My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck By Lightning

vintageclassicscrapbook:

In “Thousands Cheer (1943)”:

“I played the mother of Kathryn Grayson, a very lovely girl with a fine coloratura soprano.  She was quite fascinating in her total concentration on music.  Often we stood together in front of the camera waiting for the lighting to be set, saying nothing.  Kitty would have a vague, lost look on her face and I’d whisper, ‘Sing Kitty Cat!’ and out it would pour—the song she’d been singing in her mind—no beginning, no hesitation, just another breath, the middle of an aria, perhaps.  It was like squeezing a Mama doll.” 

Mary Astor in her book “A life on film”

(via atompunk)

stfumadison:

Kathryn Grayson

(Source: 20th-century-man, via atompunk)

obsidian-sphere:

Whoa! Step back on the wild science fiction imagery there Yankee Science Fiction, you’re blowing my mind with you Buck Rogers tomfoolery! 

Bear Alley: “The oddly named Yankee Shorts series was published by Gerald G. Swan in the early 1940s at a time when paper was in short supply. There was also a ban on new periodicals appearing, so the title changed regularly from issue to issue. To try and fool readers into thinking that the magazine was American, Swan put a 10 cents price tag on covers but sold it for 3d. for 32 pages.”

theclutteredclassicattic:

Ann Miller, 1940s

(via atompunk)

screengoddess:

Rita Hayworth / The Lady From Shanghai

collectivehistory:

To try and show how stable and safe helicopters could be, a K190 touches down on the heads of three women. USA, 1948 (LIFE)

andrewharlow:

“Top Women” at U.S. Steel’s Gary, Indiana, Works, 1940-1945

Original caption:

Like Girls from Mars Are These “Top Women” at U.S. Steel’s Gary, Indiana, Works. Their Job Is to Clean Up at Regular Intervals Around The Tops of Twelve Blast Furnaces. As A Safety Precaution, the Girls Wear Oxygen Masks., 1940 - 1945

via The U.S. National Archives Flickr

books0977:

Jeanne Crain painting, 1940’s.

Crain (1925–2003) was an American actress who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in the 1949 film Pinky in which she played the leading role. She was also noted for her ability in ice skating. 

Her ice skating ability was on display in the 1946 film, Margie, in which she and Conrad Janis danced around the ice rink as her boyfriend, Alan Young, slipped and stumbled his way along the ice.

ukraine-united:

Another Christmas postcard from the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (anti-communist forces of Ukrainian Nationalists).

40s of the 20th century.

ukraine-united:

Christmas greetings from the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (anti-communist forces of Ukrainian Nationalists).

40s of the 20th century.