The 50s

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1957

1957 Showgirls of the Tropicana Revue backstage

1957 Showgirls of the Tropicana Revue backstage photographed by Elliot Erwitt

Johnny Trouble 1957

Carolyn Jones – Stuart Whitman in Johnny Trouble 1957 Katherine Chandler lives in an apartment house that has been purchased by the local college for a boy’s dormitory. She refuses to vacate, certain that her son, who was a wild…

Les Girls (1957)

Kay Kendall, Taina Elg, and Mitzi Gaynor in Les Girls (1957) In London, the former dancer of the Barry Nichols and Les Girls Company and presently Lady Sybil Wren is sued by her former roommate and fellow dancer Angèle Ducros….

After the prom by Norman Rockwell – (1957)

After the prom by Norman Rockwell – (1957)

Pal Joey (1957)

Kim Novak as Linda English Pal Joey (1957) Joey Evans’ a charming, handsome, funny, talented a-1st class, A-N°.1… heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl (“she used to be ‘Vera…with the vanishing veils’”) and now is the rich widow,…

The Little Hut (1957)

Ava Gardner in The Little Hut (1957) Three people, Susan and Philip Ashlow and Henry Brittingham-Brett are washed ashore on a deserted island after a shipwreck. Henry is Susan’s lover. Since the island is filled with things to eat, they…

The Buckskin Lady (1957)

Dr. Bruce Merritt is enticed to Bitter Water by ‘Doc’ Medley, a phony poker swindler, who persuades Merritt to pay him $250 for the use of his ‘medical practice.’ Doc’s daughter Angela vows to pay back Merritt’s money. She gambles…