“The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.” - Robertson Davies, A Voice from the Attic I’m Kelly; lover of the 1940s, Gene Kelly, and Jesus. This blog is devoted to early 20th Century history, period dramas, Doctor Who, and my sexy French lover, Jean Dujardin.Tumblr (3.0; @kellyakabilly)http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/499b36b303dda28229be5106d436ebfe/tumblr_mnbowh34O91r65wtuo1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/75136f073071d03b8feb3902af5a89b2/tumblr_mnbowh34O91r65wtuo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/30a94c82446557ad0762bbbbce554eec/tumblr_mnbowh34O91r65wtuo3_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/25a2aa1f39bd5e54c3171dc31c753bdc/tumblr_mnbowh34O91r65wtuo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c92184e18ef2557f0bbb49f791781c48/tumblr_mnbowh34O91r65wtuo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4659cf4f2f76a0bc9bd4a1eb4f752001/tumblr_mnbowh34O91r65wtuo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5914e45e142a82aa967978acc96b4ff2/tumblr_mnbowh34O91r65wtuo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4e096c5a96b6326960ee681c76584d8c/tumblr_mnbowh34O91r65wtuo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4bfc986e6749ae38e128f7149bf67a1e/tumblr_mnbowh34O91r65wtuo9_500.jpg"/><br/> http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1263/Avallone-Flirting-with-Afghanistan-2.aspx<br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jaxbra.tumblr.com/post/51252627257" target="_blank">jaxbra</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Just:  <strong><em>Thank you.</em>  <br/><br/></strong>credits (since the captions I included aren’t there!)</p> <p><a href="http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2010/11/remembering-veterans-picture-essay-of-the-day/" target="_blank">Veteran with Flag</a></p> <p><a href="http://blogs.sacbee.com/photos/2008/11/veterans-day-around-the-countr.html" target="_blank">Anna Hoffman Saluting</a></p> <p><a href="http://gazettextra.com/photos/galleries/2009/nov/11/janesville-veterans-day-ceremony/" target="_blank">Melvin North VFW 1621</a></p> <p><a href="http://oceanmuseum.blogspot.com/2012/05/families-of-world-war-ii-veterans.html" target="_blank">Three Veterans Saluting</a></p> <p><a href="http://oceanmuseum.blogspot.com/2012/05/families-of-world-war-ii-veterans.html" target="_blank">Soldiers Marching</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.pgaamcc.org/exhibition/coming_home_how_the_african_american_experience_in_world_war_ii_shaped_prin/" target="_blank">soldiers with flag</a></p> <p><a href="http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worldwarone/WWI/MilitaryLife/images/ColoredSoldiers23rdEngineers.jpg" target="_blank">23rd Engineers</a></p> <p><a href="http://marytahir.blogspot.com/2011/04/long-lived-walter-breuning-worlds.html" target="_blank">WWI soldier eating</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1263/Avallone-Flirting-with-Afghanistan-2.aspx" target="_blank"><span>Boots Memorial</span></a></p> </blockquote>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51364881685http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51364881685Sun, 26 May 2013 01:04:38 -0500Memorial DayMy friend Jackie's postCongrats on the notes!<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e3c1d9cffd8e2f5e5041d76c74ff9f57/tumblr_mndqrtaXwX1ra76bno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://crazy4rich.tumblr.com/post/51345401589/polyvinylfilms-ouais-wow-click-to-be" target="_blank">crazy4rich</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://polyvinylfilms.tumblr.com/post/51343243729/ouais-wow-click-to-be-closer-x-desole" target="_blank">polyvinylfilms</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ouais! wow. </p> <p>& click to be closer {x}</p> <p><em>desolé— it’s a repeat</em></p> </blockquote> <p>I can reblog this forever!</p> </blockquote> <p>Same. It’s not like I’m going to tire of that face anytime soon. </p>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51346962750http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51346962750Sat, 25 May 2013 20:29:38 -0500Jean Dujardinsilver fox<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f7852cdfd4206c198c463fd66b395efe/tumblr_mncnwcjfDj1snp4blo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://callasdiva.tumblr.com/post/51293241419/with-old-friend-bruno-salomone" target="_blank">callasdiva</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>with old friend Bruno Salomone</p> </blockquote> <p>It’s been awhile since I last saw this one. </p>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51339157186http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51339157186Sat, 25 May 2013 18:25:54 -0500Jean Dujardinso hotI love that man with facial hair<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/86c8ccd7dcf0966dd3a2f31afd133eda/tumblr_mndn2kvrOV1qbdyd5o1_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/53dfc6f1ea0d8756f283996eebb18d41/tumblr_mndn2kvrOV1qbdyd5o2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7742e09ac7d4f583f822fca11457cf66/tumblr_mndn2kvrOV1qbdyd5o3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bd142fa6e845271f88cebb6ac0f95bef/tumblr_mndn2kvrOV1qbdyd5o4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1cf4c729e11628110af05e0c77fac994/tumblr_mndn2kvrOV1qbdyd5o5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8e3a77b83be44975cf41f764060d6a66/tumblr_mndn2kvrOV1qbdyd5o6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p>Gene Kelly talking about Hollywood’s silent era</p>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51338219519http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51338219519Sat, 25 May 2013 18:11:08 -0500Gene KellyOld Hollywood<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tinasinatra.tumblr.com/post/51284333555/apparently-im-the-only-one-who-calls-them-tennis" target="_blank">tinasinatra</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>apparently i’m the only one who calls them tennis shoes</p> </blockquote> <p>Those things you exercise in? They&#8217;ll always be tennis shoes to me. </p>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51284739463http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51284739463Sat, 25 May 2013 01:09:44 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f5ff36a2aa4a2e051e4b9825f402f690/tumblr_mmz5xtYEZx1qmkli8o6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2ca7a94afb2bfbf3bc6f0e821174c0ae/tumblr_mmz5xtYEZx1qmkli8o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/935e64b65b6fde3304b6e384c647570d/tumblr_mmz5xtYEZx1qmkli8o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/83347e7d448091b84505aae6e033e35a/tumblr_mmz5xtYEZx1qmkli8o4_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://crazy4rich.tumblr.com/post/51280407854/polyvinylfilms-narcissusskisses-james-bond" target="_blank">crazy4rich</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://polyvinylfilms.tumblr.com/post/51277555831/narcissusskisses-james-bond-by-robert" target="_blank">polyvinylfilms</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://narcissusskisses.tumblr.com/post/50739822281/james-bond-by-robert-mcginnis" target="_blank">narcissusskisses</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>James bond by Robert Mcginnis.</p> </blockquote> <p>That second look has some OSS 117 eyes!!</p> </blockquote> <p>The face of the masseuse….go down there girl!</p> </blockquote> <p>Yep, I was definitely thinking of our OSS 117. </p>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51281368568http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51281368568Sat, 25 May 2013 00:01:10 -0500Jean DujardinSean ConneryJames Bond<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/16bb578ee1e4608f87d4a85ef30bd90c/tumblr_mm0s8v31vz1qzeui2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51275248146http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51275248146Fri, 24 May 2013 22:25:33 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/529f46d92c6829d1b8dbf9dc7f8aba50/tumblr_mmnww1mbSs1rg0a43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://crazy4rich.tumblr.com/post/50213920041/jean-dujardin-rocks" target="_blank">crazy4rich</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jean Dujardin Rocks!!!!</p> </blockquote> <p>It’s like, “Who’s awesome?”</p> <p>“I’M AWESOME!”</p>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51270643231http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51270643231Fri, 24 May 2013 21:20:51 -0500Jean DujardinI love culturevulturette's commentsThose buttons let loose later at the party<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6c836e5ff2d76c065fc98ba8d50cb9ea/tumblr_mnby0y8hdr1qacqyoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://davidtennantssideburns.tumblr.com/post/51265917908/now-the-story-of-the-entire-universe-that-keeps" target="_blank">davidtennantssideburns</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><span>Now the story of the entire univer</span><span>se that</span><span> keep</span><span>s almo</span><span>st getting de</span><span>stroyed completely,</span><span> and the one timelord that had no choice but to keep it all together. It’s Doctor </span><span>Who</span></em></p> </blockquote> <p>I LOVE IT</p>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51270061443http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51270061443Fri, 24 May 2013 21:12:39 -0500Arrested Developmentdoctor whothe doctordavid tennantChristmas Invasionbuster bluthi'm a monster<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9029161380546c01c9af89ab88668162/tumblr_mh45paxFyt1rbkk1mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51269973373http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51269973373Fri, 24 May 2013 21:11:25 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ac3aba1aecc7ee3d2ab4ade27272296f/tumblr_mnbgf4J7GC1sn6d7ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lolalaverne.tumblr.com/post/51240091607/14th-june-1966-gene-relaxing-during-a-break" target="_blank">lolalaverne</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>14th June 1966: Gene relaxing during a break whilst filming in France</p> </blockquote> <p>This photo has always amused me. Gene should’ve turned around give a smile to that crabby elderly woman. </p> <p>That young mother reminds me of Jackie Kennedy.</p>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51269611655http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51269611655Fri, 24 May 2013 21:06:19 -0500Gene Kelly<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/be8bf80a906562e8d7deadc86928fe0f/tumblr_mnajec9qY01rpm7q4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://donadrake.tumblr.com/post/51233765317/things-i-need-i-my-life-a-romance-film-set-in" target="_blank">donadrake</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://donadrake.tumblr.com/tagged/things+i+need+in+my+life" target="_blank">Things I Need I My Life</a> <span>→ A romance film set in the 1940’s, starring Marion Cotillard and Jean Dujardin</span></p> </blockquote> <p>This would be fantastic! </p>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51259452020http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51259452020Fri, 24 May 2013 18:34:42 -0500fake filmfilmMarion Cotillardthings i need in my lifepicspamJean Dujardin<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b7150445444f2a8c9240774dd802f4fa/tumblr_mna8eovIVa1qe5vzdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://always-fair-weather.tumblr.com/post/51198744033/gene-kelly" target="_blank">always-fair-weather</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><small>Gene Kelly</small></p> </blockquote> <p>So this would be a companion shot to the one I have of him doing a crossword puzzle. </p>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51200595627http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51200595627Thu, 23 May 2013 22:27:55 -0500gene kellycandid<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f0579540ee01dca9628df8c8fa67101c/tumblr_mna1sfQGbz1rg0a43o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6da9a25c5d874d49d92e643897056bbb/tumblr_mna1sfQGbz1rg0a43o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/27d0d269e5a29345dc8595894e3f53a2/tumblr_mna1sfQGbz1rg0a43o3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://crazy4rich.tumblr.com/post/51191285133/jean-s-unbuttoned-shirt-and-his-perfect-hairy" target="_blank">crazy4rich</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jean´s unbuttoned shirt and his perfect hairy chest.</p> </blockquote> <p>*melts*</p>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51196303914http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51196303914Thu, 23 May 2013 21:29:20 -0500I´m insaneno way to stop staringle roi jeanJean Dujardin<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b8e5d9b6aaec812fb91ecb21b2194043/tumblr_mn7synBy2g1s3doobo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e0b2f3c8f30a8e0f7f8aa8f37412edd8/tumblr_mn7synBy2g1s3doobo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/19f2379908ac8c77078d4d5c97b2acde/tumblr_mn7synBy2g1s3doobo3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/df2f2436e8e90984659fc54a465aacfa/tumblr_mn7synBy2g1s3doobo4_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/59a67531870146ea83ba68e1988e00b1/tumblr_mn7synBy2g1s3doobo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/077cd8cb495eb97f6fe18ebb6b57e5e6/tumblr_mn7synBy2g1s3doobo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kazzykayye.tumblr.com/post/51087457448/40s-50s-and-60s-stars-as-babies-or-as-children" target="_blank">kazzykayye</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>40s, 50s and 60s Stars as Babies or as Children.</p> </blockquote>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51184460420http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51184460420Thu, 23 May 2013 18:51:57 -0500Bobby Darin is such a cutieawwww<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d3a11ffa387b7f025e40e92e4a81c092/tumblr_mn9nqoqOYv1snp4blo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://callasdiva.tumblr.com/post/51165811368/with-this-gorgeous-smile-i-give-you-good-night" target="_blank">callasdiva</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>With this gorgeous smile I give you good night…</p> </blockquote> <p>Awww.</p>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51183611063http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51183611063Thu, 23 May 2013 18:40:05 -0500Jean Dujardin<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9aac222ddbf2d1a42dffe0880fa6b750/tumblr_mluef7dKXA1qd3ozso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://polyvinylfilms.tumblr.com/post/48906264032/ooooh-regardez-le-where-is-the-camera" target="_blank">polyvinylfilms</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ooooh….regardez-le! Where is the camera?</p> </blockquote> <p>Such a gorgeous photo!</p>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51128317354http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51128317354Wed, 22 May 2013 23:41:19 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0078c9522c26a5321241dccb7aa43193/tumblr_mn2mwnAPTP1qb5e7io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://athousandwinds.tumblr.com/post/51064566247/the-old-curiosity-shop-dieppe-france-1895-oil" target="_blank">athousandwinds</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>The Old Curiosity Shop, Dieppe</em>, France, 1895, oil on millboard by German-born Bernard Sickert (1862-3; 1932). Sickert moved to England with his family in 1863.</p> </blockquote>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51110052944http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51110052944Wed, 22 May 2013 19:34:31 -0500I want to visit<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/afec5c1ca36beae480441146584acb6c/tumblr_mn79e7YA8W1rptnx9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://andi01.tumblr.com/post/51065671543/daily-dose-of-irresistibility-lord-please-have" target="_blank">andi01</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Daily dose of irresistibility…Lord, please, have mercy! Merci!:)</p> </blockquote> <p>I can’t wait to see this movie. </p>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51106181260http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51106181260Wed, 22 May 2013 18:42:42 -0500Jean DujardinMobiussexy<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1fa6def91cb10c76a6bca17268ac2dfa/tumblr_mn3rn8UfSw1qe5vzdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://always-fair-weather.tumblr.com/post/51096657459/gene-kelly-in-christmas-holiday-1944" target="_blank">always-fair-weather</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><small>Gene Kelly in <em>Christmas Holiday</em> (1944)</small></p> </blockquote> <p>Gene at one of his sexiest moments.</p>http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51100479789http://kellyakabilly.tumblr.com/post/51100479789Wed, 22 May 2013 17:25:54 -0500Gene Kellythe scruff and suit do it for me