20 Hollywood actresses of the 1930s who fascinate with their beauty today
In the 1930s, Hollywood became a real dream factory for millions of people. Indeed, during the difficult period of the Great Depression, cinema was the only entertainment that they could afford. The audience took their seats in beautiful and spacious cinema halls and from the first frame of the film they plunged into a wonderful world, forgetting about their problems.
Hollywood stars instantly became role models. Women sought to do their hair or sew a dress, like their favorite actress. And men bought spectacular postcards, which depicted popular film stars. Of course, behind the perfect images from the screens is a whole film crew. But without talent and personal charm it is impossible to captivate the hearts of millions.
We offer you 20 photos of magnificent artists of those years.
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1. Judith Barrett (1909-2000)
A screen star who starred in leading female roles from the late 20s to the early 40s. Another creative pseudonym for Judith is Nancy Dover.
2. Priscilla Lane (1915-1995)
The youngest of the Lane sisters, popular American film actresses in the 1930s, Priscilla made a good career in films. But in 1942 she got married, after which her acting career came to an end.
3. Alice White (1904-1983)
The debut of this actress with French and Italian roots took place in 1927. In the next two decades, the actress starred in several dozen films, but gradually her career came to naught, and she returned to work as a secretary.
4. Ida Lupino (1918-1995)
British and American actress. Ayda became one of the first female directors in the history of cinema.
5. Francis Drake (1912-2000)
After starting her career as a dancer, Francis quickly moved to the cinema, where she continued to act successfully from 1933 to 1942. In February 1939, Drake married Lieutenant Cecil John Arthur Howard and soon retired from the screen.
6. Edna Callahan (1912-2007)
Popular Hollywood film actress of the 1930s.
7. Thelma Todd (1906-1935)
The winner of beauty contests, Thelma got into a big movie. Played mostly minor roles, while appearing in more than a hundred films. Thelma made a successful transition from silent to talkies, achieving great popularity in the early 1930s with a series of comedy films.
On the morning of December 16, 1935, Thelma Todd's body was found in her own car. Death was caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. It was rumored that the actress was murdered by New York gangster Lucky Luciano because she refused to date him. There was also a rumor that her ex-husband Pat DiSicco was involved in her death.
8. Victoria Winton (1912-1980)
Film actress who gained wide popularity in the period 1932-1940.
9 Gail Patrick (1911-1980)
While studying at the university, she took part in a nationwide selection at the Paramount Pictures studio, which eventually led her to the cinema. Her debut took place in 1933, and she achieved real success by the end of the decade, thanks to the roles of femme fatales, schemers and villains in opposition to the main characters.
In 1948, after her third marriage, Patrick left filming. In 1957, together with her husband Cornwell Jackson, she became the producer of the popular TV series Perry Mason, which ran until 1966.
10. Alice Fay (1915-1998)
An actress and singer, Alice Faye made her Broadway debut in 1931 and made her way into the movies three years later when her musical was filmed. This was followed by new successful film roles, where Faye performed not only as an actress, but also as a singer. Her career continued to develop successfully until 1944, when, after a conflict with management, she left the Fox studio. After 1945, Faye did not act in films for 17 years, appearing on the screen only in 1962 in a small role in the film State Fair.
11. Rochelle Hudson (1916-1972)
Famous American actress who actively acted in films from the 1930s to the 1960s. The peak of his career came at the height of the Great Depression. She was married three times.
12. Sari Maritza (1910-1987)
British actress who starred in popular films in the early 30s. She tried to make a career in Hollywood, but the public did not accept her warmly enough. The artist's career ended after her marriage in 1934.
13. Fay Ray (1907-2004)
She began acting in films in 1919. The peak of her career was marked by the performance of the role of Ann Darrow in the film "King Kong" (1933), which made her one of the cult characters in the history of mass cinema, the "Kong girl". She stopped acting in films in 1942, having married screenwriter Robert Riskin. After Riskin's death in 1955, she returned to the cinema for a while, but finally parted with her film career in 1958.
14. Karen Morley (1909-2003)
She began her acting career at the theater in Pasadena and immediately achieved serious success, playing roles in the films Mata Hari (1931), Scarface (1932) and other MGM films. In 1934, she left the studio and began to play fewer leading roles. Her career finally collapsed in the late 1940s, when, due to her involvement in the US Communist Party, she ended up on the Hollywood Black List. In the future, Karen Morley returned to filming only in the mid-1970s, playing a few small roles on television.
15. Juliette Compton (1899-1989)
She began her career in the era of silent films. She danced in the Ziegfeld Follies show. Filmed first in Britain and then in the USA. Her most famous sound film was Lady Hamilton (1941).
16. Bess Erhardt (1916-1975)
Bess starred in musicals and dramas and was famous for her ability to skate, including roller skates. The most famous film with her participation was "Ice Madness" (1939) about the life of figure skaters.
17. Amo Ingram (1909-1983)
A talented actress and dancer, Amo acted in films from the late 20s to the early 40s, but mostly she got small roles as chorus girls. She never married and lived the rest of her days in Santa Monica, California.
18. Pat Royal
Patricia Royal, who started her career in the 1920s, starred until the late 1930s.
19. Muriel Angelus (1909-2004)
Scottish-born Muriel Angelus began her stage career in London, where she became famous for her strong and beautiful voice. After moving to the United States, the actress continued her career in films and starred in a host of films, the most significant of which were The Lights Out (1939) and The Great McGinty (1940). She left the world of cinema in the late 40s after marriage.
20. Joan Blondell (1906-1979)
During the Great Depression, Joan was one of the highest paid actresses in the US. Starting from the 40s, she began to appear less often and mostly in minor roles. But at the same time she was nominated for an Oscar in 1951 and continued her career as an actress until the end of her life.