I'm ready for my close-up.

Joan Bennett in Secret Beyond the Door, 1947 (Fritz Lang).

Rita Hayworth in Miss Sadie Thompson, 1953.

Marlene Dietrich in Shanghai Express, 1932.

Shanghai Express, 1932. (Josef von Sternberg)

Maria Riva photographed by Milton Greene, 1952.

Sophia Loren photographed by Milton Greene on the set of C'era Una Volta, 1967.

Marcello Mastroianni in Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, 1963.

Jean Arthur in The More The Merrier, 1943.

"Nobody onscreen fascinates me as much as Paulette Goddard. I'm probably her greatest fan , bar none. I see my own pictures six or seven times. I also take in my own pictures to see what I do wrong or what I do right." Happy birthday Paulette Goddard! (June 3, 1910 - April 23, 1990)

"I certainly agree with all those who find more sex appeal in Barbara Stanwyck and her ankle bracelet in Double Indemnity, than in all those naked bodies rolling around on the screen today." - Bette Davis