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This photo shows American actress and iconic beauty Martha Vickers, who had been named Miss Danger Signal by the Motor Vehicle Bureau of California in order to publicize its anti-accident campaign. She was chosen because, apparently, she had never had a traffic mishap. At least until it was time to climb down off this traffic signal, we imagine. The shot was made in 1946.
![HOLLYWOOD SWINGING](/images/headline/2776.png) Everybody who was anybody got inside. ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_01.jpg)
Above and below, scans from the French show-biz and showgirl magazine Paris-Hollywood, issue 26, from 1948. The front cover features Marguerite Chapman, the rear Arlene Dahl, and in between you get Cyd Charisse, Patricia Roc, Martha Vickers, Alexis Smith, Anne Jeffreys, Luce Feyrer, Edwige Feuillère, Marlene Dietrich, and other luminaries. That's quite a collection of celebs. In upcoming years the magazine would spend more time on cabaret dancers, but its early issues were all about international stars. We picked up a few of these in Paris a while back and we’ll get to some detailed scans of those soon. In the meantime, you can see more from Paris-Hollywood here, here, and here. ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_02.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_05.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_06.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_07.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_08.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_09.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_10.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_11.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_12.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_13.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_14.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_15.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_16.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_17.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_18.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/hollywood_swinging_19.jpg)
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The headlines that mattered yesteryear.
2003—Hope Dies
Film legend Bob Hope dies of pneumonia two months after celebrating his 100th birthday. 1945—Churchill Given the Sack
In spite of admiring Winston Churchill as a great wartime leader, Britons elect
Clement Attlee the nation's new prime minister in a sweeping victory for the Labour Party over the Conservatives. 1952—Evita Peron Dies
Eva Duarte de Peron, aka Evita, wife of the president of the Argentine Republic, dies from cancer at age 33. Evita had brought the working classes into a position of political power never witnessed before, but was hated by the nation's powerful military class. She is lain to rest in Milan, Italy in a secret grave under a nun's name, but is eventually returned to Argentina for reburial beside her husband in 1974. 1943—Mussolini Calls It Quits
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini steps down as head of the armed forces and the government. It soon becomes clear that Il Duce did not relinquish power voluntarily, but was forced to resign after former Fascist colleagues turned against him. He is later installed by Germany as leader of the Italian Social Republic in the north of the country, but is killed by partisans in 1945.
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