VIVIAN MAIER was a New York street photographer who took thousand of photos in the 1950s & 60s. It was only in 2011, 2yrs after her death, that her photos were discovered and recognized for their raw beauty in a collection published by historian and collector John Maloof.

Faye Dunaway - London (1967) 📷 by Jean-Pierre Biot

Ali MacGraw - New York City (1970)

THE DUKES OF HAZARD (1979-85)

Cary Grant & Alfred Hitchcock browse the morning papers in Cannes in 1955.

There are some photos from the 70’s that REALLY have that decade feel like it was a LONG time ago. Japanese Telephone Operators in 1970.

The Sands - Las Vegas (1955) 📷 by Hy Peskin

Jenny Agutter and Farrah Fawcett on the set of LOGAN’S RUN (1976)

A spectacularly 70’s apartment on Fifth Avenue - New York City (1977) Designed by Jay Spectre

Whilst Stanley Kubrick's ‘The Shining’ and Jim Henson’s ‘The Muppet Show’ were filming next door to each other at Elstree Studios, Danny Lloyd got to visit and hang with Kermit in 1979.

Jean Racine (1639-1699)

There aren’t a huge number of folk in my industry I truly admire. DENZEL however is one I very much do. “So what a responsibility you all have, to tell the truth. Not just to be first, but to tell the truth.”

Remembering the great ‘Old Hollywood’ director CECIL B. DEMILLE - who left us 67yrs ago today, aged 77.

Remembering one of our finest - the late, great, Oscar winning PAUL SCOFIELD - born 104yrs ago today.

One of my favourite Soho people & a fine friend for many years now - George Skeggs, aka ‘Soho George’. Royal Academician, Painter, Artist, self-proclaimed Poppinjay, and utter original. 📷 by Me

Remembering BENNY HILL - born 102yrs ago today.

Buster Keaton in 1928. On the shoulders of giants…

Marilyn in 1955 📷 by Milton H. Greene

Remembering TERRY JONES - who left us 6yrs ago today.

PLÁCIDO DOMINGO 85 Candles 🎂 today for the great Spanish Tenor.

“To admit that an opponent might be both honest and intelligent is felt to be intolerable. It is more immediately satisfying to shout that he is a fool or a scoundrel, or both, than to find out what he is really like.” — George Orwell He left us 76yrs ago today, aged just 46.

Sunset Strip - 1970

Remembering GEORGE ORWELL - born Eric Arthur Blair - who left us 76yrs ago today, aged just 46. NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR (1949) ANIMAL FARM (1945) THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER (1936) HOMAGE TO CATALONIA (1938)

Raquel Welch - ‘Hannie Caulder’ (1971)

‘Self-Portrait, Yawning’ by Joseph Ducreux (c.1783)

“Somebody’s gotta go back and get a shit load of dimes!” BLAZING SADDLES (1974) #MelBrooks

“MAGNUM P.E.I.” SCTV (1982) It’s only a quick sketch — swapping P.I. for P.E.I. (Prince Edward Island) — on a show that launched many stellar careers, but (a) it makes me laugh and (b) it reminds me how much I miss JOHN CANDY.

The keen-eyed will hopefully recognise some of The Second City comedy troupe from this photo of them in Toronto in 1975.

A fantastic Documentary on my and many people’s favourite Stand-Up Comedian of all time GEORGE CARLIN’S AMERICAN DREAM (2022)

A fantastic Documentary on my and many people’s favourite Stand-Up Comedian of all time GEORGE CARLIN’S AMERICAN DREAM (2022)

Even at the height of his career STEVE McQUEEN would return unannounced to his alma mater - the Boys Republic reform school in Chino Hills, California - which he later credited as one of the key influences in shaping the resilience, grit and independence that defined his adult life and career.

Gary

9yr old Martin Scorsese’s first communion in 1951

Meryl Streep photographed by Anthony Armstrong-Jones for THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN (1981)

The iconic Marlboro Man at Sunset and Marmont in 1994.

Remembering the Oscar-winning BARBARA STANWYCK — who left us 36yrs ago today, aged 82.

My favourite 'Tarzan' (and multiple Olympic Gold medalist) JOHNNY WEISSMULLER - who left us 42yrs ago today, aged 79.

48 Candles 🎂 today for the wonderful OMAR SY

Remembering the Oscar winning girl from Belgium - AUDREY HEPBURN - who left us 33yrs ago today, aged 63.

AUDREY HEPBURN - who left us 33yrs ago today, aged 63 - met Pippin shooting the 1959 movie “Green Mansions”. It was suggested Audrey take the deer home as a pet so they could bond. Ip - as she was called for short - was adopted by Hepburn and they were inseparable thereafter.

My favourite set of photos of AUDREY HEPBURN - who left us 33yrs ago today, aged 63 - were taken by Leo Fuchs when Audrey was 30yrs old and in the Belgian Congo shooting “The Nun’s Story” in 1959. No make-up, fresh-faced, love her hair, love her styling, just beautiful.

“Dwight’s Perfect Crime” THE OFFICE (2008) 66 Candles 🎂 today for RAINN WILSON

“I’m an actor, not a star” — Al Pacino 📷 by Annie Leibovitz

92 Candles 🎂 today for the wonderful TOM BAKER

A very SOHO photo. TOM BAKER — 92 Candles 🎂 today — Francis Bacon, Jeffrey Barnard et al at The Colony Room Club in 1983. (📷 by Mary Dunkin)

Remembering the 4-time Academy Award winner FEDERICO FELLINI - born 106yrs ago today.

According to legendary Disney animator & imagineer MARC DAVIS - the dress transformation moment in CINDERELLA (1950) was Walt Disney’s favourite piece of animation.

Remembering the Oscar winning GEORGE BURNS - born 130yrs ago today

This super movie — with another outstanding MICHAEL KEATON performance and deserving of more love — opened 9yrs ago today. THE FOUNDER (2016)

Raquel Welch and that iconic fur bikini in ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. (1966)