Sunday, February 14, 2021

Robert Taylor by George Hurrell, 1936.


Spencer Tracy, 1934


Chris Evans photographed by Peggy Sirota




Writer Richard Harding Davis


is said to have popularized the clean shaven look in 1900s USA. Was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War.[1] His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt. He also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion, and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Photograph taken in New York, 1890


Errol Flynn



Marcello Mastroianni in La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)



Jackie Cooper Child star



Benedict Cumberbatch reading Love’s Labour’s Lost.



Basil Rathbone



Anthony Perkins on the set of Friendly Persuasion, 1956 (Dir. William Wyler)



The only achievement I am really proud of is the friends I have made in this community. - Gary Cooper


Gary Cooper, 1934
Dan Duryea and Gary Cooper in Along Came Jones  (Stuart Heisler, 1945)
Gary Cooper in Wings  (William A. Wellman, 1927), the film that helped launch his career in Hollywood
Gary Cooper in The Spoilers  (Edwin Carewe, 1930)
Gary Cooper in A Farewell to Arms  (Frank Borzage, 1932)

I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor.


Ray Milland, 1937
Charles Rochefort as ‘Ramses’ in ‘The Ten Commandments’, Cecil B. DeMille, 1923
Zachary Scott was an American actor,
most notable for his roles as villains and mystery men.
Yul Brynner, 1956, by Genevieve Naylor
William Bakewell
Vincent Price
Ronald Colman in Cynara 1932
Lon Chaney Jr.
Lew Ayres, 1932
John Derek.
Jerry Lewis rare young portrait
Jeffrey Hunter
Guy Madison, “The Last Frontier”, 1955
Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer and actor
who became one of the most popular British entertainer
s of the first half of the 20th century.
Charlie Chaplin, 1921.
French star Jacque Catelain in Le Vertige (Marcel L’Herbier, 1926) wearing a robe by Sonia Delaunay
Fredric March
Farley Granger.
Errol Flynn, 1930′s
Actor Derek Williams
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, 1930s

Elijah Wood



Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor, film producer and DJ. He made his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future Part II (1989). Landing a succession of larger roles, he was critically acclaimed as a child actor by age 9, being nominated for several Young Artist Awards. As a child, he starred in the films Radio Flyer (1992), The Good Son (1993), North (1994), and Flipper (1996).
He began to take on teenage roles in the films The Ice Storm (1997), Deep Impact and The Faculty (both 1998). He is best known for his high-profile leading role asFrodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003). Since then, he has chosen varied roles in films such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Sin CityGreen StreetEverything Is Illuminated (all 2005), and Bobby (2006).
Wood also provided the voices of the main character in the award-winning animated musical films Happy Feet (2006) and Happy Feet Two (2011), as well as the eponymous lead in the Tim Burton-produced action/science fiction film 9 (2009). In 2005, he started his own record label, Simian Records. He did the voice acting forSpyro in the Legend of Spyro trilogy. In 2012, he began voicing Beck in the animated series Tron: UprisingSigma in the tenth season of the Rooster Teeth series, Red vs. Blue, and Wirt in the Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014). From 2011 to 2014, Wood played the role of Ryan Newman in FX's cult dark comedy,Wilfred.

Glenn Ford, 1940s




Tyrone Power, 1940




The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them. - Marlon Brando


Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando, 1948.
Marlon Brando photographed by Philippe Halsman, 1949.

Gérard Philipe, 1947.

Marlon Brando durante el rodaje de “Su Excelencia el Embajador” (The Ugly American), 1963
Gérard Philip1, said Gerard Philipe, born December 4, 1922 in Cannes and died November 25, 1959 in Paris, is a French actor. Active in theater as in cinema, he was in France, until his untimely death, one of the main stars of the postwar period.

Robert Taylor photographed by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1936.


Adam Levine



Daniel Radcliffe


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