Film and TV stars and their bikes!

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Rita Hayworth

 

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Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford star in the 1949 production of 'The Lady in Question'.

 

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Rita Hayworth poses with a Schwinn cruiser alongside the Beverly Hills Hotel swimming pool, 1940. The photo appeared in a catalog for the bike.

 

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Brian Aherne

 

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Production still from the big budget European production featuring French bicycles from the 1940 Parisian-set pic, 'The Lady in Question.'

 

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Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth from the 1940 film 'The Lady in Question'

 

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Another production still from the same film, featuring a classic French porteur delivery bike. Points for guessing the make.

 

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Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth, the top-bill twosome of Columbia Pictures’ 1940 romantic comedy 'The Lady In Question', try out a cargo bike with a Hayworth-ready basket. Photo: M.B. Paul. Here’s the caption:

“THIS ACTOR WENT TO MARKET– Glenn Ford, shown with Rita Hayworth on the set at Columbia where ‘The Lady In Question’ was filmed. Brian Aherne also stars in the romantic comedy, which was directed by Charles Vidor.”

 

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Vivian Blaine, the actress and singer who starred in both the Broadway and MGM productions of Guys and Dolls (as Miss Adelaide, Nathan Detroit’s fiancée), poses on her bike, dressed for a sporty ride in a sporty outfit.

Here’s the snip for the 1951 photo: “VIVIAN BLAINE, STAR OF ‘GUYS AND DOLLS,’ LEAVES THIS WEEK FOR HOLLYWOOD TO APPEAR IN ‘SKIRTS AHOY!,’ FOR METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. IN A SPECIAL SALLY VICTOR HAT, MISS BLAINE KEEPS IN TRIM BY BICYCLING AND WEARS FOR THE OCCASION ALICE MARBLE’S PLAYCLOTHES FROM HAYMAKER SPORTS.”

 

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Jay Z in happier times