Name's Cat. I'm an L.A. gal who loves everything from classic movie queens to pinups to classic horror. My likes vary a lot. Having said that, I refuse to fit in a box or apologize for being me.

Showgirl Dale Strong by Lisa Larsen 1952

Corona Borealis.  From Witness of the Stars - written by E.W. Bullinger (1893)

“Miss Finland” Armi Kuusela chosen as “Miss Universe” 1953 She is wearing a crown that once belonged to Catherine the Great of Russia.

Actress Olga Nethersole in role of the French courtesan Fanny Legrand in Clyde Fitch’s Sapho (1900)

Virginia Mayo 1940’s

Burlesque dancer Lili St. Cyr 1950’s

Ava Gardner

Claire Windsor

Marilyn

victoriastation:

Vivien Leigh as the Lady Anne in Shakespeare’s Richard III.  Old Vic tour of Australia and New Zealand, 1948.  Photo by Louis Athol Shmith