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Curtsying lessons - actress and Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly (1929-1982)

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Actor James Dean (1931-1955), with actress Pier Angeli (1932-1971)

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Actress Linda Darnell (1923-1965)

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Madonna (b. 1958), channeling Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) *An earlier version of this post erroneously captioned the image as Marilyn Monroe. This is in fact a tribute to Monroe with Madonna as...

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Model Veronica Scott. Photographed by Brian Kirley, c. 1953

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“The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful” - Actress Barbara La Marr (1896-1926), c. 1920 

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> “We have to celebrate all that women have achieved in such a short > period of time. This is the most exciting time to be dressing a > woman. Never before has a...

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> “‘I wasn’t interested in getting married,” she recalled. > “I was involved in the theater.”  Schweitzer pursued her. > During a business trip to France he ...

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> “I have only danced my life. As a child I danced the spontaneous > joy of growing things. As an adolescent, I danced with joy turning > to apprehension of the fi...

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> “I honestly believe Bebe Daniels is the most popular girl in > Hollywood. Mary Pickford is undoubtedly the most loved woman in > Hollywood. Betty Compson has perhaps...

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> “You know, Carole, for a long time now whenever a girl or a woman > has come to me weeping or bitter because some love affair has > ended I’ve always thought ...

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> “…I must say, for a charming, intelligent girl, you certainly > surrounded yourself with a remarkable collection of dopes.” >  > -Dana Andrews, as Detective McPher...

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> “ a blonde bombshell whose bleached hair, voluptuous > body, and bawdy humor inspired a fervent cult following that remains > to this day.   Harlow had to be some...

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> “Do not be so bloody vulnerable. To hell with God damned > "L'Amour.” It always causes far more trouble than it is worth. > Don’t run after it. Don’t court ...

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> “I didn’t give a damn about …it was better > to be there and be sexy than ugly  I am shocking, > impertinent and insolent  that’s how it is.” >  > Brigi...

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> “She was talented, funny, vulnerable, helpless in awful pain, with > no hope, and some worth and not a liar, not vicious, not catty, and > with a history of orpha...

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Actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993), with photographer Richard Avedon (1923-2004), on the set of Stanley Donen's Funny Face, 1957. 

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> “…I suppose most of us are lonely in this big world, but we must > fall tremendously in love to find it out.”  >  > Orson Welles, in a letter to Rita Haywo...

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> “I don’t live my life through the prism of the past…I don’t > look back on my life  I am a melancholy soul.  I’m not > sure contentment is obtainable an...

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Actress Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)

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