It doesn't take much to be hotter than Mamie, bless her heart. (I was thinking of her earlier today when I cut my bangs ridiculously short and was referring to myself as "Mamie." ) She always looked like she took the rollers out of her hair and didn't brush through it.
I should not have referred to him as a soldier, but we in the military call all ground troops, soldiers.
This is Mark Twain in Nikola Tesla’s laboratory. You can barely see Tesla in the background. Apparently, the two were very good friends. I am also going to start a thread about that, but wanted to post the picture here as well.
Fred Astaire with 34 of his 84 pairs of dance shoes. Photo by Bob Landry for LIFE Magazine, August 25th, 1941