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You’ll find a selection of photos from elsewhere on this website together with ones from aenigma’s eBay auctions.

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Fashion and film in the second half of the 20th century. All photos are scans of vintage prints in my collection.

1968. Brigitte Bardot relaxes in her bedroom at th 1968. Brigitte Bardot relaxes in her bedroom at the Hotel Royal, Deauville, where she's on location filming Shalako. RIP photographer Terry O'Neill. @terryoneillofficial @brigittebardotbb, #shalako #1968
1993. Shalom Harlow in a campaign for DKNY. RIP Pe 1993. Shalom Harlow in a campaign for DKNY. RIP Peter Lindbergh.⠀
#1993 #shalomharlow #dkny #peterlindberghstyle
1943. Some people have all the luck! Rita Hayworth 1943. Some people have all the luck! Rita Hayworth gives Tech Sergeant Gordon L Smith a peck on the cheek. A caption on the back of the photo explains:⠀
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HE WROTE RITA’S MILLIONTH FAN LETTER – Tech Sergeant Gordon L. Smith wrote the millionth fan letter Rita Hayworth has received in the course of her motion picture career, and was invited to spend a day with her on the set of “Cover Girl” at Columbia Studio. A three day pass got him to Hollywood and here is a picture to prove that he actually met the glamour girl.⠀
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Read more about Cover Girl – fashion goes to the movies at aenigma-images.com.⠀
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#1943 #1940s #fourties #1940sstyle #fourtiesstyle #1940sfashion #fourtiesfashion #1940sglamor #fourtiesglamor #blackandwhitephotography #vintage #cinema #classichollywood #oldhollywood #vintagehollywood #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #hollywood #goldenagecinema #goldenageofhollywood #letsmovie #oldmovies #blackandwhite #portrait #photooftheday #ritahayworth #covergirl #wwII #worldwarII
1957. Audrey Hepburn on the set of Love in the Aft 1957. Audrey Hepburn on the set of Love in the Afternoon.⠀
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#1957 #1950s #1950sglamor #1950sstyle #blackandwhitephotography #cinema #movie #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #oldmovies #letsmovie #glamour #glam #fifties #fiftiesstyle #classichollywood #oldhollywood #vintagehollywood #audreyhepburn #loveintheafternoon #photooftheday
1955. Lana Turner, promotional portrait by Bert Si 1955. Lana Turner, promotional portrait by Bert Six for The Sea Chase.⠀
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#1955 #1950s #fifties #1950sstyle #fiftiesstyle #1950sfashion #fifitiesfashion #1950sglamor #fiftiesglamor #blackandwhitephotography #vintage #cinema #classichollywood #oldhollywood #vintagehollywood #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #hollywood #goldenagecinema #goldenageofhollywood #oldmovies #blackandwhite #portrait #lanaturner #bertsix #theseachase #cheekbones
Around 1945. Martha Vickers in sultry mood in a pu Around 1945. Martha Vickers in sultry mood in a publicity shot for Warner Bros. Ms Vickers is best known for her intoxicating performance as Carmen Sternwood, Lauren Bacall’s wild, nymphomaniac younger sister in The Big Sleep – quite a tour de force: she’s sexy, provocative and totally out of control. For more photos and stories about her, go to aenigma-images.com.⠀
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#1940s #fourties #1940sstyle #fourtiesstyle #1940sfashion #fourtiesfashion #1940sglamor #fourtiesglamor #blackandwhitephotography #vintage #cinema #classichollywood #oldhollywood #vintagehollywood #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #hollywood #goldenagecinema #goldenageofhollywood #letsmovie #oldmovies #blackandwhite #portrait #photooftheday #marthavickers #marthamacvicar #thebigsleep #sultry #pinup
1942. Vera Zorina by A L "Whitey" Schafer. A capti 1942. Vera Zorina by A L "Whitey" Schafer. A caption on the back of the photo reads:⠀
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“DANCING BEAUTY – – Vera Zorina continues on her merry, graceful way dancing in all her pictures, her latest ballet being in “Star Spangled Rhythm”, Paramount’s new-style musical which has a cast of seventy top stars and featured players in the cast. Miss Zorina does a ballet on a snow set with millions of snow flakes falling about her. For her dance, Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen wrote a new hit tune, “Black Magic,” which is sung by Johnny Johnston while she ballets.” says the caption.⠀
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#1942 #1940s #fourties #1940sstyle #fourtiesstyle #1940sfashion #fourtiesfashion #1940sglamor #fourtiesglamor #blackandwhitephotography #vintage #ballet #classichollywood #oldhollywood #vintagehollywood #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #hollywood #goldenagecinema #goldenageofhollywood #letsmovie #oldmovies #blackandwhite #portrait #photooftheday #verazorina #alwhiteyschafer #blackmagic #starspangledrhythm #pinup
1952. 22-year-old Audrey Hepburn, in her first sig 1952. 22-year-old Audrey Hepburn, in her first significant movie role. With a somewhat haunted expression on her face, she’s lying on the ground with her sister, played by the beautiful Valentina Cortese. The lighting illuminates the faces of both actresses in this highly charged scene from Secret People.⠀ ⠀
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#1952 #1950s #fifties #1950sstyle #fiftiesstyle #1950sfashion #fifitiesfashion #1950sglamor #fiftiesglamor #blackandwhitephotography #vintage #cinema #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #goldenagecinema #letsmovie #oldmovies #blackandwhite #portrait #photooftheday #audreyhepburn #valentinacortese #secretpeople #thriller #outdoors #sisters #britishcinema #britishfilm
1954. Grace Kelly strides purposefully forward, ra 1954. Grace Kelly strides purposefully forward, rake in hand and wearing a smock top and shorts. Has she just discovered her inner gardener? Bud Fraker (his credit stamp is on the back of the print), is the man behind the camera.⠀
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Academy Award-winning actress Grace Kelly epitomized her name, and her on- and off-screen presence captivated the imagination of an entire generation of moviegoers. Alfred Hitchcock, who directed her in three films, once said she had “sexual elegance.” And it was that very elegance that probably made its most lasting impression on movie audiences of the 1950s. She retired from acting when she married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956.⠀
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#1954 #1950s #fifties #1950sstyle #fiftiesstyle #1950sfashion #fifitiesfashion #1950sglamor #fiftiesglamor #blackandwhitephotography #vintage #cinema #classichollywood #oldhollywood #vintagehollywood #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #hollywood #goldenagecinema #goldenageofhollywood #oldmovies #blackandwhite #portrait #gracekelly #budfraker #behindthescenes #gardener #shorts #princessgrace
1956. Arthur Miller and his new wife, Marilyn Monr 1956. Arthur Miller and his new wife, Marilyn Monroe, on their honeymoon in England in 1956. A press cutting glued to the back of the print explains: “Marilyn tickles her husband’s ear as they take a stroll in the garden of the house in Englefield Green, Surrey, where they are honeymooning. As well as that cup of tea, Marilyn adopted another English habit – Sunday breakfast in bed. That was how her new quiet life started. She said: “The first time in my life I’ve lazed like that. The quiet life is the way we want to organise things in future. It’s an absolute necessity to separate the public glare from private bliss to make our marriage a success.” Outside the house a mob of people waited to see her drive off to her press conference. And at the hotel the crowd exceeded B and K proportions front and back.”⠀
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#1956 #1950s #fifties #1950sstyle #fiftiesstyle #1950sglamor #fiftiesglamor #blackandwhitephotography #vintage #cinema #classichollywood #oldhollywood #vintagehollywood #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #hollywood #goldenagecinema #goldenageofhollywood #letsmovies #blackandwhite #portrait #photooftheday #marilyn #marilynmonroe #arthurmiller #honeymoon #england #romance #romantic
1956. What is Brigitte Bardot doing standing, appa 1956. What is Brigitte Bardot doing standing, apparently out-of-doors by an advertising column barefoot and in her nightie? She’s promoting her latest movie, Doctor at Sea, in which she plays the role of Hélène Colbert. A caption on the back of the print reads: “Brigitte Bardot as Helen in the J. Arthur Rank Organisation presentation “Doctor At Sea.” The film is produced in VistaVision with color by Technicolor and is released by Republic Pictures.”⠀
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#1956 #1950s #1950sglamor #1950sstyle #blackandwhitephotography #cinema #movie #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #oldmovies #letsmovie #glamour #glam #fifties #fiftiesstyle #sexkitten #pinup #sexy #sexsymbol #cheesecake #demure #nightie #nightdress #brigittebardot #vedette #doctoratsea #advertising #photooftheday
1959. Brigitte Bardot by Sam Levin, who was instru 1959. Brigitte Bardot by Sam Levin, who was instrumental in creating Ms Bardot’s image. The so-called Towel Session is one of their most famous shoots.⠀
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#1959 #1950s #1950sglamor #1950sstyle #blackandwhitephotography #cinema #movie #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #oldmovies #letsmovie #cinemafrancais #frenchcinema #glamour #glam #fifties #fiftiesstyle #sexkitten #pinup #vamp #sexy #sexsymbol #cheesecake #brigittebardot #vedette #samlevin #towel #photooftheday
1961. Claudia Cardinale, promotional photo for La 1961. Claudia Cardinale, promotional photo for La Ragazza Con La Valigia (Girl with a Suitcase, 1961). Claudia Cardinale embodied all the wow factors of a 1960s starlet: big hair, cat eyes, an hourglass figure and a raspy, unforgettable voice. She has appeared in over 135 movies including classics such as 8½, The Leopard, Once Upon a Time in The West and Fitzcarraldo.⠀
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The photographer, Angelo Frontoni, was one of the great Italian photographers of the late-1950s, ’60s and ’70s. His subjects included many of the most glamorous stars of European cinema including Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, Virna Lisi, Monica Vitti, Elsa Martinelli and Ornella Muti.⠀
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#1961 #1960s #sixties #1960sstyle #sixtiesstyle #blackandwhitephotography #vintage #cinema #blackandwhite #moviestill #photooftheday #claudiacardinale #angelofrontoni #laragazzaconlavaligia #italiancinema #italianactress #attriceitaliana #cinemaitaliana #italianmoviestar #bedroom #smile #sexy
1969. Portrait by noted British photographer David 1969. Portrait by noted British photographer David James of actress Leigh Taylor-Young to promote The Butterfly Chain. Ms Taylor-Young was a flower child of the psychedelic 1960s. She got her first big break in 1966, when she was cast as Rachel Welles in Peyton Place. She scandalized audiences when she walked off the series after only one season and into the arms of the very popular – and very married – series star, Ryan O’Neal. In spite of that, she earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Newcomer, when she played opposite Peter Sellers, in I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968) and has gone on to appear in films and on TV during the 1970s, ‘80s, ‘90s and into the 2000s.⠀
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#1969 #1960s #sixties #1960sstyle #sixtiesstyle #1960sfashion #sixitiesfashion #1960sglamor #sixtiesglamor #blackandwhitephotography #vintage #cinema #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #letsmovie #oldmovies #blackandwhite #portrait #leightayloryoung #leightaylor-young #thebutterflychain #davidjames #flowerchild #peytonplace #swingingsixties #cool
1964. Marisa Mell is circus-girl Sophie, the gorge 1964. Marisa Mell is circus-girl Sophie, the gorgeous accomplice in a knife-throwing act in this still from zany comedy thriller, Masquerade. Ms Mell was an Austrian actress, best known for her role as sexy criminal mastermind Eva Kant in Danger: Diabolik (1968). Other movie credits included What’s New Pussycat? and Casanova 70. In 1976 she posed nude for the Italian version of Playboy magazine. Yet in 1963 she had been involved in a violent car crash in France. For six hours, she lay unconscious, unaware that she nearly lost her right eye. The disfigurement extended to her lip as well. She spent the next two years undergoing plastic surgery, and no damage remained in her face, except for a distinctive curl of her upper lip.⠀
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#1964 #1960s #sixties #1960sstyle #sixtiesstyle #1960sfashion #sixitiesfashion #1960sglamor #sixtiesglamor #blackandwhitephotography #vintage #cinema #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #letsmovie #oldmovies #blackandwhite #portrait #marisamell #masquerade #brunette #circusgirl #knifethrowing #circus #swingingsixties #cool #ouch
1969. Julie Christie wearing a bandanna and a very 1969. Julie Christie wearing a bandanna and a very mini mini-dress, leans back and enjoys a hazy lazy moment that seems a bit trippy. The photo, which comes from the Keystone press agency, was used to promote In Search of Gregory, as the caption explains:⠀
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British actress Julie CHRISTIE seen as she is working in the film “In Search of Gregory” that is turning in Milah, directed by Peter Wood. The film counts the story of a young woman who has the wish to meet the man who after to have struck her fantasy, he takes possession of her feeling also.⠀
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#1969 #1960s #sixties #1960sstyle #sixtiesstyle #1960sfashion #sixitiesfashion #1960sglamor #sixtiesglamor #blackandwhitephotography #vintage #cinema #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #letsmovie #oldmovies #blackandwhite #portrait #juliechristie #swingingsixties #swinginglondon #insearchofgregory #hippy #trippy
1967. Julie Christie looks very cool in a mini-sui 1967. Julie Christie looks very cool in a mini-suit accessorized by a big handbag. She is sitting outdoors and seems to be growing frustrated – but for whom is she waiting and what is the occasion? The photo contains no clues except for a date – 1967.⠀
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Movie legend Julie Christie’s breakthrough film role was in Billy Liar (1963). She came to international attention two years later for her performances in Darling (1965), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and in Doctor Zhivago. An icon of London’s swinging sixties, Time magazine said of her, “What Julie Christie wears has more real impact on fashion than all the clothes of the ten Best-Dressed women combined.” Al Pacino called her “the most poetic of all actresses,” director David Lean nicknamed her “sunflower” for her beautiful personality and Empire magazine chose her in 1995 as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history.⠀
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#1967 #1960s #sixties #1960sstyle #sixtiesstyle #1960sfashion #sixitiesfashion #1960sglamor #sixtiesglamor #blackandwhitephotography #vintage #cinema #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #letsmovie #oldmovies #blackandwhite #portrait #juliechristie #swingingsixties #swinginglondon #darling #waiting
1966. Virna Lisi, portrait shot for Assault on a Q 1966. Virna Lisi, portrait shot for Assault on a Queen. Virna Lisi captivated Italian moviegoers with her smouldering eyes, sulky smile and stunning beauty before sweeping into Hollywood in the 1960s to star opposite such leading men as Frank Sinatra and Tony Curtis. Like her contemporaries Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren, she proved that she could do much more than look beautiful on the screen. Frustrated at being cast as blonde eye-candy, she returned to Europe, where she gradually found meatier parts in a career that spanned more than 100 films and TV shows. Her most acclaimed performance was in La Reine Margot (1994) as the politically scheming Catherine de’ Medici, for which she won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival and the César for best supporting actress.⠀
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Late 1960s. Raquel Welch leans back, lips parted a Late 1960s. Raquel Welch leans back, lips parted and eyes closed. Her backlit, windswept hair and the close cropping (very period!) lend further drama. The man behind the camera was David Bailey, a pivotal figure in Swinging Sixties London who broke the mould of fashion photography together with Terence Donovan and Brian Duffy.⠀
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A new reigning international sex symbol assumed the cinematic throne when Raquel Welch emerged in her purposely depleted, doe-skin bikini in One Million Years B.C. At that moment she captured the hearts and libidos of modern men – not to mention their teenage sons – while producing THE most definitive and best-selling pin-up poster of that era.⠀
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#1960s #sixties #1960sstyle #sixtiesstyle #1960sfashion #sixitiesfashion #1960sglamor #sixtiesglamor #blackandwhitephotography #vintage #cinema #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #letsmovie #oldmovies #blackandwhite #portrait #photooftheday #raquelwelch #davidbailey #swingingsixties #swinginglondon #pinup #windblown #sexsymbol #sexgoddess
Around 1940. Olivia de Havilland by Robert Coburn. Around 1940. Olivia de Havilland by Robert Coburn. Happy birthday, Olivia!⠀
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#1940s #fourties #1940sstyle #fourtiesstyle #1940sfashion #fourtiesfashion #1940sglamor #fourtiesglamor #blackandwhitephotography #vintage #cinema #classichollywood #oldhollywood #vintagehollywood #vintagefilm #vintagemovies #hollywood #goldenagecinema #goldenageofhollywood #letsmovie #oldmovies #blackandwhite #portrait #oliviadehavilland #robertcoburn #bobcoburn #dehavilland
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