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costals: Arletty rendant visite à Céline à Meudon. 1958.

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:17:42 +0200

Arletty rendant visite à Céline à Meudon. 1958.

"We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers."

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:20:41 +0200

“We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers.”

- Emmeline Pankhurst

Emmeline Pankhurst Memorial, Houses of Parliament

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:19:31 +0200

Emmeline Pankhurst Memorial, Houses of Parliament

Emmeline Pankhurst: the UK’s first action heroine.

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:19:15 +0200

Born into an activist family, young Emmeline was entranced by histories of the French Revolution and anti-slavery works like Uncle Tom’s Cabin. After her husband’s 1898 death, Pankhurst founded the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), which aimed at winning the vote for women; her three daughters joined their mother’s fight, too. Convinced that time spent behind bars would draw public sympathy to their cause, Emmeline once intentionally struck a police officer; not only were prison conditions filthy, but guards attempted to violently force-feed her during hunger strikes that she instigated. In the years before the Great War, Pankhurst grew ever more militant. She supported such actions as throwing stones through the Prime Minister’s windows, burning slogans into the greens at golf courses, and even acts of arson.

Fearing that such violent protests were doing more harm than good, two of Pankhurst’s daughters left the WSPU; the resulting rift in the family never fully healed. In the end, Pankurst didn’t endorse every unconventional form of behavior; she died of shock shortly after learning that her daughter Sylvia had given birth to a child out of wedlock.

walkingdownaleafylane: The arrest of the suffragette leader...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:11:23 +0200

walkingdownaleafylane:

The arrest of the suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst - 1908.

ryanshistoryblog: Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst being arrested...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:10:23 +0200

ryanshistoryblog:

Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst being arrested after protesting near Buckingham Palace. London, England, [1907-1914].

From: The Dutch National Archives

Edward Steichen, 1928.

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:03:37 +0200

Edward Steichen, 1928.

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Fri, 10 May 2013 15:57:11 +0200

Greta Garbo - mysterious genius

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:54:20 +0200

She had great self possession. She requested that no one come on the set while she was filming. She had an idea, a notion of illusion that went very far and she didn’t want to break it. People around shattered this illusion—and then she didn’t want gawkers to see her “unguarded” while she worked. Thought if they wanted to see her they should go to her pictures.

She never saw rushes because they always fell short of what she thought she could do—of what she imagined. A great perfectionist—to the extreme. … She had a talent that few actresses or actors possess. In close-ups she gave the impression, the illusion of great movement. She would move her head just a little bit and the whole screen would come alive—like a strong breeze that made itself felt. … She know how to act for the camera… for the camera. … The plastique of her body was marvelous. She doesn’t move like a ballerina acting—but like an actress acting. It is not dance but acting. This is an important point. She moves like an actress.

It is hard to talk about Garbo, really, for she says everything when she appears on the screen. That is GARBO—and all you say is just so much chit-chat. There she is on the screen. How she achieves those effects may or may not be interesting. She is what she is; and that is a very creative actress who thinks a great deal and has a very personal way of acting.

I think all you have to know about Garbo is what you see on the screen. How she achieves what she does is a mystique… —George Cukor [x]

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Fri, 10 May 2013 15:53:27 +0200

gretagarbotheenigmaticstar: Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in...

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:53:06 +0200

gretagarbotheenigmaticstar:

Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in Flesh and the Devil (1926).

sinuses: A coupe at the Louvre, 1950. Photo: Alfred Eisensaedt...

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:44:51 +0200

sinuses:

A coupe at the Louvre, 1950.

Photo: Alfred Eisensaedt

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Sun, 05 May 2013 18:30:12 +0200

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Sun, 05 May 2013 18:29:25 +0200

Romy Schneider wearing Chanel, in the living room of Madame...

Thu, 02 May 2013 21:12:26 +0200

Romy Schneider wearing Chanel, in the living room of Madame Coco’s apartment on the Rue Cambon, Paris, 1960

Anouk & Marcello in La Dolce Vita.

Wed, 01 May 2013 20:37:02 +0200

Anouk & Marcello in La Dolce Vita.

"A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing."

Wed, 01 May 2013 20:35:00 +0200

“A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.”

- Marilyn Monroe

vintagegal: Marilyn Monroe, 1954

Wed, 01 May 2013 20:32:45 +0200

vintagegal:

Marilyn Monroe, 1954

dearfawndoe: Audrey Hepburn interviewed on a cruise along the...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:15:18 +0200

dearfawndoe:

Audrey Hepburn interviewed on a cruise along the Seine River, while in Paris to film Paris When it Sizzles in June 1962.

onlyoldphotography: Brassaï: Stairs in Montmartre (Escalier de...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:14:20 +0200

onlyoldphotography:

Brassaï: Stairs in Montmartre (Escalier de la butte Montmartre), Paris 18e, c. 1938-1937