I'm Old Fashioned

1947

Jack Benny (1894-1974) had the funniest radio show around, and here is the complete show from November 27, 1938.

Stores near corner of Broome St. and Baruch Place, Lower East Side. New York City. By C.W. Cushman.

Marlene Dietrich, born December 27, 1901 in Schöneberg, now Berlin, Germany, was a German American motion-picture actress whose beauty, voice, aura of sophistication, and languid sensuality made her one of the world’s most glamorous film stars.

Gil Elvgren - 'French Dressing', 1939.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒘𝒃𝒐𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚 is a 1938 American Western romantic comedy film directed by H.C. Potter, and starring Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon.

Boy offering bunch of red roses, ca. 1937. Tri-colour carbro photograph. Photo by Anton Bruehl.

In addition to being Miss New Orleans in 1931, Dorothy Lamour worked as a Chicago elevator operator; band vocalist for her first husband, band leader Herbie Kaye; and radio performer.

Panama Pacific Line poster by Lee Wulff.

From the short 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑬𝒗𝒆! 1934 A little Roman nonsense featuring Leon Errol and June MacCloy along with some typically splashy early Three-Strip Technicolor.

"I, Joan Crawford, I believe in the dollar. Everything I earn, I spend." Joan Crawford

1913

Josephine Dunn and Neely Edwards pack in 1928′s 𝑬𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆.

Miss Bonnie Maude and the cat Buzzer (between 1912 und 1918). Photo by Arnold Genthe.

Clark Gable with his father William, 1921.

Buying Easter flowers in Union Square, New York, ca. 1900.

𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑶' is a 1921 American silent comedy film starring Mabel Normand and directed by F. Richard Jones.