Vintage photos of Bettie Page, Batgirl, Joan Crawford, Elvis and Vampira dressed up for Halloween

10.31.2017
08:51 am
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Halloween
Bettie Page
Joan Crawford
Vampira
Batgirl

Bettie Page dressed up like a devil in a black catsuit. Yes.

After not-so-patiently waiting for the first 30 days of October to pass, Halloween has finally arrived. I’m sure many of our Dangerous Minds readers are still recovering from whatever pre-Halloween party you hit up over the weekend—I know I am, that’s for sure. Ah, the bliss that is dressing up like someone or something other than our old, boring selves and swilling booze all night because you never really grew up and that’s o-fucking-kay. Because I plan on continuing along with various Halloween-related activities, it seemed more than appropriate to share a few choice vintage (and sometimes slightly bizarre) photographs of famous pinups, movie stars, and even Elvis Presley vamping it up for Halloween.

Like other posts I’ve done like this, once I got started looking for photos of famous people celebrating Halloween, I just couldn’t stop. So you might want to get comfy before you start plowing through the images below because there are a lot of them including an epic shot of Maila Nurmi (Vampira) hanging out with a pal who dressed himself up as a “deceased” version of James Dean that you simply have to see. Some of what follows is slightly NSFW. Happy Halloween!

Betty Grable.

Actress Yvonne Craig in a Halloween-themed photo as Batgirl.

A fantastic promo shot for Eartha Kitt’s 1954 single “I Want To Be Evil” from the album ‘That Bad Eartha.’

The spellbinding Veronica Lake.

Actress Ursula Jeans.

Janet Leigh.

Elvis and actress Joy Wyman.

A photo of a young Joan Crawford in a Halloween-themed photo that was used for Rexall Drugs, 1933.

Country music legend, Loretta Lynn.

Actress Barbara Eden in character as her character Jeannie from the television series ‘I Dream of Jeannie.’

Ethel Merman.

Myrna Loy.

Actress Yvonne De Carlo (who famously portrayed Lily Munster on ‘The Munsters’ televison series) on top of a giant pumpkin.

Actor and comedian, the great Paul Lynde.

A shot of a model from the Ridgid Tools calendar for the month of October, 1968.

Actress and dancer Olga San Juan.

Comedian and actor Jimmy Durante and his look-alike pumpkin.

Actress Clara Bow dressed up like a witch and a few of her taxidermy cat friends. Yikes.

Marilyn Monroe dressed up like a pilgrim who lost her pants and a turkey. This photo is one of a series that were taken in 1950 for a Thanksgiving-related spread. It gets a pass for obivious reasons.

Another shot of Bettie Page in her little devil costume.

Actress Carolyn Jones somewhat in character for her role on ‘The Addams Family.’

Esther Williams.

Judy Garland.

Actress Linda Marshall.

Maila Nurmi (Vampira) and a friend dressed up as a “deceased” version of actor James Dean.