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Golden Age of Hollywood

Iconic black and white images of famous actresses exuding glamour and elegance, capturing the allure of classic cinema from the early 20th century.

Helen Twelvetrees (1908-1958), American actress, 20th century. Artist: Unknown

INGRID BERGMAN in ON THE SUNNY SIDE (1936) -Original title: PA SOLSIDAN-, directed by GUSTAV MOLANDER.

Marlene Dietrich in the film Morocco, 1930

FRANCES FARMER.

GRETA GARBO. 1925.

DOROTHY JORDAN.

GRETA GARBO in QUEEN CHRISTINA (1933), directed by ROUBEN MAMOULIAN.

Lady Joan Child-Villiers. December 30, 1932.

CONCHITA MONTENEGRO.

CONSTANCE BENNETT.

KITTY CARLISLE.

MERLE OBERON.

MARILYN MONROE in LOVE HAPPY (1949), directed by DAVID MILLER.

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND in CAPTAIN BLOOD (1935), directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ.

MARLENE DIETRICH in ANGEL (1937), directed by ERNST LUBITSCH.

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND. 1946.

Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972), American actress, c1930s-c1940s. Artist: Unknown

BARBARA STANWYCK in THE GAY SISTERS (1942), directed by IRVING RAPPER.

Clara Bow in the 20's

Portrait of Joan Benett, 13 March 1936

DOROTHY LAMOUR in JOHNNY APOLLO (1940), directed by HENRY HATHAWAY.

Marilyn Miller. June 26, 1944.

Jessie Matthews (1907 - 1981), British singer and dancer of stage and screen

GLENDA FARRELL.

JEAN HARLOW in BEER AND BLOOD (1931) -Original title: THE PUBLIC ENEMY-, directed by WILLIAM A. WELLMAN.

Dorothy Anne Todd (1909 - 1993), English actress of stage and screen. Photographed here in a play called 'Flood Tide', based on a novel by A. P. Herbert ' The House by the River'. Date: 1938

12/31/1939. Alice Faye.

BARBARA STANWYCK in THE LOCKED DOOR (1929), directed by GEORGE FITZMAURICE.

MARION BELL in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1946 (1945) -Original title: ZIEGFELD FOLLIES-, directed by VINCENTE MINNELLI.

Gloria Swanson, Sadie Thompson, 1928 directed by Raoul Walsh (United Artists)

A rose by any other name (OV2019_130)

GRETA GARBO in THE PAINTED VEIL (1934), directed by RICHARD BOLESLAWSKI.

Actress Rochelle Hudson, Fox Pictures Publicity Portrait, 1934

Eva Braun.Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

NORMA SHEARER.

MARLENE DIETRICH. 1943.

Madge Elliott. September 16, 1935.

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, October 3, 1927Portrait of actress Martha Sleeper, one of California's leading comedy players and a Wampas Baby Star of 1927.

CLAUDETTE COLBERT in BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE (1938), directed by ERNST LUBITSCH.

MARION DAVIES.

PEGGY ASHCROFT in RHODES (1936) -Original title: RHODES OF AFRICA-, directed by BERTHOLD VIERTEL.

MARLENE DIETRICH. 1934.

SYLVIA SIDNEY.

12/31/1934. Actress Greta Garbo in Laughing position.

Mirian Hopkins (1902-1972), actriz de cine estadounidense.

Katherine Hepburn (1907-2003), actriz de cine estadounidense.

LUPITA TOVAR.

MARION DAVIES.

RAQUEL TORRES.

Swedish actress Vera Nilsson, 1913-1969. Pictured on the filmset of the movie Brokiga blad 1931. She is wearing a fur coat.

Clara Bow in the 20's

CONCHITA MONTENEGRO.

GRETA GARBO in AS YOU DESIRE ME (1932), directed by GEORGE FITZMAURICE.

Pat Paterson, British actress, 1934-1935. Artist: Unknown

BLANCA NEGRI in LA HIJA DEL PENAL (1936), directed by EDUARDO GARCIA MAROTO.

GRETA GARBO in MATA HARI (1931), directed by GEORGE FITZMAURICE.

Portrait of a demure woman (OV2019_115)

GLORIA SWANSON.

OLYMPE BRADNA in KNOCKOUT (1941), directed by WILLIAM B. CLEMENS.

JEANETTE MACDONALD. 1932.

JOAN CRAWFORD in GRAND HOTEL (1932), directed by EDMUND GOULDING.

Nadine Dore, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Sinners in the Sun", Paramount Pictures, 1932

Marie Magdalene 'Marlene' Dietrich (27 December 1901 - 6 May 1992) was a German-born American actress and singer. Her career spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s.

VERONICA LAKE in SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941), directed by PRESTON STURGES.

Lovely Diana Wynyard, whom Australia remembers for ***** in "Cavalcade", plays a very different part ***** "Design for Living", which is being ***** Theatre in London. October 16, 1949. (Photo by Angus McBean).

Gelatin silver print - Eugenie Groh, Prague, about 1950

GRETA GARBO in CAMILLE (1936), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

Portrait of serious young woman (EV003294_H)

ILKA CHASE.

PEARL WHITE.

VIVIEN LEIGH.

Rosine Derean (1910-2001), actriz de cine francesa.

BARBARA STANWYCK in LADIES OF THE EVENING (1930) -Original title: LADIES OF LEISURE-, directed by FRANK CAPRA.

Woman; inscribed 'Miss E McKenna' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

JEAN ARTHUR.

MARY CARLISLE.

GINGER ROGERS.

Jean Cerchi - ABC singer with dance band. November 22, 1948. (Photo by John Lee).

IDA LUPINO in ANYTHING GOES (1936), directed by LEWIS MILESTONE.

BETTE DAVIS.

Brenda Joyce, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "The Rains Came", 20th Century-Fox, 1939

MARY ASTOR.

MARLENE DIETRICH in DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939), directed by GEORGE MARSHALL.

Photograph of Greta Garbo (1905-1990) Swedish film actress during Hollywood's silent and classic period. Dated 1931

DEANNA DURBIN.

Clara Bow, Hollywood film starlet, 1929 (Otto Dyar)

JEAN PETERS in DEEP WATERS (1948), directed by HENRY KING.

JEANETTE MACDONALD.

ADRIENNE AMES in FROM HELL TO HEAVEN (1933), directed by ERLE C. KENTON.

Dorothea Wieck, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen", Paramount Pictures, 1934

Judy Garland Actress/Singer

MARLENE DIETRICH.

Lupe Velez (Guadelupe Velez de Villalobos) (1908 - 1944), Mexican film actress

BARBARA STANWYCK. 1940.

LILY DAMITA.

HEDY LAMARR.

INGRID BERGMAN in UNDER CAPRICORN (1949), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

JEAN HARLOW.

VIOLA KEATS in MISTER HOBO (1935) -Original title: THE GUV'NOR-, directed by MILTON ROSMER.

CLARA BOW. 1926.

ISA MIRANDA in HOTEL IMPERIAL (1939), directed by ROBERT FLOREY.

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