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Classic stars in Venice

As the Italian film festival opens, look back at some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor and more.

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Image: FILE PHOTO: A Look Back At Stars In Venice

River of dreams

VENICE - 1971: (FILE PHOTO) In Two Weeks The 68th Venice Film Festival will Run from August 31st to September 10, 2011 For A Classic Look Back At Stars In Venice Please refer to the following profile on Getty Images Archival for further imagery. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=121085952&EditorialProduct=Archival# British singer 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 .(Photo by Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)
— Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche / Hulton Archive
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Fanning the flames

VENICE - 1970: (FILE PHOTO) In Two Weeks The 68th Venice Film Festival will Run from August 31st to September 10, 2011 For A Classic Look Back At Stars In Venice Please refer to the following profile on Getty Images Archival for further imagery. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=121085952&EditorialProduct=Archival# American actress Joan Crawford, wearing a hat with veil and smoking a cigarette, portrayed while hiding behind a lace fan, Venice 1970. (Photo by Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)
— Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche / Hulton Archive
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Hairy situation

VENICE - 1970: (FILE PHOTO) In Two Weeks The 68th Venice Film Festival will Run from August 31st to September 10, 2011 For A Classic Look Back At Stars In Venice Please refer to the following profile on Getty Images Archival for further imagery. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=121085952&EditorialProduct=Archival# 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. (Photo by Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)
— Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche / Hulton Archive
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Pretty as a picture

VENICE - 1968: (FILE PHOTO) In Two Weeks The 68th Venice Film Festival will Run from August 31st to September 10, 2011 For A Classic Look Back At Stars In Venice Please refer to the following profile on Getty Images Archival for further imagery. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=121085952&EditorialProduct=Archival# French actress Cathrine Deneuve on the set of the movie 'Mayerling', wearing a coat and and a beret, a paintbrush in her mouth with photographer behind her, Venice, March 1968. (Photo by Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)
— Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche / Hulton Archive
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In the spirit

VENICE - 1965: (FILE PHOTO) In Two Weeks The 68th Venice Film Festival will Run from August 31st to September 10, 2011 For A Classic Look Back At Stars In Venice Please refer to the following profile on Getty Images Archival for further imagery. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=121085952&EditorialProduct=Archival# American actor Warren Beatty, wearing a cardigan and glasses, portrayed outside the Excelsior Hotel while standing next to a woman holding a newspaper, Lido, Venice 1965. (Photo by Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)
— Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche / Hulton Archive
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Birth of cool

VENICE - 1963: (FILE PHOTO) In Two Weeks The 68th Venice Film Festival will Run from August 31st to September 10, 2011 For A Classic Look Back At Stars In Venice Please refer to the following profile on Getty Images Archival for further imagery. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=121085952&EditorialProduct=Archival# American actor Paul Newman, wearing a tuxedo and a bow tie, portrayed during a trip on a water taxi, a sailor cap on the dashboard, St. Mark Square in the background, Venice 1963. (Photo by Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)
— Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche / Hulton Archive
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Blooming good time

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Sea side-by-side

VENICE - 1960: (FILE PHOTO) In Two Weeks The 68th Venice Film Festival will Run from August 31st to September 10, 2011 For A Classic Look Back At Stars In Venice Please refer to the following profile on Getty Images Archival for further imagery. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=121085952&EditorialProduct=Archival# *** Film star Elizabeth Taylor and her husband, singer Eddie Fisher, on holiday on Burano Island in the lagoon at Venice. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
— Keystone / Hulton Archive
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Surreal moment

VENICE - 1961: (FILE PHOTO) In Two Weeks The 68th Venice Film Festival will Run from August 31st to September 10, 2011 For A Classic Look Back At Stars In Venice Please refer to the following profile on Getty Images Archival for further imagery. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=121085952&EditorialProduct=Archival# Spanish painter Salvador Dali, wearing a shantung blazer and a fancy silk waistcoat, a straw hat, holding a walking-stick, sitting on a gondola, a gondolier behind him, Venice 1961. (Photo by Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)
— Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche / Hulton Archive
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Float your boat

VENICE - 1959: (FILE PHOTO) In Two Weeks The 68th Venice Film Festival will Run from August 31st to September 10, 2011 For A Classic Look Back At Stars In Venice Please refer to the following profile on Getty Images Archival for further imagery. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=121085952&EditorialProduct=Archival# Mexican actor Anthony Quinn wearing a plaid blazer, with the actress Barbara Steele, standing on a water taxi on the Canal Grande, Venice, 1958. (Photo by Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)
— Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche / Hulton Archive
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Fan worship

VENICE - 1958: (FILE PHOTO) In Two Weeks The 68th Venice Film Festival will Run from August 31st to September 10, 2011 For A Classic Look Back At Stars In Venice Please refer to the following profile on Getty Images Archival for further imagery. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=121085952&EditorialProduct=Archival# French actress 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. (Photo by Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)
— Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche / Hulton Archive
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Lighting up

VENICE - 1955: (FILE PHOTO) In Two Weeks The 68th Venice Film Festival will Run from August 31st to September 10, 2011 For A Classic Look Back At Stars In Venice Please refer to the following profile on Getty Images Archival for further imagery. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=121085952&EditorialProduct=Archival# American actor Gary Cooper, on a venitian gondola, lighting a cigarette, the gondolier behind him, Venice 1955. (Photo by Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)
— Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche / Hulton Archive
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Toast to success

VENICE - 1954: (FILE PHOTO) In Two Weeks The 68th Venice Film Festival will Run from August 31st to September 10, 2011 For A Classic Look Back At Stars In Venice Please refer to the following profile on Getty Images Archival for further imagery. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=121085952&EditorialProduct=Archival# American writer Ernest Hemingway, wearing a short sleeves shirt over a plaid shirt, his hurted arm bendaged, drinking vodka from the bottle, Venice 1954. (Photo by Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)
— Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche / Hulton Archive
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Muscle man

VENICE - 1953: (FILE PHOTO) In Two Weeks The 68th Venice Film Festival will Run from August 31st to September 10, 2011 For A Classic Look Back At Stars In Venice Please refer to the following profile on Getty Images Archival for further imagery. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=121085952&EditorialProduct=Archival# American actor Kirk Douglas, wearing a swimming suit and a necklace chainlet, signing on the thigh of the paintress Novella Parigini, wearing a strapless bikini and round earrings, a woman wearing a strapless polka-dotted bikini, Lido Beach, Venice 1953. (Photo by Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)
— Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche / Hulton Archive
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