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 photographed by Lisa Larsen, 1952 (x)

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

Lucille Ball in the film Ziegfeld Follies (1945)

Doris Houck fights off Emil the Gorilla at Florentine Gardens. Photo by Joseph Jasgur c. 1942

“Curtain Call” by Ben-Hur Baz, 1948

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

Vivian Blaine in Guys and Dolls (1955)

Showgirl Dale Strong photographed by Lisa Larsen, 1952

Showgirl Dale Strong photographed byt Lisa Larsen, 1952

Showgirl Dale Strong photographed by Lisa Larsen, 1952

Dale Strong backstage 1952, photo by Lisa Larsen

Las Vegas showgirl c. 1950’s

Ziegfeld Follies dancer, Katherine Burke by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1928

Lucille Ball in the film Ziegfeld Follies, 1945

The Hiller Girls, one of the most famous ballet groups in the world, backstage. c. 1941