Marlon Brando - Unpublished Portraits, 1952

"By 1952, Marlon Brando was well on his way in Hollywood, with three incredible roles under his belt: his big-screen debut as a paraplegic war vet in The Men; a searing on-screen reprisal of his Broadway turn as the iconic brute Stanley Kowalski in director Elia Kazan’s A Streetcar Named Desire; and the title role in the biopic, Viva Zapata!, about the Mexican revolutionary hero."

"Here, meet the young Brando at his most charismatic and mysterious, seen through the lens of one of LIFE’s greatest photographers, Margaret Bourke-White."
Read more: http://life.time.com/culture/marlon-brando-portraits1952/#ixzz2IbW4mUUr

Source : LIFE.com

Sexist Print Ads from the 50s

Few years before the sexual revolution of the 60s, sexism was not only tolerated, it was expected and actively encouraged, partly through chauvinistic print ads like the ones below.

If you have been watching MadMen, then you know what we are talking about.

James Dean

James Dean on the set of Giant (1956)

Rebel Without A Cause, Nicholas Ray (1955)

James Dean in his aunt and uncle’s basement in Indiana, 1955, photographed by Dennis Stock.

James Dean and Marilyn 

James Dean in his East Village, 1955

Marilyn Monroe and James Dean in a candid shot off set. 

James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor

"Dream as if you'll live forever.

 Live as if you'll die today."