ok goodnight we’re all dating now glad that’s settled

December 1956: At the ‘Baby Doll’ benefit.

Montgomery Clift photographed by Stanley Kubrick, 1949.

msmildred:

Hedy Lamarr, c. 1938.

that was smooth as fuck, you have earned my respect

is it bigger than a breadbox 

whoa whoa whoa how come no one i follow ever does anything like this

i think i’ve been had

artandopinion:

The Marriage Proposal

Albert Beck Wenzell

The Bell Époche, prior to World War I, was a prosperous and extravagant era when royalty governed most of Europe. At the same time in the United States, great fortunes were being made through unfettered trusts and monopolies, creating a class of Nouveau Riche. This ambitious society of Robber Barons and their social climbing wives was just as stratified as their real European counterparts, but lacked the accompanying pedigrees. During this period there was a beneficial intermingling of interests. American families sought tittles through arranged marriages of their daughters, and the lavish lifestyles of eligible counts and crown princes required infusions of cash. 

No American artist better presented that colorful era than Albert Beck Wenzell. From a wealthy family himself and with solid academic training in Munich and in Paris he knew his subjects well and could paint them with great authority. His opulently gowned, imperious, and always-beautiful young women were depicted with a dazzling display of artful exaggeration; the young men wore their colorful uniforms or full dress with an assured careless swagger.

by Walt Reed.

Read more about Albert B. Wenzell.

holy shit

wehadfacesthen:

Dames (Ray Enright & Busby Berkeley, 1934)

via dostoyevskyreader

oh maaaaaaaaaan

i’m such a pushover. i’ll try to think of something?