The late great ALBERT FINNEY brought heft to any scene, any Film he was in. OCEAN’S TWELVE (2004) #BradPitt #CatherineZetaJones

MICHAEL CAINE’s made worse Films but despite coming fresh of the success of ‘Alfie’ & co-starring ANTHONY QUINN & CANDICE BERGEN it bombed at the box office. Still, it did result in a production fling between Caine & Bergen, so it wasn’t a total loss for the boy from Rotherhithe. THE MAGUS (1968)

MICHAEL CAINE’s made worse Films but even PETER SELLERS when asked whether he would make changes in his life if he had the opportunity to do it all over again said, "I would do everything exactly the same except I wouldn't see The Magus." THE MAGUS (1968)

In 1974 the late great RICHARD BURTON — who left us 42yrs ago today, aged 58 — told Michael Parkinson what happened when WINSTON CHURCHILL was in the audience for his ‘Hamlet’ at The Old Vic in 1953…

Remembering the late, great, 7 times Oscar nominated RICHARD BURTON — who left us 42yrs ago today, aged 58. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (1965)

A fresh-faced 22yr old Elizabeth Taylor at the Cocoanut Grove — Los Angeles in 1954.

The Boys recording one of the greatest albums of all time — REVOLVER — at Abbey Road in 1966. This seminal album was released 60yrs ago today.

Originally a Chinese military fort, KOWLOON WALLED CITY became an enclave after Hong Kong was leased to Britain in 1898. The City's population increased dramatically following WW2 and by 1987 had 33,000 residents within its 6 1⁄2-acre borders. It was demolished in 1993.

There’s so much I like about this photo of a special ‘Jubilee’ double decker bus in Trafalgar Square in 1977 - but I especially like the Woodpecker, Strongbow & Bulmer ads (how big was Cider back then!), the sandwiched Ford Capri, and the Pomagne ad. 📷 by David Rostance

LEE MARVIN on the set of CAT BALLOU (1966)

Released 60yrs ago today — one of the greatest Albums ever made. THE BEATLES REVOLVER (1966)

Wonderful colourised 130yr old Film of Victorian children playing on the beach in 1896.

Francis Ford Coppola's casting notes for THE GODFATHER (1972)

James Hunt & Barry Sheene at the 1976 Japanese F1 Grand Prix

RICHARD BURTON’s (restored) grave in the Swiss village of Céligny. This great Welshman left us 42yrs ago today, aged just 58.

17yr old JAMES DEAN in 1948

In 2012 Musical satirist and Harvard mathematician TOM LEHRER was asked if rapper 2 Chainz could sample his 1953 song ‘The Old Dope Peddler'. This was his reply.

STEVE McQUEEN — Coffee, Donuts & Script (1961)

Jermyn Street — London (1953)

Remembering the late great RICHARD BURTON — who left us 42yrs ago today, aged just 58.

STEVE McQUEEN in his Los Angeles office in 1969 with ‘Le Mans’ clearly on his mind. 📷 by Milton Greene

The screen test for ‘Roman Holiday’ that changed AUDREY HEPBURN’s life & career. Audrey’s time in Arnhem during WW2 was hugely painful & you can see the pain in her eyes when she sits down & talks about this traumatic period in her life.

VIVIEN LEIGH screen-tested twice for Alfred Hitchcock’s REBECCA (1940) She made two tests, this one with Alan Marshal, the other with her then husband Laurence Olivier. She famously lost out to Joan Fontaine of course.

Hair, Make-Up & Costume tests in 1955 for Hollywood’s own Regina - BETTE DAVIS - and her second go at Elizabeth I in ‘The Virgin Queen’.

INGRID BERGMAN having her first Hollywood screen test in 1939 for ‘Intermezzo’.

THE FORTY ELEPHANTS were an all-female gang active in London from 1873 until the 1950s. Noted for their longevity they operated from the Elephant & Castle area, raided West End stores, posed as housemaids to burgle wealthy homes & were notoriously expert at evading capture.

GIL SCOTT-HERON in 1982 showing the side of Washington D.C. that tourists never got to see and politicians tried to imagine didn’t exist.

Movie debutante — at the ripe old age of 42 — ALAN RICKMAN (with his fellow henchmen) on the set of DIE HARD (1988)

The late great ALAN RICKMAN at the premiere of his Movie debut, aged 42 DIE HARD (1988)

JAMES COBURN talks movingly in 1980 about his ‘beautiful’ friend BRUCE LEE.