The Golden Age of Hollywood, sometimes referred to as the period of classical Hollywood cinema, started with the silent movie era and the first major feature-length silent movie called The Birth of a Nation (1915). The Golden Age of Hollywood ended with the demise of the studio system, theemergence of television, the rising costs and subsequent losses notably Cleopatra (1963).
During the Golden Age of Hollywood, thousands of movies were issued from the Hollywood studios, and of course the classic beauties played very important roles in this era.
These rare and gorgeous color photographs that captured portraits of classic beauties in the late 1930s and 1940s.
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| Classic beauties of the Golden Years of Hollywood, from left to right: Lauren Bacall, Rita Hayworth, and Marilyn Monroe in the 1940s |
During the Golden Age of Hollywood, thousands of movies were issued from the Hollywood studios, and of course the classic beauties played very important roles in this era.
These rare and gorgeous color photographs that captured portraits of classic beauties in the late 1930s and 1940s.
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| Angela Lansbury |
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| Ann Miller |
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| Anne Baxter |
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| Barbara Stanwyck |
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| Bette Davis |
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| Betty Grable |
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| Carole Lombard |
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| Claudette Colbert |
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| Gene Tierney |
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| Gloria De Haven |
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| Greta Garbo |
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| Ingrid Bergman |
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| Joan Crawford |
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| Judy Garland |
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| June Allyson |
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| Katharine Hepburn |
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| Lana Turner |
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| Lauren Bacall |
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| Lizabeth Scott |
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| Lucille Ball |
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| Lucille Bremer |
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| Marilyn Monroe |
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| Rita Hayworth |
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| Susan Hayward |
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| Yvonne DeCarlo |
