Born 1903 in New York, American photographer Ruth Harriet Louise began working as a portrait photographer in 1922. Most of her photographs from this period are of family members and members of her father's temple congregation.
In 1925, Louise moved to Los Angeles and set up a small photo studio on Hollywood and Vine. Her first published Hollywood photo was of Vilma Banky in costume for Dark Angel, and appeared in Photoplay magazine in September 1925.
Louise was the first woman photographer active in Hollywood; she ran Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's portrait studio from 1925 to 1930.
In a career that lasted only five years, Louise photographed all the stars, contract players, and many of the hopefuls who passed through the studio's front gates, including Greta Garbo (Louise was one of only seven photographers permitted to make portraits of her), Lon Chaney, John Gilbert, Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, Anna May Wong, Nina Mae McKinney, and Norma Shearer.
Louise died in 1940 at the age of 37.
It is estimated that Louise took more than 100,000 photos during her tenure at MGM. Today she is considered an equal with George Hurrell Sr. and other renowned glamour photographers of the era.
These glamorous photos are part of her work that Louise took classic beauties in the 1920s for MGM.
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| Classic beauties taken by Ruth Harriet Louise in the 1920s |
In 1925, Louise moved to Los Angeles and set up a small photo studio on Hollywood and Vine. Her first published Hollywood photo was of Vilma Banky in costume for Dark Angel, and appeared in Photoplay magazine in September 1925.
Louise was the first woman photographer active in Hollywood; she ran Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's portrait studio from 1925 to 1930.
In a career that lasted only five years, Louise photographed all the stars, contract players, and many of the hopefuls who passed through the studio's front gates, including Greta Garbo (Louise was one of only seven photographers permitted to make portraits of her), Lon Chaney, John Gilbert, Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, Anna May Wong, Nina Mae McKinney, and Norma Shearer.
Louise died in 1940 at the age of 37.
It is estimated that Louise took more than 100,000 photos during her tenure at MGM. Today she is considered an equal with George Hurrell Sr. and other renowned glamour photographers of the era.
These glamorous photos are part of her work that Louise took classic beauties in the 1920s for MGM.
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| Adrienne Ames, circa 1929 |
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| Alice Day, 1928 |
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| Anita Page, circa 1929 |
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| Anna May Wong, 1929 |
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| Anna Sten, circa 1927 |
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| Bessie Love, 1929 |
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| Blanche Sweet, circa 1926 |
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| Carmel Myers, circa 1928 |
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| Claire Windsor, circa 1925 |
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| Dolores Brinkman, circa 1929 |
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| Dolores del Rio, circa 1927 |
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| Dorothy Janis, 1929 |
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| Dorothy Sebastian, circa 1927 |
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| Eleanor Boardman, circa 1928 |
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| Fay Webb, circa 1929 |
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| Gertrude Olmsted, circa 1925 |
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| Greta Garbo, 1926 |
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| Gwen Lee, circa 1926 |
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| Jacqueline Gadsden, circa 1927 |
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| Joan Crawford, 1927 |
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| Josephine Borio, circa 1928 |
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| Josephine Dunn, circa 1926 |
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| Kay Johnson, circa 1929 |
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| Leila Hyams, circa 1925 |
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| Lena Malena, 1928 |
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| Lillian Gish, 1927 |
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| Mae Murray, 1927 |
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| Marceline Day, circa 1926 |
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| Marion Davies, 1926 |
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| Mary Doran, circa 1929 |
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| Mary Nolan, circa 1925 |
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| Natalie Moorhead, circa 1929 |
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| Norma Shearer, 1929 |
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| Pauline Starke, circa 1927 |
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| Raquel Torres, 1928 |
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| Renee Adoree, circa 1925 |
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| Sally O’Neli, circa 1926 |
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| Thelma Todd, circa 1928 |
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