archive fever

archive fever collects images of & articles about:
archives. media. art. classic film starlettes. vintage fashion. and beautiful ephemera found on the web.
wehadfacesthen:

Ivor Novello in The Lodger (Alfred Hitchcock, 1927)

wehadfacesthen:

Ivor Novello in The Lodger (Alfred Hitchcock, 1927)

(Source: endlesss-pain)

wehadfacesthen:

Gary Cooper and Lupe Velez, 1920s. 

wehadfacesthen:

Gary Cooper and Lupe Velez, 1920s. 

(Source: american-nostalgia)

hotparade:

1931

hotparade:

1931

librar-y:

 
Chicago circa 1907. Arriving from the suburbs.

librar-y:

Chicago circa 1907. Arriving from the suburbs.

dreaminparis:

Dorothy Lamour, 1945

dreaminparis:

Dorothy Lamour, 1945

(Source: oldfilmsflicker)

itsbeenalonglongday:

Miss Louise Brooks

itsbeenalonglongday:

Miss Louise Brooks

(Source: artzumbitch, via hollyhocksandtulips)

i love all the downton memes.

i love all the downton memes.

(Source: heydowntonlady, via fuckyesdowntonabbey)

criterioncorner:

Antonioni on the set of Zabriskie Point
this is actually a .gif that moves slowly and takes over 4 hours to complete a full rotation, eventually reflecting the extent to which the viewer has been alienated from their browser. trust me. just keep staring. you’ll see it. 
strangewood:

Antonioni on the set of Zabriskie Point

criterioncorner:

Antonioni on the set of Zabriskie Point

this is actually a .gif that moves slowly and takes over 4 hours to complete a full rotation, eventually reflecting the extent to which the viewer has been alienated from their browser. trust me. just keep staring. you’ll see it. 

strangewood:

Antonioni on the set of Zabriskie Point

classicfilmheroines:

Jane Wyman and Marlene Dietrich share a cigarette in Stage Fright (1950)
Image Source: StyleList

classicfilmheroines:

Jane Wyman and Marlene Dietrich share a cigarette in Stage Fright (1950)

Image Source: StyleList

clarabowarchive:

To celebrate the release of Wings on January 24th, the Clara Bow Archive presents:
A Week of “Wings”
Day Four: Original photograph of Clara Bow smiling in uniform. Costume design by Edith Head.

clarabowarchive:

To celebrate the release of Wings on January 24th, the Clara Bow Archive presents:

A Week of “Wings”

Day Four: Original photograph of Clara Bow smiling in uniform. Costume design by Edith Head.

(via brian-may)

legrandcirque:

French fashion model Marie-Helene Arnaud sitting at a cafe. Photograph by Loomis Dean. Paris, March 1957.

legrandcirque:

French fashion model Marie-Helene Arnaud sitting at a cafe. Photograph by Loomis Dean. Paris, March 1957.

(via hoodoothatvoodoo)

sfmoma:

In case you missed this terrific NYTimes article on Ellsworth Kelly, here’s a snippet:

“While many other artists of his generation were appropriating images of American flags or movie stars or newspaper clippings, Mr. Kelly was relentlessly immersed in abstraction: creating color spectrums and panel paintings with nothing but a giant curve or rectangle, or making drawings depicting the simple outline of a leaf.”

 Read more: Ellsworth Kelly, Explorer of Shape, Line and Color - NYTimes.com

sfmoma:

In case you missed this terrific NYTimes article on Ellsworth Kelly, here’s a snippet:

“While many other artists of his generation were appropriating images of American flags or movie stars or newspaper clippings, Mr. Kelly was relentlessly immersed in abstraction: creating color spectrums and panel paintings with nothing but a giant curve or rectangle, or making drawings depicting the simple outline of a leaf.”

 Read more: Ellsworth Kelly, Explorer of Shape, Line and Color - NYTimes.com

gifake:

Metropolis (1927)

gifake:

Metropolis (1927)

(Source: gifake, via sinematik)