Charles Dickens during his second visit to the USA, this time New York, 1868.
Original B&W photo.
Monday, 30 September 2013
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens during his second visit to the USA, this time New York, 1868.
Original B&W photo.
Sunday, 29 September 2013
Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard in "Mr and Mrs Smith", directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1941.
At the end of the year, America had entered the second World War, and Lombard flew to her home state of Indiana for a war bond rally where she raised over $2 million in defense bonds in a single evening. Anxious to reach home quickly, in January 1942, she decided to take a plane, which crashed and killed everyone on board.
Original B&W photo.
Diana Dors
Diana Dors in a publicity shot for the 1957 film, "The Unholy Wife".
Dors was often billed as "Britain's Marilyn Monroe", but was a well known actress before Monroe ever appeared on film.
Original B&W photo.
Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks in 1925. It was quite a busy and important year for Brooks. Among other things, she joined the Ziegfeld Follies, which is where this photo comes from, she had a summer long affair with Charlie Chaplin, she appeared on her first magazine cover, Art & Beauty Magazine, and most importantly for the future star of silent movies, she appeared in her first film, "The Street of Forgotten Men", and signed five year contract with Paramount.
Original B&W photo.
Saturday, 28 September 2013
Davy Jones
A teen Davy Jones, in the early 1960s. He would later find fame in "The Monkees".
Original B&W photo.
Charles Laughton
A publicity photo of Charles Laughton for the film "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" in 1934.
Original B&W photo.
Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren in 1969. Given the year and the "costume", this is probably a publicity shot for the film "Age of Consent".
Original B&W photo.
Basil Rathbone
Basil Rathbone, in a publicity shot for the 1922 film "Sherlock Holmes".
Original B&W photo.
Friday, 27 September 2013
Bernard Bresslaw
Bernard Bresslaw, shown here getting made up as the first Ice Warrior for the 1967 Doctor Who story, "The Ice Warriors", was already a household name in Britain, but was happy to play a role where his face wouldn't be seen, and came up with the sibilant voice himself, which meant he would be completely unrecognisable.
He had a young son at the time, which may have had something to do with him taking the part.
Original B&W photo.
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong in 1956, while working as a test pilot for NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the predecessor to NASA.
Original B&W photo.
Margaret Rutherford
A publicity shot of Margaret Rutherford for the 1949 film, Passport to Pimlico.
Original B&W photo.
Norman Wisdom
Norman Wisdom as 'Pitkin' in a publicity shot for the 1955 film "One Good Turn".
Original B&W photo.
Patrick Troughton
Patrick Troughton, during location shooting for the 1968 Doctor Who story, "Fury from the Deep".
Original B&W photo.
Thursday, 26 September 2013
James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper, best known as the author of The Last of the Mohicans, photographed here around 1850.
Original B&W photo.
Ebensee Concentration Camp
Newly liberated prisoners of the Ebensee concentration camp, on or shortly after May 6, 1945.
Original B&W photo.
The Goons - Series 1
The Goons in 1951. This photo includes Michael Bentine who left the show after 17 episodes to pursue solo projects, alongside Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers.
Original B&W photo.
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
William Hartnell - the First Doctor
When William Hartnell first started in the role, he confidently predicted that Doctor Who would run for perhaps as long as 5 years. Half a century later, and we're about to be introduced to the 12th Doctor.This picture shows Hartnell in rehearsals for the 1965 story, The Web Planet. The first Doctor usually sported a plain, black string tie, but here he's wearing something a little more elaborate. I couldn't find a colour reference for the cravat, but I thought it looked a little like the one worn by the sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) for most of his tenure, so I used the colour from that to add a note of continuity.
Original B&W photo.
Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin
I was going to make a new category for this one, but it can happily go into "Authors" as, in addition to being the inspiration for his father's books, Christopher Robin Milne was an author himself in later years.
The bear's name was Edward, but the name "Winnie" came from a bear that the father and son saw on a visit to London Zoo.
Original B&W photo.
Clayton Moore, the Lone Ranger
The first screen Lone Ranger, Clayton Moore, with a young fan, 1956.
Original B&W photo.
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