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.

Josephine Baker c. 1933

Hazel Scott and Lena Horne c. 1940s

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Josephine Baker, 1926

Carmen Miranda and her amazing platform shoes c. 1944

Lena Horne, 1942

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.”

Nina Simone, 1969

Billie Holiday at the d’Orly airport, Paris, photographed by Jean-Pierre Leloir, 1958.

Hazel Scott c. 1940’s

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Happy Birthday, Dorothy Jean Dandridge - (November 9th, 1922 - September 8th, 1965)

“She was our Marilyn Monroe.” - Lena Horne

Sammy Davis Jr. and Bunny Yeager (not pictured) on a photoshoot with model Maria Stinger at a private home in Florida c. 1950’s

Lena Horne in Till The Clouds Roll By (1946)

Josephine Baker c. 1930

Pearl Bailey photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1946