Things of the past

Things of the past Movies, actors and celebrities, but also photos of old roads, buildings and memories of bygone days
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The past, black and white, memories, and perhaps all that is no longer there. Today there are so many lights, colors that dazzle without the sobriety of black and white and without reflection that allows you.

Clara Bow, c. 1933.This photo was taken at the buffet luncheon held at the Cafe de Paris, Fox Movietone City, to celebra...
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Clara Bow, c. 1933.

This photo was taken at the buffet luncheon held at the Cafe de Paris, Fox Movietone City, to celebrate everyone who worked during the production of HOOPLA (1933).

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Yvonne Craig

Clara Bow in THE WILD PARTY (1929)
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Clara Bow in THE WILD PARTY (1929)

Industry moves on Timken Roller Bearings (1946). This colorful illustration by George Shepherd takes off daily.
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Industry moves on Timken Roller Bearings (1946). This colorful illustration by George Shepherd takes off daily.

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I've just kicked off my challenge, Best Film of 1960 Challenge, using ! What is your favourite film released in 1960? Share the title and tell us why it still deserves to be remembered. Tap the hashtag to view my challenge.

The challenge will run from July 13 to August 12. Can't wait to take a look at what you all have to share!

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Some beautiful Stars

Clara Bow and Rex Bell in Las Vegas, c. 1942. bow bell vegas movies film girl hollywood fashion bow archive
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Clara Bow and Rex Bell in Las Vegas, c. 1942.

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Tina Louise (b.1934).This picture was taken in 1958. It is a studio advertising portrait of Tina Louise, created in the ...
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Tina Louise (b.1934).

This picture was taken in 1958. It is a studio advertising portrait of Tina Louise, created in the USA (in Hollywood, Los Angeles) by the United Artists film studio as part of a large-scale promotional campaign for the release of the film "God's Little Acre", which became her bright debut on the big screen.

The author of this series of portraits of the actress is photographer Peter Peter Basch.

Clara Bow in Screen Secrets Movie Album magazine (1930)."The “It” girl was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 29, 1905....
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Clara Bow in Screen Secrets Movie Album magazine (1930).
"The “It” girl was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 29, 1905. There was nothing in the makeup of the vivacious little red-haired miss who divided her time between taking care of an invalid mother and attendng Girl’s High School at Bayridge, Long Island, to suggest that she would one day become the Clara Bow of screen fame. But that was before she won a “fan” magazine beauty contest, which offered a movie contract to the winner. Clara won the contest, but it was some time before she was given a part. When it came, she was cut out of the picture entirely. In discouragement, she was about to give up her histrionic ambitions when a director gave her a small part in Down to the Sea in Ships. Critics immediately hailed her as a “find.” Then came Elinor Glyn, who declared Clara Bow possessed “It”, sending her skyrocketing to fame in a Glyn picture. She has achieved the unique distinction of receiving an average of about 35,000 fan letters a month. Just recently she announced her engagement to Harry Richman, former Broadway actor, and says she means it this time. Clara is five feet three and one-half inches tall and weighs 110 pounds, She likes swimming and horseback riding and collects all varieties of dogs as a hobby."

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# # I Miss a World That No Longer ExistsI miss so much about the past.Not because it was perfect. It was not. There wer...
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# # I Miss a World That No Longer Exists

I miss so much about the past.

Not because it was perfect. It was not. There were wars, injustice, fear and suffering then too.

But there was also a sense that the world could still become better.

I miss the films of the 1950s, when a story could hold your attention without endless explosions, monsters and special effects. When actors were allowed to speak, pause, look at one another—and make us feel something.

I miss the dreams of the 1960s. The music, the colours, the belief that society could change.

I miss the protests of the 1970s, when people filled the streets because they genuinely believed a fairer, freer and more humane world was possible.

I miss the design, the daring ideas, the inventions, the furniture, the cars, the buildings and the objects created with personality. Things were not always better made, but they often felt more human.

Today, so much of our culture seems built around fear.

War. Violence. Anxiety. Dystopia. Disaster.

Even entertainment rarely allows us to escape. We are shown collapsing cities, frightened people, broken families and futures in which humanity has lost control.

Perhaps that is what I miss most: not simply the clothes, the films or the music, but the feeling that the future was once something people looked forward to.

Now the world feels faster, colder and increasingly disconnected from the human beings living inside it.

Maybe I am nostalgic. Maybe every generation mourns the world it once knew.

But I still believe we have lost something precious.

What do you miss most about the world of the past—and when did you first feel that it was disappearing?

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