BRIGITTE BARDOT
French sexbomb Brigitte Bardot with her partner, the french jazz guitarist Sasha Distel, she is wearing a dress, a diamonds hairband and a precious necklace , surrounded by men in tuxedo, Venice, 1958.
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BURT LANCASTER
Hollywood superstar Burt Lancaster, wearing a tuxedo and a bow tie and reading a letter, sitting on a gondola stationary among other gondolas, Venice 1962.
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CLAUDIA CARDINALE
“Once Upon a Time in the West” star, Italian actress Claudia Cardinale, wearing a fun fur and a hat, portrayed on a taxi boat, leaning on the roof top, St Mark's basin, Venezia 1958.
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SEAN CONNERY
Debonair Scottish actor Sean Connery, portrayed on a water taxi with his hair in a mess because of the wind, looking behind his back, in the venetian lagoon with Venice in the background, 1970s.
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CATHERINE DENEUVE
French actress Catherine Deneuve on the set of the movie 'Mayerling', wearing a coat and a beret, a paintbrush in her mouth with photographer behind her, Venice, March 1968.
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ERNEST HEMINGWAY
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" Literary lion Ernest Hemingway, wearing a short sleeves shirt over a plaid shirt, his hurt arm bandaged, drinking vodka from the bottle, Venice 1954.
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GARY COOPER
Hollywood legend Gary Cooper, on a venetian gondola, lighting a cigarette, the gondolier behind him, Venice 1955.
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GENE TIERNEY
Circa 1945: “Laura” star Gene Tierney, wearing a striped short-sleeved shirt, lounges on a gondola boat, Venice, Italy.
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MICK JAGGER and BIANCA
Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, wearing a suit, sitting next to Bianca Jagger wearing a white poncho and sunglasses, in a gondola, with the gondolier behind them, Venice 1971 .
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JEANNE MOREAU
French beauty Jeanne Moreau, wearing a swimming suit, lying on a sun lounger at Lido beach, Venice 1961.
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KIRK DOUGLAS
Hollywood icon Kirk Douglas, wearing a swimming suit and a necklace chainlet, signing on the thigh of painter Novella Parigini, wearing a strapless bikini and round earrings and a woman wearing a strapless polka-dotted bikini, Lido Beach, Venice 1953.
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ELIZABETH TAYLOR & RICHARD BURTON
Elizabeth Taylor and her husband Richard Burton dancing together during the party and ball given by Countess Marina at the Vendramin Palace in Venice.
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SOPHIA LOREN
Italian superstar Sophia Loren portayed standing on a terrace on the Canal Grande, wearing a white embroidered dress, Venice, 1955.
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SUE LYON
“Lolita” star Sue Lyon,wearing a strapless, striped swimming suit and holding her trademark sunglasses, portrayed lying on a gondola, Venice, 1962.
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TOSHIRO MIFUNE
Famed Japanese actor “Seven Samurai” star Toshiro Mifune, lying on a gondola, smoking a cigarette, a gondolier rowing behind him and the Island of S. George in the background, venetian lagoon, Venice, 1961
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