#50S

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed in the “Hooker” sitting by Milton Greene at the outdoor settings of 20th Century Fox, 1954.

[featherstonevintage]

Seventeen, August 1958

[kitsunetsuki]

Lillian Bassman - Lingerie by Gossard, Harper's Bazaar, Feb. 1956, from Lillian Bassman: Lingerie (2012)

[patrickbatewoman]

Bunny Yeager and Bettie Page ♡

[soviet-furries]

Niko and Nikora (ნიკო და ნიკორა / Нико и Никора)

Georgia Film, 1954

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[alovelywaytospendanevening]

Mathews in the 1950s

Heartthrob actor Kerwin Mathews is best remembered for starring in the swashbuckler films The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960), and Jack the Giant Killer (1962). He retired from acting in 1978 and opened a clothing and antiques shop in San Francisco.

Mathews met Tom Nicoll, his lover, in 1961. The two remained together for 46 years, until Mathews’ death in 2007 at the age of 81.

[delonfan]

"I am an actor. I have been fighting for years to make people forget that I am just a pretty boy with a beautiful face". - alain delon

[cinderellaheist]

From Life Magazine

[acmeoop]

Fly TWA: California (1950s)

Vintage Travel Poster - Fly TWA Jets: California

Art by David Klein

Trans World Airlines (c.1950's)

[lobotomyprincessdollangel444]

If I were alive in the 50s, I would have definitely gotten a lobotomy

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe with director Jean Negulesco on the set of How To Marry a Millionaire, 1952. Photo by Jean Howard.

[glownmarilynmonroe]

Part 1 Studio portraits of Marilyn Monroe taken in November 1948 by photographer JR Eyerman for Life magazine (he covers a photographic report of Marilyn which will appear in an article in Life in February 1949). Marilyn is wearing here the long silver dress that she wears in the movie "Love Happy". Some photographs will be taken by United Artists studios to promote the film.

[featherstonevintage]

Seventeen, August 1958

[60sfactorygirl]

Geraldine Page and Paul Newman photographed by Gordon Parks while smoking during the filming of a scene from the Broadway play, "Sweet Bird of Youth", New York, 1959.

[admiringmarilyn]

On this day in 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio attended a special Sukiyaki dinner in Kobe, Japan, organized by the Central Baseball League in Joe’s honor. The event took place at the Isami teahouse in the Hanakumacho district, with guests including Francis 'Lefty' O'Doul and his wife, Jean O'Doul.

At the dinner, Marilyn and Joe shared a table with Seizo Noda, president of Hanshin Electric Railway and owner of the Hanshin Tigers, as well as Matsutaro Shoriki, owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper and manager of the Yomiuri Giants. They were introduced to geishas, and Marilyn received several gifts. ✨️