Creepiest Photo of All Time

Yes, it’s the whitest woman ever born–eternal film virgin Doris Day–in blackface for 1951’s screen musical I’ll See You In My Dreams. Apparently black was the navy blue of Hollywood in the ’50s. Discuss.

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