20 Old Photos Of Hollywood Celebrities, As Shared On This Instagram Account

People went to the movies in droves to escape reality long before streaming became popular. Marilyn! Audrey! ), tough-talking guys with square jaws and cleft chins, and adorable child stars who sang and danced their little hearts out all resonated through the Golden Age of Hollywood. During the 1930s through the late 1950s, when Old Hollywood was at its height, opulent musicals, screwball comedy, and later wartime tragedies, dominated the silver screen. During the studio system, celebrities were given long-term contracts and made a lot of movies each year.
Yet because so many classic films, iconic images, and timeless pieces of music were produced during that era, Old Hollywood left such a lasting impression on our society that its influence is still very much felt today. And if you're looking for retro fun, this Instagram account is the place to go.
These timeless images from the set of Old Hollywood movies will transport you back in time.

#1 Louis Armstrong Serenading His Wife Lucille At The Great Sphinx Of Giza, Egypt, 1961

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#2 Carrie Fisher Watching Her Mother Debbie Reynolds Backstage At The Riviera Hotel In Las Vegas, 1963

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#3 Hugh Grant Photographed By Gregory Heisler, 1984

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“He was alone in a booth sipping coffee, killing time, distractedly tapping his teaspoon,” recalled Heisler. “It was an authentic moment sandwiched between many not-so-authentic moments.”

#4 Tom Cruise, Ralph Macchio, Emilio Estevez, Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, And Rob Lowe In A Publicity Still For The Outsiders, 1983

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#5 Marlon Brando Having A Typewriting Session With His Cat, 1954

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#6 Meryl Streep Photographed By Duane Michals, 1975

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“The picture was taken before she was famous,” Michals remembers. “I had simply been told she was super talented and big things were in the wings. We went uptown and ran around the Marquis theatre and had a lot of fun. I asked her to dance and she was as joyful as she seems in the photograph, just radiant.”

#7 Jane Fonda Shopping At Mayfair, 1967

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#8 Dolly Parton And Her Husband Carl Dean Circa 1966

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The couple met outside of a laundromat the day Parton arrived in Nashville in 1964. She was 18 and he was 21. “My first thought was I’m gonna marry that girl,” Dean later revealed. “My second thought was, ‘Lord she’s good lookin.’ And that was the day my life began.”

#9 Marilyn Monroe And Sammy Davis Jr. On The 20th Century Fox Lot, 1953

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The actress was promoting her film, How to Marry a Millionaire. “Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived,” Sammy later said.

#10 “I’ll Never Forget The Day Marilyn And I Were Walking Around New York City, Just Having A Stroll On A Nice Day”

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“She loved New York because no one bothered her there like they did in Hollywood, she could put on her plain-jane clothes and no one would notice her. She loved that. So as we we’re walking down Broadway, she turns to me and says ‘Do you want to see me become her?’ I didn’t know what she meant but I just said ‘Yes’ – and then I saw it. I don’t know how to explain what she did because it was so very subtle, but she turned something on within herself that was almost like magic. And suddenly cars were slowing and people were turning their heads and stopping to stare. They recognized that this was Marilyn Monroe as if she pulled off a mask or something, even though nobody noticed her a second ago. I had never seen anything like it before.” – Amy Greene, wife of Marilyn’s personal photographer Milton Greene

#11 Grace Kelly Shopping For Dresses With Her Mother Margaret In New York, 1955

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#12 Ingrid Bergman With Her Daughter Isabella In Rome, 1962

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#13 Meryl Streep And Robert De Niro In The Deer Hunter, 1978

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#14 John Travolta With His Sisters Ellen And Ann During The Stage Production Of Bus Stop, 1976

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#15 Audrey Hepburn And Julie Andrews At The Academy Awards, 1964

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Hepburn won the role of Eliza Dolittle in My Fair Lady, which Andrews was passed up for because of her theater experience. This gave her the freedom to take on the lead part in Mary Poppins, for which she won the Best Actress Oscar. Audrey allegedly said to Julie that evening: “You should have done it, but I didn’t have the guts to turn it down.” “We were friends from then on,” remembers Julie.

#16 Joanne Woodward And Paul Newman At Their Hollywood Home, 1965

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Woodward famously said: “Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that’s a real treat.” Photos by David Sutton.

#17 Family Portrait Of A Two-Year-Old Elvis Presley And His Parents Gladys And Vernon, 1937

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“My love for my son began even before he was born,” Vernon later said. “At that time there was almost nobody poorer than my wife Gladys and me. But we were thrilled and excited when we learned that we were going to be parents…” On January 8, 1935, Gladys gave birth to twins. Sadly, Elvis’s brother Jesse was delivered stillborn. “…God spoke to my heart and told me that Elvis was the only child we’d ever have and the only child we’d ever need,” Vernon continued. “Elvis was a special gift who would fill our lives completely…As soon as I realized that Elvis was meant to be an only child, I felt as though a burden was lifted. I never again wondered why we didn’t have additional sons and daughters. It’s hard to describe the feelings Elvis, his mother and I had for each other.”

#18 Robert Redford And Paul Newman On The Set Of Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, 1969

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Newman fought to have Redford, the Hollywood newcomer, to play his sidekick in the film. “He was considered a star at the time and I wasn’t,” remembers Redford. “From that point on I had a great deal of affection for him, for what he did for me. He didn’t have to do that.”

#19 Audrey Hepburn Photographed By William Klein For Vogue, 1966. The Actress Would Have Been 92 Today

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#20 A Dapper Muhammad Ali (Then Known As Cassius Clay) Going For A Stroll In New York, 1963

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