Born 1891 in Philadelphia, American studio glamor photographer Russell Ball moved to New York and married the film journalist Gladys Hall in 1912, with whom he had two children, while working as a newspaper photographer.
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| Portraits of classic beauties taken by Russell Ball in the 1920s and 1930s |
By 1917, Ball was working as a photographer, and by 1920, he had specialized into making portrait publicity stills for films, among others for the Shubert Organization. After working independently for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925 (on the East Coast), he opened his own studio at 9528 Brighton Way, Beverly Hills to work for private patrons and celebrities at the end of the 1920s.
Ball made stills for films and portraits of Hollywood film stars including Jean Harlow, Greta Garbo, Louise Brooks, Mary Pickford, Esther Ralston and Carol Dempster. These fabulous photos are part of his work that Ball took portraits of classic beauties in the 1920s and 1930s.
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| Ann Harding, circa 1920s |
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| Jetta Goudal, circa 1920s |
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| Leatrice Joy, circa 1920s |
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| May McAvoy, circa 1920s |
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| May McAvoy, circa 1920s |
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| May McAvoy, circa 1920s |
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| Norma Talmadge, circa 1920s |
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| Norma Talmadge, circa 1920s |
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| Greta Garbo, 1924 |
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| Colleen Moore, 1927 |
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| Dolores Del Rio, 1928 |
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| Dolores Del Rio, 1928 |
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| Dolores Del Rio, 1928 |
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| Dolores Del Rio, 1928 |
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| Estelle Taylor, 1930 |
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| Gloria Swanson, 1930 |
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| Helen Twelvetrees, circa 1930s |
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| Helen Twelvetrees, circa 1930s |
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| Helen Twelvetrees, 1931 |
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| Bebe Daniels, 1932 |
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| Mary Pickford, 1932 |
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| Pola Negri, 1932 |
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| Mary Pickford, circa 1933 |
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| Mary Pickford, circa 1933 |
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| Mary Pickford, circa 1933 |
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| Mary Pickford, circa 1933 |
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| Mary Pickford, circa 1933 |
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| Esther Ralston, 1934 |
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| Jean Harlow, 1934 |
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| Jean Harlow, 1934 |
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| Jean Harlow, 1934 |
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| Jeanette MacDonald, 1934 |
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| Jeanette MacDonald, 1934 |
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| Jeanette MacDonald, 1934 |
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| Ruth Chatterton, 1934 |
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