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Classic Film Portraits

Mid-20th century publicity photographs of women from classic films. The portraits capture glamour and style with a focus on fashion and confident demeanor.

Vintage Photograph. June Kirby. Model Released. Portrait of woman in fur jacket smiling. Frame 1

Photograph of Lana Turner (1921-1995) an American actress.

Studio portrait of young woman

WANDA HENDRIX in PRINCE OF FOXES (1949), directed by HENRY KING.

Patricia Michon, Half-length Publicity Portrait for the Short Subject Comedy Film, "Punchy Pancho", RKO Radio Pictures, 1951

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND.

LAUREN BACALL in ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944) -Original title: TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT-, directed by HOWARD HAWKS.

ROMY SCHNEIDER in THE GIRL AND THE LEGEND (1957) -Original title: ROBINSON SOLL NICHT STERBEN-, directed by JOSEF VON BAKY.

ELEANOR PARKER.

TAINA ELG.

Shirley Butler. February 02, 1954.

INGER STEVENS.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE in I'LL BE SEEING YOU (1944), directed by WILLIAM DIETERLE.

Margaret Lockwood (1916 - 1990), English actress of stage, screen and television

GINGER ROGERS.

Vintage Photograph. Smiling young woman wearing ball gown

LIZABETH SCOTT in YOU CAME ALONG (1945), directed by JOHN FARROW.

Photograph of Margaret Lockwood (1916-1990) an English actress.

Arlene Dahl, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "No Questions Asked", MGM, 1951

Martha Hyer, Half-Length Publicity Portrait for the Film, "The Delicate Delinquent", Paramount Pictures, 1957

MARIA MERCADER.

LUCILLE BALL in THE DARK CORNER (1946), directed by HENRY HATHAWAY.

Cagney Productions Inc Presents James Cagney in "Johnny Come Lately" with Grace George - Marjory Lord - William Henry - Edward McNamara - Hattie McDaniel - Marjorie Main. October 21, 1947.

LANA TURNER.

Vintage photograph. Portrait of smiling woman with pearl necklace.

JAYNE MANSFIELD in THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT (1956), directed by FRANK TASHLIN.

Vintage photograph. Portrait of woman in bouffant dress smiling at camera.

JOAN COLLINS.

Vintage photograph. Portrait of Woman with short hair smiling at camera

ARLENE DAHL.

Sophia Loren. Italian actress, pictured when visiting Stockholm Sweden in december 1955.

She's Knee-Deep In MillionairesThe girl who can't shake off Millionaires sighed sadly in her west end flat yesterday. "So many Millionaires" shrugged 25-year-old British singer, Tonia Bern, " If only they would take no for an answer and leave me alone."Tonia has an Italian and Belgian Millionaire in tow but the one Millionaire she wouldn't mind marrying - an English one - hasn't even noticed her ... so sad. November 17, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

CAROL CHANNING.

Carol Raye, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Springtime", Four Continents Films, Inc., 1947

Escape - Pretty Bianca Klun, 18, a Yugoslav, escaped over the frontier from her homeland and arrived at Melbourne the other day to settle. Guards shot down other fugitives who ran with her. June 16, 1954.

Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring a blonde 'sweater girl' model with an impressive torpedo bust and wavy Veronica Lake hairstyle. Date: 1951

CARROLL BAKER in HARLOW (1965), directed by GORDON DOUGLAS.

Marilyn Monroe , 1952

MARILYN MONROE in HOME TOWN STORY (1951), directed by ARTHUR PIERSON.

ANN-MARGRET in STATE FAIR (1962), directed by JOSE FERRER.

Donna Reed (Donna Mullenger) (1921 - 1986), American actress of film and TV

LUCILLE BALL in LONG, LONG TRAILER, THE (1954), directed by VINCENTE MINNELLI.

DORIS DAY.

Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire, Edmund Gwenn in "Mister 880" with Millard Mitchell, Directed by Edmund Goulding, Produced by Julian Blaustein 20th Century-Fox. July 16, 1952. (Photo by National Screen Service Corp.)

Ella Logan. June 07, 1937.

PIER ANGELI.

NATALIE WOOD. 1958.

Actress Eva Marie Saint, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, MGM, 1962

GINGER ROGERS in TENDER COMRADE (1943), directed by EDWARD DMYTRYK.

SHIRLEY KNIGHT.

Vintage photograph. Young blonde woman wearing graduation gown

Maureen O'Hara , Lady Godiva of Coventry , 1955 directed by Arthur Lubin Universal Pictures

A vivacious smiling young woman with a typical 1940s hair style. The hair at the front and sides is formed into rolls, the length at the back falls into lustrous curls Date: early 1940s

KATHARINE HEPBURN.

IDA LUPINO in THE MAN I LOVE (1947), directed by RAOUL WALSH.

Diana Dors, on-set of the Film, "The Long Haul", Columbia Pictures, 1957

CARRIE FISHER in UNDER THE RAINBOW (1981), directed by STEVE RASH.

JUDY GARLAND.

JULIE ADAMS in WINGS OF THE HAWK (1953), directed by BUDD BOETTICHER.

Grace Kelly in the 50's

Portrait of Debra Paget (1933-) an American actress and entertainer

Beauty Heads The Way For PremierPatricia Owens makes a picture of loveliness in her mantillator (a smaller version of the Spanish mantilla which is not now worn except by a few dowagers) as she prepares to set out for the world premiere of the film 'Robin Hood' at the Odeon, Leicester Square. With the mantillator Patricia, who has just returned from Spain, wears a white evening frock which has a deep plunging neckline.Miss Owens has been filming in Spain with John Boles and Paulette Goddard in "Babes in Baghdad". March 13, 1952.

Scottish-Italian Actress Will Play A Vicar's Daughter - Glasgow-born actress Adrienne Corri, 22, (pictured here) who is half Italian, has been chosen to play the daughter of a country vicar in the film ' Lease of Life ', which goes into production at Ealing shortly. In the film, Adrienne's ambition is to become a concert pianist but, with that long red hair, she would certainly not be the only one with ambitions in whatever part of the country she lived. January 28, 1954. (Photo by Reuterphoto)

LAUREN BACALL in HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE (1953), directed by JEAN NEGULESCO.

FRANCES FARMER in THE TOAST OF NEW YORK (1937), directed by ROWLAND V. LEE.

Vintage Photograph. Blonde woman with hair up wearing gown sitting in front of gradated background

MARTHA O'DRISCOLL in HOUSE OF DRACULA (1945), directed by ERLE C. KENTON.

GINGER ROGERS.

FRANCES FARMER.

Vintage photograph. Young girl in dress smiling

JOANNE WOODWARD.

LANA TURNER in THE RAINS OF RANCHIPUR (1955), directed by JEAN NEGULESCO.

Silvana Mangano, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "The Gold of Naples" (Italian: L'oro di Napoli), Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica, Paramount Pictures, Distributors Corporation of America, 1954

Vintage Photograph. Portrait of woman in fur coat smiling.

American Actress Marcia Henderson, head and shoulders Publicity Portrait, Universal Pictures, 1953

SENTA BERGER.

Portrait of woman

INGRID BERGMAN in DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1941), directed by VICTOR FLEMING.

GRACE KELLY.

MARILYN MONROE in BECOMING MARILYN (2021), directed by MICHELE DOMINICI.

Dee Hartford, head and shoulders Publicity Portrait for the Film, "A Girl In Every Port", RKO Radio Pictures, 1952

Principal coloratura soprano of the Berlin State Opera, Erna Berger, will give her farewell performance with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Eugene Goossens at the Town Hall on November 14. October 27, 1948.

NATALIE WOOD in THE SEARCHERS (1956), directed by JOHN FORD.

Marsha Mason, Half-Length Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Only When I Laugh", Columbia Pictures, 1981

"On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap you and you'll find that you're in the rotogravure," so goes Irving Berlin's popular "Easter Parade." Deanna Durbin, dressed in Easter finery, is snapped by photographers against a botanical backdrop of daffodils and tulips. Deanna just completed "Ill Be Yours," her tenth anniversary film for Universal-International. The comedy with music, which co-stars Tom Drake and William Bendix, is the singing star's first motion picture assignment since the birth of her daughter, Jessica Louise Jackson. July 27, 1947.

Marilyn Monroe , 1952 Los Angeles, California, USA Gene Komman , 20th Century Fox

ANA MARISCAL. MARIA RODRIGUEZ ARROYO. ACTRIZ CINE Y TEATRO ESPAÑOLA. MADRID 1923-1995.

JUNE ALLYSON.

LAURIE HOLDEN in THE MAJESTIC (2001), directed by FRANK DARABONT.

MARINA VLADY.

NATALIE WOOD. 1960.

ANITA EKBERG in WAR AND PEACE (1955), directed by KING VIDOR.

JANET GAYNOR in A STAR IS BORN (1937), directed by WILLIAM A. WELLMAN.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE in ADVENTURE IN BALTIMORE (1949), directed by RICHARD WALLACE.

Shirley Temple Actress and Ambassador (1922- )

Portrait of American actress and film producer Joanne Woodward (Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward). 1950s.

CARROLL BAKER.

Marilyn Monroe, c.1953

Jean Simmons Actress (1929- )

Film still from 'Jupiter's Darling' starring Howard Keel, Esther Williams, George Sanders, and Gower Champion.

Photograph of Janet Leigh (1927-2004) an American actress, singer, dancer, and author.

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