Beautiful Photos of Audrey Hepburn During the Filming of ‘Secret People’ (1952)

Secret People is a 1952 British drama film, directed by Thorold Dickinson and produced by Sidney Cole for Ealing Studios, with a screenplay from Thorold Dickinson, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Joyce Carey and Christianna Brand.

Secret People stars Valentina Cortese, Serge Reggiani and Audrey Hepburn and premiered in the U.K. on 8 February 1952. The film provided Audrey Hepburn with her first significant film role, leading to her big breakthrough in Roman Holiday.

These vintage photos captured beautiful portraits of Audrey Hepburn during the filming of Secret People in 1952.

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Impressive Fashion Designs by Jacques Heim in the 1950s

Jacques Heim (1899–1967) was a French fashion designer and costume designer for theater and film, and was a manufacturer of women’s furs.

Fashion designs by Jacques Heim in the 1950s

From 1930 to his death in 1967, Heim ran the fashion house (maison de couture) Jacques Heim, which closed in 1969. He was president of the Paris Chambre Syndicale de la haute couture from 1958 to 1962, a period of transition from haute couture to ready-to-wear clothing.

Take a look at these glamorous photos to see portraits of classic beauties wearing fashion designs by Jacques Heim in the 1950s.

Teresita Montez in evening gown by Jacques Heim, photo by Willy Maywald, 1950

Lucky in short dress of great white lace roses on black tulle, the strapless bodice is criss-crossed with black velvet, by Jacques Heim, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, November 1951

Teresita Montez in yellow and black print dinner dress with removable bolero by Jacques Heim, photo by Seeberger Bros., 1951

Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn is wearing green jersey top tucked into slim velvet pants cinched by purple fascia belt all by Jacques Heim, photo by husband Irving Penn, Vogue, April 1952

Teresita Montez in gray organza coat with wide sleeves worn over beautiful evening gown of gray and yellow tulle appliqued with topaz cabochons by Jacques Heim, photo by Philippe Pottier, 1952

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30 Stunning Photos of American Model Linda Harper in the 1950s

American model Linda Harper (1928-1985) started in the business later than most of her contemporaries; she was in her early twenties, having been to university and (briefly) married, when she began to achieve success — a success which Oleg Cassini, who declared he’d first discovered her, was happy to claim for himself.

Linda Harper in the 1950s

Whether or not that’s true, Harper enjoyed a strong run, including memorable location shoots in Italy and Ireland with Richard Avedon. Her heart, though, was in acting, and in 1956 she traded in modeling for theatre. But she had little luck with the productions she chose, and soon returned to the fashion world. And in 1957, she married into a wealthy Philadelphia family, with Dovima as her matron of honor.

Harper continued to model to the end of the decade, before settling down to have children. She became an active figure in society circles, and an avid golfer. Both of those interests were highlighted in her obituary; her modeling career, however, didn’t get a mention.

Take a look at these stunning photos to see portraits of young Linda Harper as a model in the 1950s.

Linda Harper in a starch-white sheeting dress with the back a full-bloused yoke, the collar a V in front, belted with a bright waist garter by Craig, fabric by Springmaid, photo by Roger Prigent, Vogue, May 15, 1952

Linda Harper in slinky black silk crêpe evening dress, one arm covered and one arm bare and a stream of crêpe by Traina-Norell, photo by Roger Prigent, Vogue, September 1, 1952

Linda Harper in strawberry tweed suit by Handmacher, checked shirt by Maskett Bros., Madcaps hat, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, August 1952

Linda Harper is wearing a yellow lace creamy satin gown by Harvey Berin and Karen Stark, photo by Roger Prigent, Vogue, September 1952

Linda Harper in Crompton black velvet dress accented with white ruffled English broadcloth by Myron Herbert, Vogue, September 15, 1953

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Funny Vintage Photos of Hollywood Starlets Posing With Axes for Thanksgiving

It’s time for that solemn annual tradition: a thread of creepy old Hollywood Thanksgiving stills! The stills often gave starlets the opportunity to embrace their inner axe murderer...

Mary Philbin

Adelle August

Barabara Kent

Doris Day

Dusty Anderson

Jeanne Crain

Amazing Photos of the 1954 Stanguellini 750 Sport Internazionale

Stanguellini was a small Italian manufacturer that from 1946 to 1966 produced primarily competition cars. The company dominated the 750 cc classes in Europe in the 1950s and later went on to international success in the Formula Junior Class for the 1957 season. The Stanguellini shown here with chassis number CS04080 is one of the three cars brought to the United States in 1954. It was purchased initially by Briggs Cunningham. The unique coachwork was produced in-house by the factory and the car is powered by a four-cylinder twin-overhead cam engine based on a Fiat motor.

Vittorio Stanguellini dominated the Italian 750 Class championship from cars he built in his Modena, Italy garage.

The Stanguellini features a sturdy tubular chassis suited for racing on public roads. Front suspension was by transverse leaf spring with a solid rear axle created by a Stanguellini design cable set-up, which is unique. Large finned alloy brake drums provide stopping power.

The aluminum 741cc four-cylinder engine that Stanguellini built for the 750 model had special cylinder heads, twin overhead camshafts, and two larger Weber carburetors. The engine was coupled to a four-speed manual transmission. The 750 Sport weighed only 1025 pounds and factory claims of from 60 hp to 72 hp made a top speed of 112 mph possible.

The riveted alloy gas tank is said to be a work of art and is filled through the cockpit with absolutely no firewall.

Chassis CS04080 was sold to Briggs Cunningham and entered that year's Watkins Glen road races, where it won the Queen Katharine Cup Race. The owner of Mercury Outboard Motors purchased the car and replaced the motor with a 750cc outboard motor. It went on to win the 3-hour enduro at Elkhart Lake in 1956 and set a land speed record at Daytona Beach.

Here below is a set of amazing photos of the 1954 Stanguellini 750 Sport Internazionale.

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Beautiful Fashion Designs by Madeleine de Rauch in the 1950s

Madeleine de Rauch, born Madeleine-Marie-Antoinette Bourgeois in 1896 in Ville-d’Avray (Seine-et-Oise, current department of Hauts-de-Seine), was a Paris couturier who operated between 1932 and 1973. She began designing and making clothes for herself in the 1920s. Friends asked her to make their clothes as well and by 1928, she had opened her own shop under the name “House of Friendship”.

Fashion designs by Madeleine de Rauch in the 1950s

In 1932, Madeleine de Rauch founded her self-named couturier house along with her two sisters and operated it for forty-one years. Renowned for the fluidity of its clothes and the elegance of its sportswear, it reached its peak during the golden age of Parisian couture, after the Second World War.

De Rauch died in 1985 in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, aged 89. These vintage photos captured portraits of classic beauties wearing fashion designs by Madeleine de Rauch in the 1950s.

Model in lovely supple mousseline dress by Madeleine de Rauch, photo by Philippe Pottier, 1952

Joan Whelan in sporty camel-hair coat with high buttoned collar, ball-buttons are leather, vented back is held by martingale, by Madeleine de Rauch, green jersey cap, leather shoulder-bag by Hermès, photo by Philippe Pottier, 1952

Model in Celanese satin cocktail dress by Madeleine de Rauch, photo by Georges Saad, 1952

Model in gray flannel jacket over a skirt of gray, brown and black tweed by Madeleine de Rauch, photo by Henry Clarke, Vogue, September 1, 1952

Pat O'Reilly in black raw silk afternoon dress by Madeleine de Rauch, jeweled clip by Roger Scèmama, photo by Philippe Pottier, L'Officiel, 1952

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40 Vintage Photos of Grace Kelly During the Filming of ‘To Catch a Thief’ (1955)

To Catch a Thief is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 novel of the same name by David Dodge. The film stars Cary Grant as a retired cat burglar who has to save his reformed reputation by catching an impostor preying on wealthy tourists (including an oil-rich widow and her daughter played by Grace Kelly) on the French Riviera.

The film drew mixed reviews from critics, with some enjoying Grant and Kelly in the lead roles as well as the French Riviera setting, while others expressed disappointment at the lack of suspense compared to earlier Hitchcock films.

In 2002, American Film Institute included the film in AFI’s 100 Years...100 Passions (#46). These vintage photos captured portraits of Grace Kelly during the filming of To Catch a Thief in 1955.

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Europe in the Late 1950s Through Wonderful Color Photos

The Fifties have a particular place in our collective imagination: the decade of elegance and sophistication, of the economic boom, of “the Golden Age” of radio, of the birth of rock and roll, of the beginnings of television, and the dawn of commercial air travel.

However, these iconic characteristics of the Fifties represent only one side of the decade, inspired by the bright and optimistic eagerness for change that spread all over Europe after the Second World War ended. The Cold War, the fear of a nuclear conflict, the authoritarian regimes in Spain and Portugal, a divided Germany, and a controlling conservative society were also part of European citizens’ everyday life.

These wonderful photos were taken by huebner family photos that show street scenes of Europe countries such as West Germany, Czechoslovakia, France, Belgium, England, Scotland in 1958.

Belgium. British pavilion at Expo 58, the World's Fair in Brussels, August 1958

Belgium. Outside the Czechoslovak pavilion at Expo 58, the World's Fair in Brussels, August 1958

Belgium.Japanese pavilion at Expo 58, the World's Fair in Brussels, August 1958

Czechoslovakia. A Velorex three-wheeled car parked somewhere in southern Moravia, July 1958

Czechoslovakia. Column of the Holy Trinity (completed 1754), Olomouc, July 1958

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These Two Women Demonstrate How to Turn This Sidecar in to a Small Caravan With Two Beds in 1958

These remarkable photographs were taken in the UK in 1958 as two women enjoyed a weekend away staying in a sidecar-cum-caravan during the British summer. The incredible images show the two friends on a motorbike and sidecar as they begin to transform the sidecar into their accommodation for the night.

What could be easier when the British weather turns to summer than stopping along a roadside and setting up camp, just like these two friends. The transformation from sidecar to caravan begins, with everything you need neatly hidden in various compartments. The motorcycle is a Panther Model 120, 650cc single cylinder engine.

The young women start by removing the roof of the sidecar. The motorcycle comes in handy as a step ladder to secure the roof of the caravan. The transformation is complete, so the young women can relax, inside their compact caravan...

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