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Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (1914-2000)

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Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian and American actress and inventor. Regarded as a successful film star, she also co-invented a radio guidance system during World War II; technology that would one day form the basis for today’s WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems.

After a brief early film career in Czechoslovakia, including the controversial erotic romantic drama Ecstasy (1933), she fled from her first husband, Friedrich Mandl, and secretly moved to Paris. Traveling to London, she met Louis B. Mayer, who offered her a film contract in Hollywood. Lamarr became a film star with her performance in the romantic drama Algiers (1938). She achieved further success with the Western Boom Town (1940) and the drama White Cargo (1942). Lamarr’s most successful film was the religious epic Samson and Delilah (1949). She also acted on television before the release of her final film, The Female Animal in 1958. She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.

This was the last known picture of Hedy after she was arrested for shoplifting in Orlando, Florida, for stealing $21.48 worth of laxatives and eye drops

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Gurli Ingeborg Elna Andresen (1907-1959)

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Gwili Andre came to Hollywood in the early 1930s with the intention of establishing herself as a film star after working for several years as a model in Europe and New York. She was reportedly spotted by David O. Selznick at the premiere of a Broadway show. Selznick was taken by her beauty, and he arranged for a screen test.

She was signed to RKO Studio, and in 1932 appeared in Roar of the Dragon and Secrets of the French Police. While her striking looks were likened to that of Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich,  her acting garnered poor reviews. One newspaper columnist called her a “stiff, colorless and completely talentless performer.” Despite the poor reviews of her acting, RKO began using her glamorous looks to promote her career. A widespread publicity campaign ensured that her name and face became well known to the American public, but her next role in No Other Woman (1933), opposite Irene Dunne, was not the success the studio expected. Over the next few years, she was relegated to supporting roles which included a role in the Joan Crawford picture A Woman’s Face (1941).

On 5 February 1959, Andre died in a fire that started in her apartment in Venice, California where she lived alone. The cause was never determined.

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Historical photos from yesteryear

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Howard Hughes Test Flying A Radio Controlled Scale Model Of The Spruce Goose In California, circa 1947

Photograph taken in October 1939 by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.The scene is set inside a general store in LaMoille, Iowa.

This image depicts gun crews standing by on the catwalk of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) in February 1945

George Burns and Gracie Allen, America’s most famous Hollywood couple

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historical photographs from the past

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This image depicts a frozen Willys Jeep used by the 30th Infantry Division in Malmedy, Belgium, during the harsh winter conditions of January 1945

The Elvis-mobile
Built for and toured to over 30 Countries as part of the “Tribute to the Legends” tour.
This outlandish custom has over 40 tributes to the king within its design. Crown hood ornament, flow of his scarf and pant bottoms to name a few. The car is constructed from steel and not fiberglass!

Tom Hanks portrayed him in “The Terminal”

October 22, 1983, featuring Secret Service agents responding to a hostage situation at Augusta National Golf Club.

Notice that they are carrying UZI Submachine guns

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Joy Rae Brown AKA Joi Lansing (1929-1972)

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was an American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies, as well as a prominent role in the famous opening “tracking shot” in Orson Welles’ 1958 crime drama Touch of Evil.

Lansing was often cast in roles similar to those played by her contemporaries Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren. She frequently was clad in skimpy costumes and bikinis that accentuated her figure (34D bust), but she never posed nude. She passed away from Breast cancer at 43

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Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano (1931- )

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Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer. With a career spanning eight decades, she is known for her roles on stage and screen, and is one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Among her numerous accolades, she is one of the few actors to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony – referred to as the “Grand Slam” of American Show Business. Her role as Anita in the 1961 film adaptation of West Side Story made her the first Latina to win an Academy Award

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Monetta Eloyse Darnell (1923-1965)

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Linda Darnell was born in Dallas, Texas, one of five children of a post office worker and his wife. It was evident at an early age that she would be a ravishing beauty, and her mother encouraged her to model. By age 11 she was modeling clothes for an area department store. She had appeared in a total of 46 films and often described as the “girl with the perfect face”,

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