nothing lasts, really.

ROSEMARY CLOONEY as Betty Haynes in White Christmas (1954) costume design by Edith Head

Rear Window 1954, dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Marilyn Monroe during hair tests for There's No Business Like Showbusiness, 1954.

JUDY GARLAND A Star is Born | 1954; dir. George Cukor

WHITE CHRISTMAS dir. Michael Curtiz, 1954

SABRINA 1954 — dir. Billy Wilder

Virginia Mayo applying makeup | 1954

I can tell you something about this place. My boys call it "The Black Lagoon", a paradise. Only, they say, nobody has ever come back to prove it.

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) dir. Jack Arnold

From a March 1954 Grace Kelly portrait session

Dorothy Dandridge photographed at home by Allan Grant, 1954

Recently found photograph of Marilyn Monroe in Los Angeles, 1954.

In this private photo, posted on reddit and confirmed to be authentic, Marilyn is in the company of Barbara Leibolt and her son John Gregory Leibolt. Leibolt was the neighbour of Marilyn's vocal coach, Hal Schaefer. When visiting him, Marilyn would drop by Leibolt's home and look after baby John, even making him cookies.

REAR WINDOW 1954 — dir. Alfred Hitchcock

MARILYN MONROE on the set of The Seven Year Itch, 1954

Rear Window (1954) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Marilyn Monroe as Kay Weston in River of No Return (1954)