The 1940s gave us Hollywood's true golden age beauties, when stars like Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake, and Hedy Lamarr lit up the silver screen with a sophistication we just don't see anymore. These 30 stunning photographs capture that old Hollywood magic – the perfectly waved hair, the elegant gowns, those sultry glances that made hearts skip a beat. Before photoshop and botox, these ladies had that special something that made them unforgettable. Pure class, pure glamour, pure Hollywood.
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Judy Garland
Rita Hayworth
Lana Turner
There are many other photos of Lana that are more flattering than this one
Vivien Leigh
Hedy Lamarr
She's a 'goddess' to me because of her brains and invention skills.
Grace Kelly
Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers danced every move that Fred Astaire did...but backwards and wearing high heels.
Veronica Lake
Katharine Hepburn
Olivia De Havilland
Jennifer Jones
Rosalind Russell
Mary Astor
Eleanor Parker
Marlene Dietrich
Ingrid Bergman
Greer Garson
Bette Davis
Betty Grable
Ava Gardner
Claudette Colbert
Maureen O'hara
- as Esmeralda in the Hunchback of Notre Dame.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunchback_of_Notre_Dame_(1939_film)
Lauren Bacall
Jane Wyman
Paulette Goddard
Joan Leslie
Priscilla Lane
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford? I know a song about her 😁 (she'd died four years previously): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inlzsea8BYA
Barbara Stanwyck
Donna Reed
Married Donna had an affair with Dean Martin and dld little to hide it. Back in the 50s, people did not flaunt the fact that they were cheating on their spouses.
Fabulous. I love these old portrait shots - back when photography was a serious business. Photographs like that took serious cameras with really big film. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_format
What's worrying is that I'm 63, and know far more of these than I do of today's pop stars and actresses.
Fabulous. I love these old portrait shots - back when photography was a serious business. Photographs like that took serious cameras with really big film. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_format
What's worrying is that I'm 63, and know far more of these than I do of today's pop stars and actresses.