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Louise and Old Hollywood: Sweet spot 1925-1939

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Dorothy Sebastian by Ruth Harriet Louise for MGM, 1929.

The Dodge Sisters for “A Night in Venice” at the Shubert Theater, New York 1929.

Poster art for City Streets (1931) starring Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney.

Hedy Lamarr — still Hedwig Kiesler — in a publicity photo for Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. (1931).

Faye Marlowe, 1945.

Peggy Conklin, 1936.

More Peggy wearing a “metallic evening gown…in a flattering blend of rose and silver.” Paramount fashion photo, 1936.

Peggy was the female lead opposite Leslie Howard in the Broadway stage version of The Petrified Forest in 1935, shown here backstage. When the play was adapted for film the following year, Howard and Humphrey Bogart kept their roles but Peggy’s went to Bette Davis.

Peggy came to Hollywood in 1934 but made only five films. She’s here with Ginger Rogers (L) and Lucille Ball (R) for her last screen effort: Having Wonderful Time (1938).

Peggy with Edward Everett Horton in His Master’s Voice (1936), one of Horton’s few headlining film performances.

Louise in a portrait by Emil Bieber in Berlin, 1929.

Poster for The Brat (1931).

Trivia: In an earlier studio ad announcing The Brat (1931), Maureen O’Sullivan was announced to play the lead and Myrna Loy was in the supporting cast. Only Frank Albertson ended up in the finished production.

Joan Crawford by George Hurrell, 1934.

Florence Vidor in a still for Chinatown Nights (1929).

Jeanette Loff in a Pathé publicity portrait, 1928.

Dancer and actress Irene Delroy for the Greenwich Village Follies, 1925. Photo by Nickolas Muray.

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Conrad J. Barrington

Thinking of Ben Gazzara going from Cassavetes pioneering indie work in the 60’s to this is mind boggling. Fortunately, he’s still great here. 👌

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Gaijin Rando

A good collection, especially Pac-Man Fever. 👌

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Gaijin Rando

Fave tale of the Born in the U.S.A. album is rightwing nutters at the time stating that the cover showed Bruce urinating on the flag. 😜

Louise by George Hommel, 1927.

Paulette Goddard, 1941.

Bette Davis by Elmer Fryer, 1934.

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Gaijin Rando

True. It was also the bestselling album of 1985.

Dolores Costello at seventeen, shortly after signing her first contract with Warner Brothers, 1925.

Larry Bud Melman being Bebe Daniels’ cousin is just blowing my mind. But that’s just me.

Jean Arthur and Eric Linden for The Past of Mary Holmes (1933).

This pre-Code RKO photo shoot presents Jean at her most sultry and provocative. Needless to say she didn’t stick with this image but I think it’s fun to see her in this light.

Two more of Jean and Linden as featured in a 1933 issue of Film Fun, a humor/film magazine aimed at men that often featured photos of scantily clad Hollywood ingenues.