"On a sunlit afternoon circa spring 1949, Cyd Charisse and her husband, crooner Tony Martin, were photographed poolside at a chic mid-century resort in Palm Springs, savoring a rare day off beneath the swaying palms and cloudless desert sky. Charisse, fresh from her breakout role in The Harvey Girls and already rehearsing for The Band Wagon under MGM contract, reclined in a high-waisted swimsuit and oversized sunglasses, her famously long legs stretched out across a striped lounger. Martin, dres

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