Vintage celebrity portraits give us a glimpse into the past and a way to connect with icons from bygone eras. These pictures, often taken by renowned photographers, show us things like fashion and style, as well as the cultural and social norms of the time.
But they also offer a sense of nostalgia for a time that many people may not even have experienced firsthand. The images serve as reminders of the enduring influence of certain stars and the impact they have had on popular culture.
And the Facebook page 'Things of the Past' is one of the richest online archives of such memorabilia. So let's take a scroll through its most prized possessions and who knows, maybe we'll see some of our beloved celebs in a way we still haven't.
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Tilda Swinton - 1988
Stuning photograph. Tilda has always had an almost unearthly quality about her.
Remembering Television Legend Betty White
January 17th, 1922 – December 31st, 2021
Portraits of Betty from 1954 during the period she was starring in the syndicated sitcom Life with Elizabeth. First appearing on television in an experimental broadcast in the late-1930s, Betty was a true TV pioneer. Beyond her work as an actress (as well as a singer, dancer, hostess and game show contestant), Betty assumed various roles during her years in television and produced, wrote and directed a number of productions she was involved with, breaking new ground for women in the entertainment industry. Nominated for twenty-one primetime Emmy Awards and twice for a daytime Emmy during her eight decade long career, Betty won five of her primetime nominations, one of her daytime, and received a daytime Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 2015. She also won a regional Emmy Award in Los Angeles in 1951
Jazz Singer Ella Fitzgerald (1954)
Debbie Harry And David Bowie
Silent Film Actress Bessie Love In The Early 1920s
Marilyn Monroe
Cate Blanchett
Raquel Welch
Mike Farrell, Loretta Swit, Alan Alda, Harry Morgan And David Ogden Stiers Raise A Toast And A Cake At A 7th Anniversary Cast Party
Sophia Loren
Sean Connery & Michael Caine By Michael O’neill For “ Vanity Fair”
Christopher Walken, Robert Deniro, Chuck Aspegren, John Savage, And John Cazale On The Set Of The Deer Hunter (1978)
Audrey Photographed By Mark Shaw In Beverly Hills, California During The Filming Of ‘Sabrina’ In 1953
The Brady Bunch Meets The Jackson 5
Little Liza Minnelli With Mom Judy Garland At Mgm During The Filming Of In The Good Old Summertime
Harpo Marx And His Children, 1954
Harpo was always my favourite. Brilliant photo - wigs n all. ☺️
Marlon Brando And Al Pacino On The Set Of The Godfather (1972)
Logo Shots For Metro Goldwyn Meyer In 1928
Ingrid Bergman And Isabella Rossellini In 1971
“The Best Time I Ever Had With Joan Crawford Was When I Pushed Her Down The Stairs In “Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?”“ - Bette Davis
Al Pacino And Robert De Niro Posing In A Production Still For The Godfather: Part Il (1974)
Ben Kingsley
Jack Nicholson In Paris In 1975
Audrey Hepburn And Gina Lollobrigida At The Marigny Theatre During The Nuit Du Cinema N Paris (1965)
Frank Sinatra Gets Carried Off Stage By Dean Martin While Sammy Davis Jr. Watches, Photo By Art Shay, Las Vegas, 1961
Sophia Loren In The Millionairess
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981, Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos)
Jack Nicholson
Hedy Lamarr By Laszlo Willinger, 1943
Absolutely stunning. And everyone with a Bluetooth compatible device and Wifi should say thank you to her.
Ava Gardner
Audrey Hepburn For Revlon’s “Most Unforgettable Women In The World” Campaign, Photos By Richard Avedon, New York, 1988
Audrey Hepburn, Dean Martin, And Jerry Lewis Photographed By Bob Willoughby, 1953
Buster Keaton, Photographed By Melbourne Spurr, 1926
Michelle Pfeiffer And Al Pacino In Frankie And Johnny (1991)
Paul Newman
David Lynch And Isabella Rossellini By Helmut Newton, 1988
Lauren Bacall And Humphrey Bogart At Their Home In Benedict Canyon, 1954
The remarkable Lauren Bacall knew who he was, let him be who he was, and, in return, he was at last able to give something no other woman could grab from him: his total commitment.“ - Mary Astor, Bogart’s Maltese Falcon costar
Goldie Hawn
Marilyn Monroe
Greta Garbo By Clarence Sinclair Bull For Ninotchka, 1939
Steve Mcqueen - The Thomas Crown Affair (1967)
Ursula Andress
John And Julian Lennon With The Cast Of Happy Days
Marilyn Monroe Signing Autographs For Fans On The Set Of “Some Like It Hot” In Coronado Beach, California, Summer Of 1958. Photo By Richard Miller
Raquel Welch
The Twilight Zone’s Rod Serling With Jodie Foster
Clint Eastwood And Telly Savalas In The Film "Kelly’s Heroes" (1970)
Brigitte Bardot
Nathalie And Alain Delon
John Belushi And The Go-Go’s
Jane Russell
Barbara Eden And Sammy Davis, Jr
Marcello Mastroianni And Federico Fellini
Liz Taylor And Rock Hudson Cementing Their Handprints At The Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Ingrid Bergman And Roberto Rossellini
Audrey Hepburn In A Publicity Still For “Funny Face” (1957)
Ava Gardner, C.1952
Shirley Macliane And Warren Beatty
Gina Lollobrigida
James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor And Rock Hudson On The Set Of Giant In 1955
English Actress Jacqueline Bisset Enjoys The Beach During Her First Year Living In California In 1965
Ingrid Bergman, 1940s
Vivien Leigh
Marcello Mastroianni And Anita Ekberg At A Press Event For The Federico Fellini Comedy-Drama La Dolce Vita Held At The Martini Terrace In Milan, Italy On February 5th, 1960
Cyd Charisse Resting Her Feet On Ice, Behind The Cameras After Rehearsals In 1948
Peter Falk And Gena Rowlands In A Woman Under The Influence (1974)
Jane Russell
Marilyn Monroe Photographed By Milton Greene, 1956
Toni Tennille (Of Captain & Tennille), Perry Como, And Loretta Switt (Of M*a*s*h*)
Marlon Brando
Barbara Stanwyck
Cary Grant And Randolph Scott
Cary Grant did many therapeutic trips of LSD to work through psychological issues caused by childhood trauma.
Actress Faye Dunaway As Bonnie Parker, Standing Outside The Merchants Bank In The Film 'Bonnie And Clyde', 1967
Robert De Niro In Taxi Driver (1976)
Greta Garbo “Mata Hari” By Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
Lou Reed, Mick Jagger And David Bowie
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards And Bob Dylan
Marlon Brando
Priests Mingle With Hippies At The Glastonbury Music Festival In 1971
The priests look pretty young, so probably went because they really dug the music.
Showgirl Rosemary Williams Reading, 1949 Photography By Stanley Kubrick
Rita Hayworth
Monica Vitti, Alain Delon
Susan Hayward
Sharon Tate Photographed By Terry O’neill, 1968
Elizabeth Taylor
Alfred Hitchcock, Janet Leigh Psycho - 1960 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Paramount USA On Set Psycho (1960)
The Great Gatsby, Mia Farrow, 1974
Natalie Wood In Manhattan During Production Of The Mgm/Arthur Hiller Crime Comedy Penelope, Photo By Art Zelin, 1966. Natalie’s Costumes In The Film Were Designed By Edith Head
Alan Arkin’s Son David, Rob Reiner, Joey Bishop’s Son Larry, And Richard Dreyfuss
Judy Garland And Jerry Lewis At Ciro’s Circa 1949
John Wayne For 'The Quiet Man', 1952
So many comments about their physical appearance on the pictures of women but not on the ones of men.
Audrey Hepburn is amazing, these are gorgeous photos, but weird that almost all are white. I could be mistaken but there are historical famous actors who weren't white. Other than the couple of pics posted. But my bad?
It's not weird at all. The only African-American actor of any note for many years was Sidney Poitier. Certainly the "golden years" of Hollywood were not diverse. The Rat Pack were big fans of Kennedy, but unlike the others Sammy Davis Jr wasn't invited to his inauguration, which is why his friend Dean Martin stayed away.
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So many comments about their physical appearance on the pictures of women but not on the ones of men.
Audrey Hepburn is amazing, these are gorgeous photos, but weird that almost all are white. I could be mistaken but there are historical famous actors who weren't white. Other than the couple of pics posted. But my bad?
It's not weird at all. The only African-American actor of any note for many years was Sidney Poitier. Certainly the "golden years" of Hollywood were not diverse. The Rat Pack were big fans of Kennedy, but unlike the others Sammy Davis Jr wasn't invited to his inauguration, which is why his friend Dean Martin stayed away.
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