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.

“The Gold Painted Stripper” photograph by Arthur “Weegee” Fellig, 1950

Josephine Baker c. 1920s

Josephine Baker c. 1928

Dancer and actress Yolanda Montes “Tongolele” c. 1950s

Josephine Baker performing in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1936

Dancer Roshanara (Olive Craddock) c. 1920s

Seventeen-year-old Bianca Passarge of Hamburg dresses up as a cat and dances on wine bottles in June 1958. Her performance was based on a dream. She practiced for eight hours a day to do this. (x)

Josephine Baker c. 1933

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Josephine Baker, 1926

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Cab Calloway and his orchestra with the Cotton Club Chorus at the Cotton Club, 1936.

Whirling flamenco dancer with a wide skirt. Seville, Spain, 1934.

Actress and dancer Cyd Charisse c. 1940s

Ziegfeld girl Katherine Burke by Alfred Cheney Johnston c. 1920s

Marie Bryant at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles, 1944

Marion “Kiki” Roberts, Ziegfeld Follies dancer c. 1922-1925. Photo by Alfred Cheney Johnston