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Post Your Favorite Classic Hollywood Portraits

Don't you just love those vintage Hollywood portraits of your favorite B/W movie stars? This is the thread where you can share your collection with other TFP members.

1.) Post your favorite stars and starlets, men or women. Be sure to identify your star by name.

2.) Many of these stars had several classic portraits made, so feel free to post the same star more than once.

3.) It's OK to repeat the same photo if you happen to have a better resolution than the one already posted.

4.) If you want to, include or discuss your favorite movie featuring this star or how you came to admire this star.

Here's a couple from my collection to start off:

Gene Tierney - I first noticed her in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...rney-small.jpg

Hedy Lamarr - She's in Ziegfeld Girl which we happened to watch recently.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...marr-small.jpg

I checked an Edward Steichen book out of the library recently and have really become enamored of his style. Here are a few:

Miriam Hopkins
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s_steichen.jpg

Loretta Young
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...g_steichen.jpg

Gary Cooper
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...teichen_lg.jpg

Charles Chaplin
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n_steichen.jpg

Thanks, MM. That's quite a dashing Gary Cooper!

Here's one of my favorites of a star who needs no introduction.....

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...2/028_8322.jpg

mmm, she's smokin'...in more ways than one :suave:

Here's Susan Hayward. I discovered her in a photo how-to book about movie portraits.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...d-04-small.jpg

Those are great, MM. Thanks for pointing me to Dr Macro. Here's one I found of Audrey Hepburn:

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...n_01-small.jpg

another beautiful Ann...

Ann Sothern.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...annsothern.jpg

just a quick response with no pictures but off the top of my head, first choices for stars that made for some fantastic photographs.
females:
Dorothy Lamour
Ann Southern - the episode of Duffy's Tavern when Ann and Jimmy Durante substitute for the ill Ed Gardner is hilarious.
Lillian Gish
Gene Tierney

Males:
Cary Grant

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Originally Posted by Speed_Gibson (Post 2705827)

Thanks, Speed_Gibson! I'm sure we'll definitely be posting those suggestions. Of course, Gene Tierney is already here, in the "premier" post, because she was #1 choice! :)

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Originally Posted by Speed_Gibson (Post 2705827)

Not even ask, just mention, and you shall receive :)

Dorothy Lamour
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...Annex_03-1.jpg

Ann Sothern #2
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...Sothern_01.jpg

Lillian Gish
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...Lillian_10.jpg

a young Gene Tierney
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...5UTRWI14-1.jpg

Cary Grant
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...Grant_08-1.jpg

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Originally Posted by thirdsun (Post 2705822)

Do you recognize this lovely?...

I know! I know! I love Marilyn and that's a different image of her than we usually see. I'm surprised uncle phil isn't here smacking me for saying that.

I'll add Orson Welles. I always found him very interesting, as well as being one of the greatest movie directors, sometimes producer, writer, and star, too! ...Citizen Kane is one of my favorite movies of all time.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...rsonwelles.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...stuff/7872.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ellesCigar.jpg

Thanks, BadNick! That's exactly the kind of photos we were hoping folks would post here! 'ppreciate it!

Thanks for contributing, ametc. I don't think I've ever seen Lucille Ball looking so glamorous! Thanks for all those!

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Originally Posted by thirdsun (Post 2705822)

Do you recognize this lovely?

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a..._001-small.jpg

yup...

Thanks, MM. We could have a thread on Veronica and Ava unto themselves!

Here's Ida Lupino

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...no-small-3.jpg

Quick question, based on this trending: do the portraits supplied here "need" to be monochromatic, sepia-toned, B&W, etc..?

I'm sure I could snap this trend fairly easily if I wanted to, but in the spirit of the thread, thirdsun, do you have a preference either way? I don't, but I like boundaries sometimes; keeps my chaos factor in check.

Also, I just happened upon an enormous source of classic Hollywood niche photographers, and safe to assume at this point, my archive of celebrities from then til now is replete with over 8500+ photographs, a majority of them being black & white portraits. So, at least now, I have a place to share them. Where to host them, though, may be another matter altogether.

Of course, Jetée, jump in here.

Thank you, jewels, Magpie_1 (that Shirley Temple is priceless), and fresnelly.

fresnelly, you beat me to Grace Kelly, one of my all-time favorites, too... :thumbsup:

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...980-55546L.jpg

http://www.mundofree.com/cine_nordico/garbo.jpg
I used this photo as a portrait painting assignment. An almost perfect face.

Thanks, ngdawg. That would be Greta Garbo. You're right. Her face was the subject of hundreds of these types of photographs. Great contribution!

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...rbo_greta2.jpg

Wow! That photo of Vivien Leigh is quite stunning. Thank you!

Indicative of my peculiar proclivities perhaps, but I've always been attracted to Peter Lorre.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ushanelson.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...e_Annex_01.jpg

I was wondering when Bill was gonna show up with some pics of the beautiful Carole Landis. :)