Silent Film Era Glamour Shots

Dramatic black and white images of famous actresses from the silent film era, displaying fashionable attire and striking poses.

Actress Dorothy Gish, Fashion Portrait, Bain News Service, 1921

Actress Dorothy Gish, Fashion Portrait, Bain News Service, 1921

Mistinguett Displaying her legs at her London hotel during her visit to London. January 01, 1929. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

Gloria May Josephine Swanson 1899 - 1983) American actress, singer and producer, who is best known for her role as Norma Desmond, a faded silent film star, in the critically acclaimed film Sunset Boulevard (1950). She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon

MARGARET LINDSAY.

MAE WEST.

Jeanette Williams, c1938. Artist: Unknown

Custome by Robert Kalloch. FAY WRAY.

Lauren bacall, 1965

Madge Elliott. April 17, 1946.

NANCY CARROLL.

JANE RUSSELL.

GINGER ROGERS in GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (1933), directed by MERVYN LEROY.

CLARA BOW in HER WEDDING NIGHT (1930), directed by FRANK TUTTLE.

CORINNE GRIFFITH in SINGLE WIVES (1924), directed by GEORGE ARCHAINBAUD.

Actress Regina Wallace, Fashion Portrait, Bain News Service, 1920

KITTY CARLISLE.

Iris Lancaster, actress, c1938. Artist: Unknown

Lena Horne Singer and Actress (b.1917)

Mrs Ernest Simpson (Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson), pictured in 1927 when wife of Commander Earl Wingfield Spencer of the US Navy, shortly before her divorce. During her second marriage to Ernest Simpson, she met and began an affair with Edward, Prince of Wales. In December 1936, after reigning for less than a year, Edward abdicated the throne in order to marry Wallis following her divorce from her second husband. The couple became the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and lived the rest of their

THEDA BARA in CLEOPATRA (1917), directed by J. GORDON EDWARDS.

JOAN CRAWFORD. 1929.

Alice Joyce, February 1926

JEANETTE MACDONALD in THE MERRY WIDOW (1934), directed by ERNST LUBITSCH.

MADELEINE CARROLL.

Giulietta Sinionato

LOUISE BROOKS. 1928.

Mrs Simpson In Wax.Mrs Simpson in Wax on show on show at Maddame Tausauds Famous ***** works. January 3, 1937. (Photo by The Daily Mirror).

AUDREY HEPBURN in MY FAIR LADY (1964), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

TALLULAH BANKHEAD.

Marie Studholme (1875-1930), English actress, 1900s.Artist: TC Turner

FRANCES FARMER in COME AND GET IT (1936), directed by WILLIAM WYLER and HOWARD HAWKS.

Wedding; inscribed 'Muntz' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

MARY CARLISLE.

RITA HAYWORTH in THE LADY IN QUESTION (1940), directed by CHARLES VIDOR.

THEDA BARA in SALOME (1918), directed by J. GORDON EDWARDS.

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

ELISABETH BERGNER in CATHERINE THE GREAT (1934), directed by PAUL CZINNER.

Hollywood, California: c. 1938. Lillian Bond, actress,(1908-1991) in an elegant black gown.©Underwood Archives

GERALDINE FITZGERALD.

JEAN HARLOW in RECKLESS (1935), directed by VICTOR FLEMING.

Kay Francis, American stage and film actress, 1938. Artist: Unknown

Jessie Matthews (1907 - 1981), British singer, dancer and actress pictured at the time she appeared in her first film, Out of the Blue, filmed at Elstree studios. Date: 1931

Annunciata Garrotto - Operatic Soprano coming with husband Lawrence Power for ABC tour. January 30, 1940.

GEORGIA HALE in THE GOLD RUSH (1925), directed by CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

GENE TIERNEY in DRAGONWYCK (1946), directed by JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE in HEIDI (1937), directed by ALLAN DWAN.

theatre actors actress Mizzi Guenther full length postcard 1914,

Lillian Gish, The Birth of a Nation, 1915 directed by D.W. Griffith (Epoch Producing Corporation)

Hollywood, California: 1937 Opera star Grace Moore as she renders the theme song from her latest movie, "I'll Take Romance!".

Lady Parkhill. June 25, 1937. (Photo by Hay Wrightson).

CARMEN SEVILLA.

JEANETTE MACDONALD in BROADWAY SERENADE (1939), directed by ROBERT Z. LEONARD.

JOAN CRAWFORD.

Glenn Close, Half-length Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Maxie", Orion Pictures, 1985

Sally Kellerman, on-set of the Film, "Brewster McCloud", MGM, 1970

Actress Corinne Griffith, Fashion Portrait, Bain News Service, 1921

Mary Dowell as Greta Garbo in ""The Silver Screen"" by Billy Rose's

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MARY PICKFORD.

Prince Leopold, Belg.

RITA HAYWORTH in ANGELS OVER BROADWAY (1940), directed by BEN HECHT.

JOAN CRAWFORD.

Lucyenne Boyer in ""A Night In Paris"" at Casino de Paris

Baroness de Guestre

GRETA GARBO in LOVE (1927), directed by EDMUND GOULDING.

Joan Crawford in the 30's

Photographic portrait of Viscountess Nancy Astor (1879-1964), the British politician, pictured c.1928. Date: 1928

JOAN CRAWFORD in ALONZO THE ARMLESS (1927) -Original title: THE UNKNOWN-, directed by TOD BROWNING.

Actress Dorothy Phillips, Fashion Portrait, Bain News Service, 1921

BETTE DAVIS in THE LETTER (1940), directed by WILLIAM WYLER.

LORETTA YOUNG.

JOAN FONTAINE and JUDITH ANDERSON in REBECCA (1940), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

Woman; inscribed 'Miss Mae Donald' Nitrate negatives, gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

BARBARA STANWYCK in BALL OF FIRE (1941), directed by HOWARD HAWKS.

RITA HAYWORTH in BLACK IRISH (1947) -Original title: THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI-, directed by ORSON WELLES.

ELSA LANCHESTER in THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935), directed by JAMES WHALE.

Ninette de Valois, Anonymous

ANITA PAGE in OUR BLUSHING BRIDES (1930), directed by HARRY BEAUMONT.

Clara Bow in the 20's

MARIA FELIX in THE HIDDEN ONE (1956) -Original title: LA ESCONDIDA-, directed by ROBERTO GAVALDON.

BARBARA STANWYCK.

07/31/1913. The tiple protection Pozuelo Wearing the brilliant that has been ordered to be placed in a tooth.

Gertrude Blake ""Hey Nonny, Nonny"" Presented by Forrest C. Haring and J. H. Del Bondio, June 6 1932

Mis Edrie, Henty. July 16, 1937. (Photo by Janet Jevons).

MAE MURRAY.

LOUISE BROOKS in BEGGARS OF LIFE (1928), directed by WILLIAM A. WELLMAN.

DOROTHY LAMOUR.

GRETA GARBO in THE KISS (1929), directed by JACQUES FEYDER.

JOAN CRAWFORD. 1929.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR in THE BLUE BIRD (1976), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

Anefo photo collection. Mountiehow TV; Moroccan belly dancer. April 19, 1974

INGRID BERGMAN in ANASTASIA (1956), directed by ANATOLE LITVAK.

FAY WRAY in KING KONG (1933), directed by MERIAN C. COOPER and ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK.

LOUISE BROOKS. 1928.

Gerta Barby (1872-1938) as Salome in the same name of Richard Strauss. Saxon Hofoper Dresden, Nov./DEZ. 1912 (as a guest from Chemnitz). Photography (World postcard), 134 x 85 mm

Queen Elizabeth. A regal Study of the New Queen taken in Canada when as Princess during her recent tour she attended a state dinner at Ottawa. February 7, 1952.

MARY ASTOR.

La cantante de blues Bessie Smith. 1923.

Alma Cogan Strip. January 29, 1955.

DEBRA PAGET in OMAR KHAYYAM (1957), directed by WILLIAM DIETERLE.

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