The 1940s gave us Hollywood’s true golden age beauties, when stars like Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake, and Hedy Lamarr lit up the silver screen with a sophistication we just don’t see anymore. These 30 stunning photographs capture that old Hollywood magic – the perfectly waved hair, the elegant gowns, those sultry glances that made hearts skip a beat. Before photoshop and botox, these ladies had that special something that made them unforgettable. Pure class, pure glamour, pure Hollywood.
#1 Judy Garland
Image source: Eric Carpenter
#2 Rita Hayworth
Image source: Ebay
#3 Lana Turner
Image source: MGM Studio portrait
#4 Vivien Leigh
Image source: Hollywood (magazine)
#5 Hedy Lamarr
Image source: Wikimedia Commons
#6 Grace Kelly
Image source: Paramount publicity photographer
#7 Ginger Rogers
Image source: Studio publicity still
#8 Veronica Lake
Image source: Paramount Pictures
#9 Katharine Hepburn
Image source: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios/Adam Cuerden
#10 Olivia De Havilland
Image source: Selznick International Pictures/Fred Parrish
#11 Jennifer Jones
Image source: Studio Publicity
#12 Rosalind Russell
Image source: Wikimedia Commons
#13 Mary Astor
Image source: Studio
#14 Eleanor Parker
Image source: Studio Publicity
#15 Marlene Dietrich
Image source: Twentieth Century Fox
#16 Ingrid Bergman
Image source: MGM photographer
#17 Greer Garson
Image source: MGM studio
#18 Bette Davis
Image source: Warner Bros.
#19 Betty Grable
Image source: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
#20 Ava Gardner
Image source: Wikimedia Commons
#21 Claudette Colbert
Image source: Paramount
#22 Maureen O’hara
Image source: RKO
#23 Lauren Bacall
Image source: László Josef Willinger
#24 Jane Wyman
Image source: Universal Pictures
#25 Paulette Goddard
Image source: Paramount Pictures
#26 Joan Leslie
Image source: Dell Publishing
#27 Priscilla Lane
Image source: Wikimedia Commons
#28 Joan Crawford
Image source: Studio publicity still
#29 Barbara Stanwyck
Image source: Studio publicity still
#30 Donna Reed
Image source: ABC Television
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