maclaine #rock hudson #bert stern #life magazine #old hollywood

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Prehistoric lunar volcano. Life. December 15, 1958. Cover detail.

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Birthday remembrance - Dame Elizabeth Taylor

Photographed by Philippe Halsman for LIFE Magazine in October 1948.

#elizabeth taylor #old hollywood #life magazine #philippe halsman

[without-ado]

The 1964 eruption of Mt. Etna l Sicily, Italy l LIFE

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Eartha Kitt photographed by Gordon Parks for LIFE magazine in New York City, 1952.

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A couple heads out on a hike.

Japan

1958

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Actress and pin-up model Vikki Dougan

Ralph Crane, Life, 1957

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Jane Fonda photographed by Bill Ray, 1971. LIFE Magazine.

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[humanoidhistory]

Robert McCall, 1964.

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Cheri, a great dane puppy, in deep sleep moments after stealing 5 lbs of ham off the kitchen counter By: Unknown photographer From: Life Magazine 1953

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