They don't make them like they used to...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmD88gfbGyAywlWYVdmurK-M0yeST3ERPjKb8zhRicx1OCSF01vQ_KCh5P232hA2ff0PSgg1I-lPc10G1CICA5UY0hLfzBv84YejTsuET2_MK79ryJtxBhYoBei-ggH3b-l2TXZe0iml7W/s1600/grace-kelly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmD88gfbGyAywlWYVdmurK-M0yeST3ERPjKb8zhRicx1OCSF01vQ_KCh5P232hA2ff0PSgg1I-lPc10G1CICA5UY0hLfzBv84YejTsuET2_MK79ryJtxBhYoBei-ggH3b-l2TXZe0iml7W/s400/grace-kelly.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In honor of the Oscars, I thought it would be fun to take a look at some vintage stars and their statues.  I love how so many of them are genuinely smiling and happy.  Of course, if you just won an Academy Award, you'd be smiling too.  They just seem so much more relaxed than the stars of today. The focus seems more on the films and not the fashion.  They really don't make them like they used to! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFrfWvovL2IE1xTwrnk7nSEnJR0Hbs-81XR2cORNVlR8d6IF3PzVu7gQ03rSXa22BtaIjeB1xgxyOsFrmUPUCd2rJowiPcEb3RqZHxaYmdQMkX_gtAoundMTNCnUQM6qjOKvCZkLg23Yx/s1600/1963+Gregory+Peck+Best+Actor+TKAM%252C+Sophia+Loren%252C+Joan+Crawford+Best+Actress+TMW%252C+Fernando+Lamas%252C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFrfWvovL2IE1xTwrnk7nSEnJR0Hbs-81XR2cORNVlR8d6IF3PzVu7gQ03rSXa22BtaIjeB1xgxyOsFrmUPUCd2rJowiPcEb3RqZHxaYmdQMkX_gtAoundMTNCnUQM6qjOKvCZkLg23Yx/s400/1963+Gregory+Peck+Best+Actor+TKAM%252C+Sophia+Loren%252C+Joan+Crawford+Best+Actress+TMW%252C+Fernando+Lamas%252C.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Joan Crawford and Fernando Lamas</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1AvrKfbP2P_VuIj1ztGBx8azEpIGMSeaGyepgf-Pn04-6BlZXYeh5ck_x7uZOGNQa4m58f7PO_8QwamiT_FXpe-HbzoznwS8CgbF-OwIa4YTwt5curesHfQNKLbBiizb_GhuNg1ekXUB/s1600/audrey+and+grace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1AvrKfbP2P_VuIj1ztGBx8azEpIGMSeaGyepgf-Pn04-6BlZXYeh5ck_x7uZOGNQa4m58f7PO_8QwamiT_FXpe-HbzoznwS8CgbF-OwIa4YTwt5curesHfQNKLbBiizb_GhuNg1ekXUB/s400/audrey+and+grace.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly backstage.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUnm8FJDSZY_S8Et-Oe5Nd7jNgxjwoILldABncMDrfDt1ozsVeW38H9sUPPduVi10QntoLYIvT4iMcs52JQP-NP8OZKCUFN2nvhqGyzaYvg6QvLwjibykidawObBJOIy0AViAZVbIPIH2/s1600/audrey+and+grace+1956+oscars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUnm8FJDSZY_S8Et-Oe5Nd7jNgxjwoILldABncMDrfDt1ozsVeW38H9sUPPduVi10QntoLYIvT4iMcs52JQP-NP8OZKCUFN2nvhqGyzaYvg6QvLwjibykidawObBJOIy0AViAZVbIPIH2/s400/audrey+and+grace+1956+oscars.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly backstage.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYL2v26Gq06jHLxcZlsLG7vkLxk24FDbDuhrGdjhexckEThI3jhd8m1JOaFRd4EqqqeqqdxknBAMtB5STJptt9KOVOmsqLFVf442H9W0_j3UXpazNfG6zyIz75uNFAgpF-MMYFyU1JNLg/s1600/audrey-hepburn-oscar+1954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYL2v26Gq06jHLxcZlsLG7vkLxk24FDbDuhrGdjhexckEThI3jhd8m1JOaFRd4EqqqeqqdxknBAMtB5STJptt9KOVOmsqLFVf442H9W0_j3UXpazNfG6zyIz75uNFAgpF-MMYFyU1JNLg/s400/audrey-hepburn-oscar+1954.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Audrey Hepburn </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNJjdQ0EHOJBOVILlRLRYgvwcELwY5HkF9KgLASSxmVCva7Q_u-v2WSsZX73ncssj3AgPSo584b9p_FQs2gIEG3g4KIBBF5uol0dO4NFVyVMQLMsJ9El9aJHEmHungK-yUjyN0vZoAhNB/s1600/cary+grant+oscar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNJjdQ0EHOJBOVILlRLRYgvwcELwY5HkF9KgLASSxmVCva7Q_u-v2WSsZX73ncssj3AgPSo584b9p_FQs2gIEG3g4KIBBF5uol0dO4NFVyVMQLMsJ9El9aJHEmHungK-yUjyN0vZoAhNB/s400/cary+grant+oscar.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cary Grant</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jMzwFNX4ymDOxzvCDxbVO0DxOVfstIRYxkZg-MZhdEcWjywjvXn62-5WEw86r_t8tIVfYnnjIPFws2WSjSH94x4h00NWzSYG6icMG1KaD4kAp7fyuz-FaGODIdkTn-FVOvx4WIWMJ26m/s1600/OscarsElizabethTaylor50%2527s32rd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jMzwFNX4ymDOxzvCDxbVO0DxOVfstIRYxkZg-MZhdEcWjywjvXn62-5WEw86r_t8tIVfYnnjIPFws2WSjSH94x4h00NWzSYG6icMG1KaD4kAp7fyuz-FaGODIdkTn-FVOvx4WIWMJ26m/s400/OscarsElizabethTaylor50%2527s32rd.jpg" width="300" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nHStKKudhfvOUzbaC8yPxQaBnRIBHDGx20zkSqG7E2MEndtRMU-Kb8Golwmob4fBUw5uCZH3ThQW1xyZriS4Eq_S5_B5UpT3vm4DfkncFuD1zBkOMrz4_rS9xM1JRFc1W_yFmw7YLUos/s1600/oleg+cassini+and+grace+kelly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="365" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nHStKKudhfvOUzbaC8yPxQaBnRIBHDGx20zkSqG7E2MEndtRMU-Kb8Golwmob4fBUw5uCZH3ThQW1xyZriS4Eq_S5_B5UpT3vm4DfkncFuD1zBkOMrz4_rS9xM1JRFc1W_yFmw7YLUos/s400/oleg+cassini+and+grace+kelly.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oleg Cassini and Grace Kelly</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gIcorumFT5FjhQWi0cCfA6ci2Osun94wVYfG1TfdbnydDrSXpL8N6d2gQUZBPb9U1VtpVgLqm6p94Iq37XYWWU1K3deKTFKyPL_dK5UtNOVMVd0ot5VELAS239T_7fzj_ufArIgUSAtN/s1600/james-dean.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gIcorumFT5FjhQWi0cCfA6ci2Osun94wVYfG1TfdbnydDrSXpL8N6d2gQUZBPb9U1VtpVgLqm6p94Iq37XYWWU1K3deKTFKyPL_dK5UtNOVMVd0ot5VELAS239T_7fzj_ufArIgUSAtN/s400/james-dean.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">James Dean</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm23iF3brdMKEPKJ5XrZCZ-KL1RD-bNm4tzTXB7bqPHwD28EkkhQQ2xRc5Ayi0Sy7MIZvOYtQWGE_wXsQqK6rzmyaSYpXnpIN-8AMkBXF9BsQLULprbEgLIG9Jm_rnjC0qGBCOT35qxAtB/s1600/oscars+with+olivia+dehavillans+laurance+olivier+vivien+leigh+david+selznickl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm23iF3brdMKEPKJ5XrZCZ-KL1RD-bNm4tzTXB7bqPHwD28EkkhQQ2xRc5Ayi0Sy7MIZvOYtQWGE_wXsQqK6rzmyaSYpXnpIN-8AMkBXF9BsQLULprbEgLIG9Jm_rnjC0qGBCOT35qxAtB/s400/oscars+with+olivia+dehavillans+laurance+olivier+vivien+leigh+david+selznickl.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Olivia de Havilland, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, and David Selznick</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJk6qUaK1WI30q-rdN28RGzosdIPXiZ6-L80xCKBaBHyKI6gXu31T5_oHzZ2y8hiWP6d-Wubhw1DaOG_9-8-IyDMRODTLURb-afAOYoNBK2-MXVPqunhizrFFhaXe8-Zga8Dgxc_0ozge/s1600/paul-newman-cigarette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJk6qUaK1WI30q-rdN28RGzosdIPXiZ6-L80xCKBaBHyKI6gXu31T5_oHzZ2y8hiWP6d-Wubhw1DaOG_9-8-IyDMRODTLURb-afAOYoNBK2-MXVPqunhizrFFhaXe8-Zga8Dgxc_0ozge/s400/paul-newman-cigarette.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paul Newman</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscce7QO6Nz2CryCZgY2xcOzOxiyYEfK0mf7N8JbfxraUETp7JDXLGbDCP_hIk3PL8JJoBRADb858t4vDWsJ9rG-MEZwhvjevxcGW3HJJnK_ljqb37w-R3kQbj6lys1uXCD7CNvw8fsmeN/s1600/bette+davis%252C+marlon+brando+grace+kelly+oscars+1954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscce7QO6Nz2CryCZgY2xcOzOxiyYEfK0mf7N8JbfxraUETp7JDXLGbDCP_hIk3PL8JJoBRADb858t4vDWsJ9rG-MEZwhvjevxcGW3HJJnK_ljqb37w-R3kQbj6lys1uXCD7CNvw8fsmeN/s400/bette+davis%252C+marlon+brando+grace+kelly+oscars+1954.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bette Davis, Marlon Brando, and Grace Kelly</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFtGWgbZ8mqQFrqUJLtz0ZwWMNvWqsuABNfN4hrBnWce6oi3f5CgrOc6gxbAkCWT03hHIj3e8bCVLZmcBBvNWEV_0FeIzllRV0fFr-mlhAHjcAgSOxfsb4KBM6xUeT_Yz7xgSiXaSrr3_/s1600/julie+andrews.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFtGWgbZ8mqQFrqUJLtz0ZwWMNvWqsuABNfN4hrBnWce6oi3f5CgrOc6gxbAkCWT03hHIj3e8bCVLZmcBBvNWEV_0FeIzllRV0fFr-mlhAHjcAgSOxfsb4KBM6xUeT_Yz7xgSiXaSrr3_/s400/julie+andrews.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Julie Andrews and Audrey Hepburn</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEfP6LdAv_KqCEH2Dt7ufghGGDYc4FmJZHBWXjEGfYC7USKeWKyQUZi8vtIWgVaOI-Yuyz7zbl6pVz0J6qJXIm8LEzf45KHaeNfuj6FOi02HvacNCsn697eHgvUthibfv1c8kZkmNRxRj/s1600/natalie+wood+and+warren+beatty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEfP6LdAv_KqCEH2Dt7ufghGGDYc4FmJZHBWXjEGfYC7USKeWKyQUZi8vtIWgVaOI-Yuyz7zbl6pVz0J6qJXIm8LEzf45KHaeNfuj6FOi02HvacNCsn697eHgvUthibfv1c8kZkmNRxRj/s400/natalie+wood+and+warren+beatty.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1eNeZAcx72hChyphenhyphenVPWtxbTk4pKLfmdyBT8_7GKUDjfa7y3sntX_PhuzX25eVTOUUTAVkG1QJp0pjHAeK9Fz4jcu5DJKZ0q2S1kBtwwaArX1lzhnlQYLnkzDlQGFvfZYgFwOlmfsBzcYWip/s1600/robert+redford.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1eNeZAcx72hChyphenhyphenVPWtxbTk4pKLfmdyBT8_7GKUDjfa7y3sntX_PhuzX25eVTOUUTAVkG1QJp0pjHAeK9Fz4jcu5DJKZ0q2S1kBtwwaArX1lzhnlQYLnkzDlQGFvfZYgFwOlmfsBzcYWip/s400/robert+redford.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Robert Redford</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OI0X8_Hq3CvAXGm4NSmQzFxWeDBtp6lGlsRaMeXGn0fcACa6V7VVh_ZIB2LB_jZK42SJln-n8aEuOajBiSG5LPAzJQOWHWdAtNfYwqleFIz1bKwN4go1t6lbIJQ6dYLBaml37b9vnpA_/s1600/-paul-newman-joanne-woodward.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Sidney Poitier and Anne Brancroft</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGP44XK7kPpQHNKA_HgdwelidKkganNFC3aQjAWaR0ZTEhoqcLLWbe_WRMqkRk8dfd6hpLtNSE6r_GJ-HHns5fnOjNhBx3HBTm9y9098CPERfaj9uNl9QqtiT9jnkjfBMIiPw2FwaRLdtr/s1600/oscarparty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGP44XK7kPpQHNKA_HgdwelidKkganNFC3aQjAWaR0ZTEhoqcLLWbe_WRMqkRk8dfd6hpLtNSE6r_GJ-HHns5fnOjNhBx3HBTm9y9098CPERfaj9uNl9QqtiT9jnkjfBMIiPw2FwaRLdtr/s400/oscarparty.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Steve McQueen, wife Neile, Claudia Cardinale and Rock Hudson</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5O4lH0GCVciUpmHyMOAIM60XuDNIZMuqTum8mPWQGC1FudzsM7V9WRDDw966_DQzrhKJcj_HrC92zXPnNirAXFs1gE4TBrfeX-ZlXihpw26UJAdwRG5CNlP0LyYJANruw88p2PA1vOlHn/s1600/faye+dunaway+by+terry+o%2527neill+1977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5O4lH0GCVciUpmHyMOAIM60XuDNIZMuqTum8mPWQGC1FudzsM7V9WRDDw966_DQzrhKJcj_HrC92zXPnNirAXFs1gE4TBrfeX-ZlXihpw26UJAdwRG5CNlP0LyYJANruw88p2PA1vOlHn/s400/faye+dunaway+by+terry+o%2527neill+1977.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Faye Dunaway photographed by Terry O'Neill at breakfast 29 March 1977 at the Beverly Hills Hotel the day after winning an Academy Award for <em>Network</em>. </div>

They don't make them like they used to...

In honor of the Oscars, I thought it would be fun to take a look at some vintage stars and their statues.  I love how so many of them are ge...

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