clarabowarchive:

Clara Bow original linen-backed photo by Irving Klaw.

Typed on reverse:

WHOOP-EE-E! Clara Bow, Paramount star enjoys a bit of exercise while between pictures. This picture was taken in her own gymnasium.

Stamped on reverse:

PLEASE CREDIT  An IRVING KLAW PHOTO 212 East 14th Street New York 3. N.Y.

Billie Dove - c. 1920s

mignonette:

“Where stars are made,  debts are paid and actors are a dime a dozen.”

The Times Square of Cinematown - Vine Street crosses Hollywood Boulevard.  Feb, 1938.

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall order rabbit/Bugs Bunny for dinner in Slick Hare (1947)

hautecatture:

James Mason and a kitty friend (by Ian Smith)

Actress Dolores Costello perfects her makeup in between takes during a film shoot - c. 1920s

Wampas Baby Stars portrait studios in Hollywood, California - 1934

Ann Miller - c. 1940s

fyeah-haroldlloyd:

Harold Lloyd with his daughter Gloria - October 28th, 1925

Actress Diana Lewis stays in shape - 1942

Shelley Winters - c. 1950’s

Happy Birthday, Gary Cooper (May 7th, 1901 - May 13th, 1961) 

“I looked at it this way.   To get people to like you, as a screen player I mean, I figured you had to sort of be their ideal.  I don’t mean a handsome knight riding a white horse, but a fella who answered the description of a right guy.”

mignonette:

Photoplay cover,  December 1931.

Rudolph Valentino (May 6th, 1985 - August 23rd, 1926)  Photo by Edward Steichen

The death of Valentino is a terrific loss to the screen.  He brought it happiness„ beauty, and art as perhaps no other has.  His loss can never be replaced; there was and can be only one Valentino; a great artist and one of the finest gentlemen it has ever been my privilege to term ‘friend’.” - John Gilbert