What did movie stars or rock stars look like before, or on the verge of their fame? The subreddit r/OldSchoolCelebsa group that includes more than 111,000 members, endeavors to collect old photos of stars unearthed in the depths of the web. It is thanks to this activity that we have been able to bring together more than 39 photos of some of the biggest stars of the 20th and 21st century. From cinema with Robert Downey JR to music with Jimi Hendrix and the late Princess Lady Diana, these shots show us these huge stars from another angle.
#1 Elton John and Cher in 1975
#2 Janis Joplin in London, 1969
#3 The Beatles just before crossing the famous Abbey Road, 1969
#4 Jack Nicholson in 1972
#5 Robert Downey Jr, Anthony Michael Hall and Uma Thurman, 1987
#6 Sean Connery Eating Pasta (1963)
#7 John Travolta and Princess Diana dancing at the White House, 1985
#8 Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver in 1983
#9 Sophia Loren giving kiss to her younger sister, Maria Villani Scicolone, 1955
#10 When Jimi Hendrix rented Ringo Starr’s flat in London in 1966
#11 Winona Ryder for Rolling Stone, 1991
#12 Mark Hamill and his wife Marilou in 1978
#13 Benicio Del Toro and Parker Posey, 1995
#14 Danny Devito at school, 1961
#15 Jodie Foster and Robert De Niro on the set of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, 1976
#16 Samantha Micelli & Kelly Bundy 1988
#17 Prince and his band, 1980
#18 Jimi Hendrix at 15, with his first electric guitar
#19 Sting giving an autograph to Gwen Stefani, 1983
#20 Young Princess Diana with her guinea pig, Peanut, 1972
#21 Freddie Mercury talking to David Bowie, 1985
#22 Keanu Reeves and Carrie Anne Moss celebrating the release of The Matrix, 1999
#23 Harrison Ford, 1978
#24 Whitney Houston, 1982
#25 Carrie Fisher and Warwick Davis, 13, behind the scenes of Return of the Jedi in 1983
#26 Shakira, 1990
#27 Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe and Matt Dillon on The Outsiders, 1983
#28 Joaquin Phoenix, 1996
#29 Marilyn Monroe in the 50s
#30 Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher (1961)
#31 Audrey Hepburn photographed by Philippe Halsman in Rome (1954)
#32 Marilyn Monroe on the New York subway in 1955
#33 Ben Affleck and Matt Damon calling their mother after winning the Oscar for Good Will Hunting, 1997
#34 Brittany Murphy, 1999
#35 Rose Byrne and Heath Ledger, 1999
#36 Carrie Fisher in Norway during production of The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
#37 Princess Diana at a party at Victoria’s and Albert Museum in November 1981
#38 Meryl Streep as cheerleaders, 1966
#39 Singer Jimmie Rodgers and his wife Colleen on their wedding day in 1957
