Nowadays with all the magazines, TV shows, and the internet packed with tons of celebrity photos and videos, it’s really nice to come across some rare candid shots of them just being themselves—at home, on set, or in other private moments. Stick around if you want to catch a glimpse of Audrey Hepburn during one of her early auditions, Arnold Schwarzenegger strolling through Munich in his swim trunks, Salvador Dali relaxing on a boat and even a cool bonus pic from the very first beauty contest in the USSR.
We’ve dug up some really rare photos from back in the day that show scenes from celebrities’ lives that not many folks have seen before.
1. Arnold Schwarzenegger walking through Munich in swimming trunks in order to promote his own gym, 1969
2. Elvis Presley giving a final touch to his hairdo with the help of a pocket mirror, 1956
3. Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn when filming My Fair Lady in the 1960s. They had to lean rather than sit to keep their clothes neat.
4. A 12-year-old Albert Einstein, 1891
5. Brigitte Bardot with a bunch of gladioli
6. Salvador Dali sunbathing on a boat at Port Ligat, 1953
7. Robert De Niro and Catherine Scorsese (Martin Scorsese’s mother) in the 1980s.
8. Donna Summer with her new album, 1976
9. Charlie Chaplin, The Gold Rush, 1925
10. Francis Ford Coppola and Marlon Brando on the set of The Godfather, 1972
11. Abraham Lincoln’s “spirit photograph” by Harry Houdini in the 1920s
12. Prima ballerina, Alicia Markova, 1959
13. Kenny Baker and Muhammad Ali, 1979
14. Grace Kelly and her son Albert, 1967
15. Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg taking a break while shooting Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989
17. Pablo Picasso and Francoise Gilot with some children in the 1950s
18. Audrey Hepburn during an audition in London, 1948
19. Jack Nicholson in the 1960s
20. Claudia Cardinale, 1962
21. Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver, 1984
Bonus: The first beauty contest in the USSR, 1988
