Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton in 1900.

Keaton & Roscoe Arbuckle.

Alice Mann, Fatty Arbuckle & Keaton in 'Coney Island' (1917).

Keaton & Al St.John in 'His wedding night' 1917.

Roscoe Arbuckle, Molly Malone & Buster Keaton. 

Keaton registering to vote in the 1920s.

Art-Deco Los Angeles & New York

Laurence Bennett, 1931.

Joan Crawford.

Grauman's Chinese Theater in April 1932. 

colourized version.

In this photo we’re treated to a bird’s eye view looking east along Hollywood Boulevard from the roof of the Roosevelt Hotel. It was taken in April 1932, so Grauman’s Chinese Theater would have been gearing up for the lavish premiere of MGM’s all-star “Grand Hotel” on 29 April 1932 ahead of an 11-week run. 

We can also see the parking lot next to the theater, and across Orchid Avenue (now gone) the Hollywood Hotel (also gone) sits nestled among a thicket of trees. On the north side of the Highland Ave corner is the Hollywood First National Bank building, which is still around but stands empty, which is surprising considering its prime location.

Harold Lloyd's 'High and dizzy' in a double bill with 'The fighting chance' in 1920.

Garbo talks in 'Anna Christie'.

Dolores Costello & John Barrymore

Dolores Costello.

Costello & Barrymore on their wedding day: 24 November 1928.

the day John Drew was baptized at the Catholic Church.

Dolores, Dede & John Drew.

John Drew Barrymore & his mum, Dolores Costello.

Dolores Costello married John Barrymore in 1928, who said of her "I just laid eyes upon the most preposterously lovely creature in all the world. She walked into the studio like a charming child, slender and shy and golden-haired. Never saw such radiance. My God! I knew that she was the one I had been waiting for. Waiting all my life, just for her." When the two starred together in "The sea beast" in 1926, Dolores fainted in John's arms during their kissing scene.

However her marriage to John Barrymore proved to be a difficult one due to his increasing alcoholism, and they divorced in 1935. Costello resumed her career a year later and achieved some successes, most notably in 'Little Lord Fauntleroy' (1936), and 'The Magnificent Ambersons' (1942).