Carole Lombard by Fred Hendrickson, 1940.

Jeanette MacDonald by George Hurrell, 1935.

Lionel Barrymore (center) as Rasputin in Rasputin and the Empress (1932). Also, the weekend.

Louise and a serpentine ring. Photo by Eugene Robert Richee, 1928.

Myrna Loy by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1933.

Margaret Livingston in After Marriage (1925).

Bonsoir (Julianne Moore)

Adrienne Ames by Otto Dyar, 1933.

Louise in costume for Beggars of Life (1928). Photo by Eugene Robert Richee.

Ava Gardner by László Willinger, February 1944.

Sylvia Sidney by Elwood “Woody” Bredell, 1931.

Marion Davies for Five and Ten (1931).

Louise poses as an Indian “nautch girl” dancer in a publicity photo by Eugene Robert Richee, 1928.

Dorothy Lee by Ernest Bachrach, 1930.

Claudia Cardinale for Senilità (Careless) (1962).

Katharine Hepburn in a portrait by Ernest Bachrach, 1934.

Rochelle Hudson models a white satin dress for a fashion photo by Gene Kornman, 1936.

Louise and Richard Arlen hide out in a haystack in Beggars of Life (1928).

Betty Amann, 1929. Mood.

Jean Parker by George Hurrell, 1933.

Clara Bow with Richard Arlen (L) in Ladies of the Mob (1928). Also, Monday.

Aileen Pringle in costume for The Palace of the King (1923). Portrait by Clarence Sinclair Bull.

A special Monday surprise: a rare clip of Louise in showgirl outfit from a trailer of the lost film The American Venus (1926). A first time FLB post.

One of the identical twin Dolly Sisters — Jenny or Rosie — by Arnold Genthe, 1916. Either he didn’t know or perhaps forgot who was who when he neglected to assign the Dolly’s first name to this portrait.

Joyce Compton and her lucky horseshoe, 1929.

Lana Turner for Slightly Dangerous (1943)

Myrna Loy and Robert Young in New Morals for Old (1932).

Anna May Wong for The Thief of Bagdad (1924).

Louise from the “kimono session.” Photo by Eugene Robert Richee, 1927.

Sunday (Catherine Deneuve)

#filmsky #moviesky #photosky #photography Championing a directional lighting technique, George Hurrell became Hollywood’s preeminent portrait photographer in the 1930/40s. If you’re in Washington DC in the next 6 months, check out this exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery.

The party is well underway in The Masked Woman (1927). Ruth Roland dances as Anna Q. Nilsson (R) cheers her on.

Melva Cornell in a still for Follies of 1929.

Anita Page by George Hurrell, 1931.

Louise from a still for A Girl in Every Port (1928).

Anna Neagle for the London stage show Wake Up and Dream, 1929. Photo by Alexander “Sasha” Stewart.

Frances Farmer for Ebb Tide (1937). Photo by William Walling, Jr. #botd

Margaret Lindsay by Elmer Fryer, 1936. #botd

Louise in costume for Now We’re in the Air (1927). Photo by Eugene Robert Richee.

Greta Garbo’s first MGM studio photos were taken in her NYC hotel room by Russell Ball, September 1925. #botd

Ruth Chatterton prepares for a dive on the set of Female (1933). Of particular note in this scene is the distinctive architectural backdrop. Do you recognize it? (Thread)

Greta Garbo by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1929. #botd

Louise by George Hommel, 1927.

Esther Ralston by Russell Ball, 1925. #botd

Dolores Costello by Elmer Fryer for Glad Rag Doll (1929). #botd

Louise as gangster moll “Snuggles Joy” with Thomas Meighan in a still from the lost film The City Gone Wild (1927). Trivia: Meighan was the uncle of Louise’s husband Edward Sutherland.

Lauren Bacall by Bert Six, 1945. #botd

Alice Faye by Otto Dyar, 1934.

Louise by Eugene Robert Richee, 1927.