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.

Eartha Kitt performing in Las Vegas c. 1955

Dorothy Dandridge photographed by Ted Allan c. 1953

Eartha Kitt performing in Las Vegas, 1955

Diahann Carroll c. 1960 

“I learned quickly that almost any time a third world face became prominent on TV, we became responsible for the whole minority community.”

Eartha Kitt photographed by Philippe Halsman, 1955

Eartha Kitt photographed by Arthur Rothstein for Look Magazine, 1953

Singer Jessie Matthews on a swing in a ‘golden cage’ surrounded by feathered dancers, in a scene of First A Girl (1935)

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Eartha Kitt (1958)

Re-blogging my original post

Lesley Gore as Pussycat on the Batman TV series (1967)

Lesley Gore as Pussycat on the Batman T.V. show (1967)

Lena Horne photographed by Carl Van Vechten, September 15, 1941

Josephine Baker c. 1927

Julie Newmar and Lesley Gore as Catwoman and Pussycat on the Batman TV show (1967)

Billie Holiday

Carmen Miranda in a publicity still for Doll Face (1945)