Mara

~~~ 1920s ~~~ 1930s ~~~ 1940s ~~~ Photography / Silent, Pre-Code & Classic Movies / Fashion / Architecture

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Greta Garbo

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Gary Cooper in A Farewell to Arms directed by Frank Borzage, 1932.

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Joan Blondell and Warren William in SMARTY ('34) #LetsMovie

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Lucille Ball #DailyLucille

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Louise perfects her uniquely intense gaze and “black helmet” bob as “Kitty Laverne” in a studio publicity photo for “A Social Celebrity” (1926). Note: check out the dramatic lower eyelashes.

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Groucho Marx and his son, Arthur, on the set of Duck Soup, 1933

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Christian Dior fashion show, Paris, 1947.

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Joan Crawford by George Hurrell, 1934

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Saturday’s Random Non-Louise Photo: May McAvoy, 1925. Photo by Russell Ball.

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Bette Davis, c. 1933 - photo by Irving Lippman

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Ginger Rogers, 1938

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Ruby Dee, 1950

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Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurrary in Hands Across The Table, 1935. Dir: Mitchell Leisen

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Sylvia Sidney

[the bow who tied up the twenties @redhairedclara]

In Gloria Swanson's autobiography, she mentions how she hopes one day a copy of Sadie Thompson, (1928) her lost film will be found. In 1983, the sole surviving print was found stored in Mary Pickford's personal archive.

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Joel McCrea at home, c. 1935

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Greta Garbo in a publicity photo for Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)

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Marlene Dietrich in Seven Sinners directed by Tay Garnett, 1940.

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Kay Francis, c. 1932