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.

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

Yvonne De Carlo aka Lily Munster photographed by Joseph Jasgur c. 1940’s

Carmen Miranda and her amazing platform shoes c. 1944

Cyd Charisse photographed by Clarence Sinclair Bull c. 1940’s

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Marion Martin c. 1930’s

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1951 “Ostrich” dancer in the Folies Bergere show at theLondon Hippodrome

Happy Birthday Eartha Kitt

(January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) 

“The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it’s going to go and where you’ll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don’t let anyone deter you from that.”

Chorus girl and singer Linda Lombard, backstage getting ready for show. New York, 1949 

Moira Shearer preparing to go on stage, 1949

Ziegfeld girl, Marion Benda c. 1920’s

Burlesque dancer Tempest Storm c. 1950’s

Dancer c. 1904

Anna Pavlova in 1914. Photo by Ira L. Hill.

Burlesque dancer Lili St. Cyr c. 1950’s