thirdsun

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



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

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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


Loretta Young


Gary Cooper


Charles Chaplin

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thirdsun

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

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

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

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thirdsun

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

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Yvonne DeCarlo


Ann Sheridan

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thirdsun

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

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another beautiful Ann...

Ann Sothern.

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thirdsun

Do you recognize this lovely?

Speed_Gibson

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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thirdsun

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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Not even ask, just mention, and you shall receive

Dorothy Lamour


Ann Sothern #2


Lillian Gish


a young Gene Tierney


Cary Grant

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ametc

Greta Garbo.




Theda Bara




Mae West





Lucille Ball






There are wayyy more I want to put up.. but I might later. These are just the first people to pop up in my head.

BadNick

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.

thirdsun

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!

uncle phil

yup...

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Say "cheez" Uncle Phil.....

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Veronica Lake


Ava Gardner

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thirdsun

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

Here's Ida Lupino

Jetée

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.

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Myrna Loy



Clint Eastwood



Mary Astor



Ingrid Bergman

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Louise Brooks. There's something very contemporary about her.











Oh, and Grace Kelly too.

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Shirley Temple

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jewels

This is too much fun. More.

Leslie Caron


Claudia Cardinale


Hedy Lamarr

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thirdsun

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...

ngdawg

I used this photo as a portrait painting assignment. An almost perfect face.

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thirdsun

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

World's King

Gene Kelly...

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Vivien Leigh


and two more Anns...

Anne Baxter


and Ann Blyth

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PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

thirdsun

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

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

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PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

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Jean Seberg

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Groucho Marx

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thirdsun

Groucho! That's a good one!

Do you recognize this lovely face?

Bill O'Rights

Carole Landis

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It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

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

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cellophanedeity

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Tallulah Bankhead


silent film vamp, Alla Nazimova

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thirdsun

Elizabeth Taylor....

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Mary Pickford


Jeanne Crain

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