my-cartouche:

My aunt and great Aunt in the ‘60’s
Jamaica, West Indies.
My heart, right there.

London Teddy Girls by Ken Russell (via I want to be a Teddy Girl « The Licentiate)

“Joyce Bryant Wears Sexy Gowns For Show Business - Jet Magazine, October 1, 1953” (by vieilles_annonces)
sirajnuri:

Joyce Bryant- 1950s glamor
sisterwolf:

Times Square, 1958 - Pete Turner
wehadfacesthen:

Lisa Fonssagrives, 1950s
(via eBay - grapefruitmoongallery)
“Vera  Francis, who was called a Hollywood Tragedy after being blacklisted from  the screen for allegedly selling stories to the scandalous tabloid  Confidential, about the inappropriate behavior of her often white  co-stars and superiors.  But the real tragedy of her career is that  despite appearing in movies throughout the early 50s and being splashed  upon magazine covers (Jet and Ebony notably) for her breakthrough role  in “The President’s Lady” a story about the interracial affairs of  American president Andrew Jackson, her name isn’t even featured in imdb  for many of her known parts.  The combination of her outspoken role in  civil rights (Lena Horne was her oft mentioned hero), her “loose talk”  and the scarcity of roles for black actresses in the 1950s meant that  she disappeared quickly from the scene.  However, she retained a lot of  her allure in African American theater communities, performing in  touring productions throughout the 1950s and 1960s and appearing in  cabarets and as a model and pitch woman.”
holdthisphoto:

Joyce Bryant, gown by Zelda Wynn Valdez, 1953
by Carl Van Vechten
(via Paleofuture - Paleofuture Blog - The Future of Real Estate (1953))
(via Eyvind Earle « The Hardyman Files)
(via maurice noble « ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive)
Eyvind Earle
holdthisphoto:

Joyce Bryant, gown by Zelda Wynn Valdez, 1955
by Carl Van Vechten
theniftyfifties:

Girl perched on an industrial chain, 1950s.
immoraltales:

Nejla Ateş (1956)
tackorama:

paul.malon.
Opaque  by  andbamnan