Walt Disney With Blood

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Marlene Dietrich, circa 1930s.
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Marlene Dietrich, circa 1930s.

Clara Bow’s reply to a fan letter.
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Clara Bow’s reply to a fan letter.

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Katharine Hepburn.
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Katharine Hepburn.

Vivien Leigh by Madame Yevonde, 1936.
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Vivien Leigh by Madame Yevonde, 1936.

Bette Davis sunbathing in the backyard of her Beverly Hills house, 1939. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt.
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Bette Davis sunbathing in the backyard of her Beverly Hills house, 1939. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt.

Norma Jeane, 1938.
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Norma Jeane, 1938.

Negative proof of Carroll Borland in Mark of the Vampire (1935, dir. Tod Browning).
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Negative proof of Carroll Borland in Mark of the Vampire (1935, dir. Tod Browning).

Original signed self-caricature by Charlie Chaplin, 1931.
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Original signed self-caricature by Charlie Chaplin, 1931.

Back in 1938, women who applied for animation jobs at Disney were destined to receive a visually attractive but ultimately depressing rejection letter like the one below — a missive in which it was advised to instead shoot for a lower star in the tracing department; a place where, it seems, ladies could be trusted with ink.

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Leni Riefenstahl taking a walk with Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels during their visit to her new home, 1937.
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Leni Riefenstahl taking a walk with Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels during their visit to her new home, 1937.

Peter Lorre in M (1931, dir. Fritz Lang).
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Peter Lorre in M (1931, dir. Fritz Lang).

Charlie Chaplin on the set of Modern Times (1936).
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Charlie Chaplin on the set of Modern Times (1936).

Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus, 1932, directed by Josef von Sternberg.

Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus, 1932, directed by Josef von Sternberg.