We Had Faces Then

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Birthday Remembrance: Anthony Perkins (4 April 1932 - 12 September 1992) in a 1956 publicity shot for Friendly Persuasion

 

Vivien Leigh, 1940s
 

Ingrid Bergman in Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)

Kim Novak, 1954

 

Elizabeth Taylor touching up her lipstick, 1950, photo by Davis Boulton

 

Mystery Girl of 1947

Audrey Hepburn, 1957, publicity shot for Funny Face by Richard Avedon

Tamara Toumanova, 1940s

Yul Brynner, 1940s, with hair

Dancers, 1956, a photo by Roy DeCarava

Marilyn Monroe, 1953, photo by Ben Ross

 

James Stewart and Norma Shearer, 1938, at Bette Davis’ Tailwaggers party to raise funds for stray dogs.