20 Vintage Photos of a Young Jamie Lee Curtis in the 1970s

Jamie Lee Curtis is an actor whose career has spanned from her debut in Halloween to her Oscar win for Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Jamie Lee Curtis was born November 22, 1958, in Los Angeles, to actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. She has one sister and four half-siblings. Her parents divorced when she was 4, and she said Tony was “not interested in being a father” after the divorce; media reports stated he removed Curtis and her siblings from his will before he died.

Although introduced to show business an early age, Curtis didn’t immediately decide to become an actor. She was a cheerleader at the all-girls Westlake School in Los Angeles and graduated from the prestigious Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut in 1976.

Following a semester at the University of the Pacific, Curtis was convinced to audition for a role as teenage detective Nancy Drew. Although she didn’t get the part, she soon dropped out of school to pursue acting.

Curtis initially landed spots on such shows as Quincy M.E. and Columbo. She even earned a role on the short-lived military comedy television series Operation Petticoat, which was based on a 1959 film that starred her father. It turned out to be a false start. She barely got in one speaking line per episode before being dismissed, along with most of her castmates, at the end of its disappointing first season.

Curtis’ real breakthrough came in 1978, when the 19-year-old actor starred in John Carpenter’s classic horror movie Halloween. A low-budget flick about a psychopath who stalks a group of babysitters, there was no guarantee that this would resuscitate her fledgling career, and Carpenter didn’t even want her for the role, preferring actor Anne Lockhart for the part. But when Lockhart turned down the role, Carpenter warmed to Curtis after producers felt her family connection to Janet Leigh would invoke the iconic imagery of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film Psycho.

Halloween went on to gross $47 million over the course of its initial theatrical run, making it one of the most profitable movies in history based on initial investment. However, she found few job offers in the initial aftermath of the film’s unexpected success and struggled with typecasting in the horror genre. Her roles in Prom Night (1980), The Fog (1980), and Halloween II (1981) resulted in the actor becoming known as the “Scream Queen.” Below are some amazing photographs of a young and beautiful Jamie Lee Curtis from the 1970s:

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Gorgeous Photos of Aline MacMahon in the 1920s and ’30s

Born 1899 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, American actress Aline MacMahon made her Broadway debut in 1920 as a craps-playing debutante in The Mirage. After traveling to Los Angeles to star in the road company of the Broadway smash Once in a Lifetime, she was noticed by Warner Brothers director Mervyn LeRoy, and made her film debut in the Pre-Code drama Five Star Final (1931).

After signing a long-term contract with Warners, Aline spent the rest of her career splitting time between New York and Hollywood in order to be with her husband, the Manhattan-based architect and city planner, Clarence Stein. In the1930s and 40s, she was a critical darling (Walter Winchell called her “the very good actress”), often cast as the acerbic comedienne with a heart of gold, or the long-suffering woman unlucky in love.

Aline worked extensively in film, theater, and television until her retirement in 1975. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Dragon Seed (1944). She died in 1991, aged 92, of pneumonia in New York City.

Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see portraits of a young Aline MacMahon in the 1920s and 1930s.

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30 Amazing Thanksgiving Menus of US Hotels From the Late 19th Century

These days, the typical American Thanksgiving menu is pretty standardized: turkey, stuffing, potatoes, pie. Back in the late 19th century, when the holiday’s status as a national observance was still relatively new, those dishes were already being consumed but holiday menus of the time could show a little variety. For example, on Nov. 30, 1899, at the Plaza Hotel, you could get turkey stuffed with chestnuts for $0.75—or sweetbreads, cooked “Parisienne” style, for a dollar.

That Plaza menu is just one of many historical bills of fare that have been digitized by the New York Public Library’s “What’s on the Menu?” project. The Library has 45,000 menus dating as far back as the 1840s. Below is a selection of 30 amazing vintage Thanksgiving menus from the late 19th century (click on each image to view it larger):

Hotel Duquesne, 1889

Hotel Normandie, 1889

Murray Hill Hotel, 1891

Occidental Hotel, 1891

The Portland, 1891

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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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20 Vintage Portraits of Goldie Hawn With Her Iconic Short Hairstyle in the 1960s

Goldie Hawn has beautiful long hair nowadays but in the 1960s she had a pageboy cut that changed her look, for the better.

Since the late 1960s, Goldie Hawn has been a beauty icon, thanks to her California blond hair color, voluminous waves, and tousled bangs. Throughout the years, Hawn has worn her golden locks in various styles, ranging from a chic bob to long waves, all while maintaining her signature curls.

In 1968, Goldie Hawn became a star on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. Her sexy, just-rolled-out-of-bed pageboy cut took a style that had been popular for over a decade, and gave it a fresh, modern twist.

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Happy Thanksgiving From Jeanne Crain and Her Doomed Turkey, 1946

Here we see actress Jeanne Crain sharpening an ax before using it to slay this turkey, who appears to be none-the-wiser. Poor thing, here it thought it was just arriving on set to take a few pictures...

40 Studio Portrait Photos Defined Women’s Hairstyles in the 1940s

Hairstyles in the 1940s were fuller and longer than those of the 1930s and hair was cut in a rounded U-shape at the back, curving up towards the ears. There were always a lot of layers because the hair was usually worn in curls or soft waves, usually just below shoulder-length. Straight hair was simply unfashionable.

To achieve the curls, girls who couldn’t afford a weekly “wash and set” at the hairdresser would pin up their wet hair in bobby pins each night to make pin-curls.

As war rationing really began to bite, women still spent time and effort on their hairstyles, but no longer wanted lots of waves in intricate designs. Hair was worn shorter, in a practical style, still curly with a wave or two at the front. This sort of style looked good under small hats and military hats and could be hidden under turbans if the hair was dirty.

An iconic war-time hairstyle was the “Victory Roll”. The name seems to have come from the corkscrew through the air by RAF pilots before landing, if they had successfully downed an enemy plane. The hair was divided at the front and curled up and out, in a rather aerodynamic form.

Here below is a set of studio vintage photos that shows what hairstyles of women looked like in the 1940s.

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