Jaroslav Svoboda • Night Tram in Prague, 1940's

Rita Hayworth 1940's

Paris 1940's

Albert Camus, from a letter to Maria Casarès written in August 1948

• Cowgirl ensemble in two parts.

Date: ca. 1940

Medium: Synthetic (?), suede

During the scene where James Stewart hiccups when drunk, you can see Cary Grant looking down and grinning. Since the hiccup wasn't scripted, Grant was on the verge of breaking out laughing and had to compose himself quickly. Stewart (apparently spontaneously) thought of hiccuping in the drunk scene, without telling Grant. When he began hiccuping, Grant turned to Stewart, saying, "Excuse me." Grant turned his head to stifle his laughter and said, "Nothing". The scene required only one take.

CARY GRANT and JAMES STEWART in THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940) | dir. George Cukor

HEDY LAMARR

1940′s Fada Bakelite Radio (via: cottoneauctions)

Arnold Eagle • Chatham Square Platform, New York, 1944

Angela Lansbury and Judy Garland in THE HARVEY GIRLS, which premiered this week in 1946.

• Wine colored lace dress with under dress.

Date: 1940

Medium: Lace

Figaro was Walt Disney's favorite character in "Pinocchio" from 1940. Disney pushed for the kitten to appear in the film as much as possible. After the film, Disney swapped Minnie Mouse's pekingese Fifi with Figaro, starting with the cartoon "First Aiders (1944)." Figaro also got his own series of "Figaro" cartoons beginning with "Figaro and Cleo (1943)." He would have four cartoons of his own, two appearances in the "Pluto" cartoon series, and also appear in the promotional animated wartime short "All Together (1942)," for a total of seven cartoon appearances. This, plus the one feature film "Pinocchio," makes eight appearances of Figaro overall.

FIGARO voiced by FRANK WELKER

Lana Turner 1944

X-Acto mundo!

The Saturday Evening Post - December 7th 1946