Tag Archives: 1950s

Joan Collins in The Adventures of Sadie (1953)

Posted by Embla on

The Adventures of Sadie (also known as Our Girl Friday) is a 1953 British comedy film starring Joan Collins. It is about a spoiled heiress who is shipwrecked with three men on a deserted island.

The film was based on the Australian writer Norman Lindsay’s 1934 novel The Cautious Amorist.

Joan Collins in The Adventures of Sadie, 1953 via

Joan Collins in The Adventures of Sadie, 1953 via

Joan Collins in The Adventures of Sadie, 1953 via

Life Of the Rich And Famous by Slim aarons (1950s)

Posted by Embla on

1950: Guests at a fancy dress party held at the Romanoff Restaurant in Hollywood, Los Angeles. (Slim Aarons) via

1952: Guests at a cocktail party given by Mrs Gary Cooper (actress Veronica Cooper, aka Sandra Shaw) in Beverly Hills, California. She is on the left, seated on the couch with Mr Van Herbick and Jack Warner’s daughter. Lighting a cigarette on the right is Ginger Macrae. (Slim Aarons) via

31st December 1952: From left to right, Slim Hawks (nee Nancy Gross, former wife of director Howard Hawks) chatting with Vogue editor Diana Vreeland (1903 – 1989) and her husband Reed at Kitty Miller’s New Year’s Eve party in Park Avenue, New York. (Slim Aarons) via

1954: Austrian actress Mara Lane enjoys waiter service in the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas. (Slim Aarons) via

1954: Actress Eden Hartford, sister to Dee, in the Hollywood home she shared with her husband, comedian Groucho Marx. (Slim Aarons) via

Circa 1955: Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show. (Slim Aarons) via

1955: Cosmetics queen Helena Rubinstein (1870 – 1965), third from right, at her Park Avenue, New York apartment with her husband Prince Archil Gourielli Tchkonia, enjoying cocktails with friends on the terrace. (Slim Aarons) via

1955: Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) enjoying a cup of coffee with his wife Gala (1894 – 1982) on a terrace at the Ritz Hotel, Madrid. (Slim Aarons) via

1956: Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen, wears designs by Vera Stewart with her standard poodles Ajax and Wacky on Park Avenue, New York, (Slim Aarons) via

1957: Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year’s party held at Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills. (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) via

1958: Athina Livanos Onassis (Tina Onassis) the first wife of Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis relaxing by the swimming pool aboard their yacht, the ‘Christina’ in Monte Carlo.(Photo by Slim Aarons) via

1959: Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary-Beth Turner playing backgammon by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida (Slim Aarons) via

Elizabeth taylor on the beach in “Suddenly, Last Summer” (1959)

Posted by Embla on

Burt Glinn shot on film Elizabeth Taylor on the beach in Spain during the filming of the adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly Last Summer, 1959 via

Burt Glinn shot on film Elizabeth Taylor on the beach in Spain during the filming of the adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly Last Summer, 1959 via

Burt Glinn shot on film Elizabeth Taylor on the beach in Spain during the filming of the adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly Last Summer, 1959 via

american beach photos (1950s)

Posted by Embla on

Natalie Wood and Steve Rowland apparently on their way to a game of Chicken at the Thalians Beach Ball in Malibu, 1956. BY EARL LEAF/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES/GETTY IMAGES. via

San Onofre, California, 1950. Loomis Dean/Life Pictures/Shutterstock via

Spring Break by Slim Aarons. High schoolers picnic on the beach at Bonita Springs, Florida, 1955 via

Sandra Dee plays with her pet poodle, while filming Gidget on the beach in 1958 via

1950s Beach Fashion by Nina Leen. The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock via

Marilyn Monroe goofs around on the beach, while filming for a project in Los Angeles, California in 1950 via

San Onofre, Calif., 1950. Loomis Dean/Life Pictures/Shutterstock via

Crazy Swim Caps 1959 by Ralph Crane. The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock via

The Lavish World of High Society Debutantes by Slim Aarons (1950s)

Posted by Embla on

Five Debutantes by Slim Aarons, November 1951. Five members of the Debutante Cotillion rehearse for the Christmas Ball at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. Clockwise from the bottom: Ann Firestone, Venetia Arlen, Mary Audrey Weicker, Sarane Hickox and Peggy Hitchcock via

New York Debutante by Slim Aarons. American model Jean Patchett wearing an outfit by Saks Fifth Avenue, circa 1955 via

‘Last-minute Adjustments’ by Slim Aarons, circa 1955. A young woman has last-minute adjustments made to her dress at a debutante ball via

Debutante Cotillion by Slim Aarons, 1958. In the main ballroom of the Copley Plaza, Boston debutantes in floor length white gowns and long white gloves are accompanied by their fathers as they present themselves to the awaiting patronesses. The fathers bow and the daughters curtsey and so the debutantes are accepted into society. Image provided by Getty Images via

Debs On Parade by Slim Aarons, 1958. A debutante ball held at the Copley Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts. Image provided by Getty Images via

Debutante Ball by Slim Aarons, 1958. A debutante ball held at the Copley Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts via

Debutante Cotillion by Slim Aarons, 1958. Debutantes and their escorts on the dance floor at the Debutante Cotillion at the Copley Plaza hotel, Boston, Massachusetts. Image provided by Getty Images via