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Classic Film Stars in Fashion

Vintage photographs of glamorous film actresses showcasing elegant fashion from the early to mid-20th century.

Jenny Tomasin as Ruby Finch in the British Drama Series, "Upstairs, Downstairs", ITV, early 1975

GRETA GARBO in SUSAN LENOX, HER FALL AND RISE (1931), directed by ROBERT Z. LEONARD.

Miss Potts, 90 Kelburn Parade, circa 1925-1930, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Ballerina Violetta Elvin likes to look glamorous, but she also likes to feel warm. So last night, when she attended the first night of "First Person Singular" at London's Duke of York's Theatre, she arrived with a white wool scarf tucked into her deeply-planning V-Neckline. February 21, 1952. (Photo by Daily Mirror).

Jenny Tomasin as Ruby Finch in the British Drama Series, "Upstairs, Downstairs", ITV, early 1975

Ngaio Marsh as Hamlet, 1930s, Christchurch, by William Baverstock.

Evelyn Gardiner. March 1, 1940.

Princess Anne at the age of 8. 1959

Carole Lombard, Actress, (1908-1942)

MARION DAVIES in THE PATSY (1928), directed by KING VIDOR.

BARBARA STANWYCK in STELLA DALLAS (1937), directed by KING VIDOR.

Marcia Van Dresser

Lady Beaverbrook M.P. She isn't yet, But Aims to Seek Post:Lady Beaverbrook, wife of the noted English publisher stopped off in Chicago on her way to Mich., to admit that she may run for parliament now that her children are grown up."A woman can't be a success as an M.P. and K.P. if she has young children. Lady Beaverbrook explained. "You can't rear babies and run the Government simultaneously. That is why I refused the seat at Aston in 1919. It's different now. June 2, 1940. (Photo by Keystone View Co. Inc. of N.Y.).

PAULETTE GODDARD.

Mrs. Lokkerboll, also known as Miss Rose. August 03, 1951.

Miss Elizabeth ArdenMiss Arden, the founder and head of the world-wide chain of beauty salons and dealers in cosmetics. November 18, 1953. (Photo by Tom Blau, Camera Press).

Mrs. John Chas. Thomas

MYRNA LOY.

Cavendish-Bentinick. February 22, 1938. (Photo by Associated Press)

Lady Grey, Wellington, circa 1934, Wellington, by J.W. Chapman-Taylor.

Anefo photo collection. Jan and Alleman program for television. Tonny Huurdeman as Marlene Dietrich. October 29, 1963

Queen Mary At The Theatre -- Queen Mary posed specially for an "Evening News" photographer to take this picture when she attended the Duke of York's Theatre last night to see "Point of Departure". March 13, 1951. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract Picture).

Mrs. John Belisario - Sydney Social. September 2, 1954.

Front cover photograph of Zita Jungman in fancy dress costume as Romeo. Date: 2nd January 1929

Queen Mother Wedding of Family Friend -- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother arrives at St. Margaret's Westminster, London, to attend the Wedding of Miss Mary Roche Friend of the Royal family, and Mr. Anthony Berry, youngest son of Lord Kemsley, to-day (Thursday) Miss Roche is the elder daughter of Lord and Lady Fermoy.The Queen Mother arrives at St. Margaret's Westminster, for the wedding of Miss Mary Roche, a friend of the Royal family, and Mr. Anthony Berry. Mr. Berry is the youngest son of Lord Kemsley. November 25, 1954. (Photo by Reuterphoto)

12/31/1929. The actress Rosario Pino represented for the Spanish theater of the first decades of the 20th century a new way of interpreting, which coincides with the arrival of Benavente and the liquidation of the romantic spirit in all our stages.

Ida Cajetti

GERALDINE PAGE in THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (1985), directed by MASTERSON, PETER.

Greta Garbo In Anna Christie With Charles Bickford George F. Marion Marie Dressler Directed by Clarence Brown A Metro Goldwyn Mayer All Talking Picture. March 7, 1949.

Hedy Lamarr, on-set of the Film, "Ecstasy", Slaviafilm, 1933

ADELE ASTAIRE.

GRETA GARBO in THE KISS (1929), directed by JACQUES FEYDER.

BEULAH BONDI in PENNY SERENADE (1941), directed by GEORGE STEVENS.

Lady Constance Richardson

Dame Edith Mary Evans (1888-1976) English actress

ANNA Q. NILSSON in THREE LIVE GHOSTS (1929), directed by THORNTON FREELAND.

KATHARINE MARTHA HOUGHTON HEPBURN.

Princess Alice Countess of Athlone. at VCC League Concert at Royal Festival Hall. October 11, 1953.

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Anna Fitziu (1887-1967), an American soprano opera singer circa 1916.

Lady Louis Mountbatten (1901 -1960), Countess Mountbatten of Burma and Vicerine of India, formerly Edwina Ashley. Wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten. Pictured in 1924 wearing an elegant floral dress and a very long string of pearls. Date: 1924

Mary Astor - Actress. September 14, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

05/31/1922. Seville. HRH the Infanta Doña Isabel, Daughter of the Infantes, D. Carlos and Doña Luisa, Queen of the Floral Games of Seville.

Helen Keller, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, holding flowers, circa 1912

Gabrielle Ray (1883-1973), British stage actress brushing her hair and wearing pyjamas. Ray was a star of the Gaiety Theatre and was adored by fans for her beauty and dancing. At the height of her fame she was feted as 'the most beautiful woman in the United Kingdom' but her career waned as cinema began to replace theatre. She eventually had a nervous breakdown in 1936 and spent the rest of her life in an asylum until her death in 1973. 1904

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Marijke (Christina) sitting with recorder in Soestdijk Palace, 1961. 1961

Anefo photo collection. Mrs. Rose Frankeln. March 13, 1951

04/30/1908. The first anniversary of the birth of the Prince of Asturias. HRH in Arms of her Augusta Madrid, Queen Victoria Eugenia.

Mae Busch, Publicity Portrait for the Silent Film, "The Grim Game", Paramount Pictures, 1919

CLEO DE MERODE French actress and dancer at the age of seven, when she made her debut in the Corps de Ballet de l'Opera Date: circa 1890s

JOAN CRAWFORD in NO MORE LADIES (1935), directed by EDWARD H. GRIFFITH.

Ester Lindberg, ("Berget"), Östansjö. Ester Lindberg, ("Berget"), Östansjö.

12/31/1929. Maria Teresa Leon.

Mary Pickford, on-set of the Film, "Coquette", United Artists, 1929

Vearing heavy, blue-grey lisle stockings, Greta Garbo, Swedish film star, faced microphones, cameras and pencils when she returned to New York from her European holiday. She round the world "difficult," but declined to talk on her reported romance with the orchestra leader, Leopold Stokowski. October 29, 1938.

Margaret Sanger outside her birth control clinic in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Oct. 27, 1916. Nine days after its opening as Margaret Sanger was jailed for violating the Comstock obscenity laws. (BSLOC_2015_16_211)

INGRID BERGMAN in DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1941), directed by VICTOR FLEMING.

Frances Starr in "The Case of Becky" at The Belasco Theater - Broadway NYC - 1912

Margherita of savoy

CLARA BOW in TRUE TO THE NAVY (1930), directed by FRANK TUTTLE.

Mildred Cannon

GRETA GARBO in ANNA KARENINA (1935), directed by CLARENCE BROWN.

CONCHITA MONTENEGRO in LOLA MONTES (1944), directed by ANTONIO ROMAN.

Heifetz

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Mme. Galli-Curci engaged in her favorite avocation as she contemplates her proposed two year world concert tour following release from "Met".Mme. Galli-Curci delicately needlepointing a beautiful tapestry in her fifth avenue home as she plans for the two year concert tour of the world she intends to make now that her contract has been cancelled by the Metropolitan Opera Company. The next season would have been her tenth with the famous operatic group. January 19, 1930. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo).

Margaret Bourke-White photographing the Hauptmann trial at Hunterdon County Courthouse, 1935

Lady Louis Mountbatten (1901 - 1960), later Countess Mountbatten of Burma and Vicerine of India, previously Miss Edwina Ashley, pictured in The Sketch - who describe her as one of London's most popular hostesses - with her Alsatian dog, Kim. Date: 1925

A portrait of Queen Marie of Romania with her daughter Ileana, Marie was British by birth and the eldest daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh. The photograph was published shortly after her husband, King Ferdinand I, declared his support for the Allies and brought Romania into the First World War. Date: 1916

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Ruth Roland

GLORIA SWANSON in SUNSET BLVD. (1950), directed by BILLY WILDER.

Jennifer Billingsley, James Caan, Oliva de Havilland, on-set of the film, "Lady In A Cage", Paramount Pictures, 1963

GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA in SOLOMON AND SHEBA (1959), directed by KING VIDOR.

CELIA JOHNSON in BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945), directed by DAVID LEAN.

La cantaora La Niña de los Peines (Pastora María Pavón). 1941.

Mrs. Reginald Doyle. July 6, 1953.

Mrs. Edith Roosevelt, full-length portrait, standing behind bench, facing right, holding umbrella, Photograph by Charles Milton Bell, August 1904

ANNE BANCROFT in THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962), directed by ARTHUR PENN.

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia by Anonymous /Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk/Photograph/Russia/Tsar's Family. House of Romanov

Anefo photo collection. Series. Jack Wild (Dodger in Film "Oliver") during press conference in cinema du Midi in Amsterdam. November 22, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

"Kathleen," William Dargie paintings. April 12, 1948.

Miss McCartney, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Das bin ich als Balefisch.Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Poll photo collection. Royal family Belgium. Queen Astrid in the palace to bed to her writing table. 1934. Belgium, Brussels

Miss Logan, Buck Rd, Silverstream, 14 October 1930, Wellington, by Cuba Photographic Studio.

BETTE DAVIS in DARK VICTORY (1939), directed by EDMUND GOULDING.

Daphne Du Maurier At Home At Menabilly -- Standing By The Fire-Place In The Library: Daphne Du Maurier at Menabilly, a beautiful old country mansion which has large open fire-places in all room. March 09, 1951. (Photo by Tom L. Blau, Camera Press)

Lady Astor -- Whenever Lady Astor's name is mentioned, listeners nod wisely. They've heard of her, of course, as a flamboyant personality, leader of the doubtful Cliveden Set, the first woman member of the British Commons, an American who even managed to impress Bernard Shaw. But there are scores of fascinating angles- to this rare woman's life. Her witticisms have been quoted all over the world and they are all in the issue of People. July 16, 1952. (Photo by Associated Press Photo Ltd.).

Madeleine Castaing (1894-1992) / Anonymous / Photograph / Early 1930s / France / Private Collection / Portrait

Genevieve Cluny, Half-Length Publicity Portrait for the French Film, "The Love Game", French: "Les Jeux de l'amour", Films Around the World, Inc., 1960

Miss B Hopkins, 205 Hanson St, 11 October 1930, Wellington, by Cuba Photographic Studio.

Lady Clark - Nee Elizabeth Martin, the wife of Sir Kenneth Clarke K.C.B., Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain, photographed at their home in Hampstead, London. She married Sir Kenneth in 1927, they have two sons and a daughter. June 10, 1953. (Photo by Tom Blau, Camera Press).

First Lady Grace Coolidge takes the dog out for a walk, 1924

Anefo photo collection. Opening States General by Queen Juliana. Queen Juliana while reading the throne speech. September 17, 1974. The Hague, South Holland

Alva Vanderbilt Belmont and Inez Milholland were wealthy Women's suffrage activists. Belmont was a major funder of the movement to pass the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. 1913.

Madeleine Castaing (1894-1992), Anonymous

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Marijke (Christina) sitting with recorder in Soestdijk Palace, 1961. 1961

RAMON NOVARRO.

The Rains Came -- The Queen Holds A Scarf over Her Thistle Decorated hat. Rain Drips from Her Macintosh coat.She and The King accompanied guests around The Royal farms at Windsor. The Delegates to the International Conference of Agricultural Producers, May 18. May 27, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

Boris Karloff , Frankenstein , 1931 directed by James Whale Universal Pictures

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