30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

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The 1920s and 60s are called the "golden age of Hollywood." It was a time when the whole film industry was run by the Big Five studios, a time of glitz, glamour and bright stars like Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn. It's a classic! As well as the black and white photographs presented in our collection.

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Carrie Fisher watches her mother Debbie Reynolds backstage at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, 1963

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Louis Armstrong serenades his wife Lucille at the Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt, 1961

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Marlon Brando typing with his cat, 1954

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Dolly Parton and her husband Carl Dean, 1966

The couple met outside a laundromat the day Parton arrived in Nashville in 1964. She was 18 and he was 21.

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Marilyn Monroe and Sammy Davis Jr. at 20th Century Fox Studios, 1953

The actress was promoting her film "How to Marry a millionaire".

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

"I will never forget the day when Marilyn and I walked through New York, just walking on a nice day"

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

John Travolta with his sisters Ellen and Ann during the theatrical production of the musical "Bus Stop", 1976

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Audrey Hepburn and Julie Andrews at the Academy Awards ceremony, 1964

Andrews did not get the role of Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady", which she invented on stage. The role was given to Hepburn. However, this allowed Andrews to play in the film "Mary Poppins" and receive an Oscar for best actress. They say Audrey told Julie that night:

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Jane Fonda shopping in the mall of the Mayfair quarter, London, 1967

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Joan Woodward and Paul Newman at his Hollywood home, 1965

Woodward once said:

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Meryl Streep pictured by Dwayne Michaels, 1975

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

The gorgeous Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) on a walk in New York, 1963

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Hugh Grant, photographer Gregory Heisler, 1984

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Tom Cruise, Ralph Macchio, Emilio Estevez, Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, K. Thomas Howell and Rob Lowe in a promotional shot, the film "Outcasts", 1983

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

James Dean and Eartha Kitt at the Catherine Dunham Dance Studio, New York, 1955

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

In February 1954, Marilyn Monroe interrupted her honeymoon with her second husband, Joe DiMaggio, to entertain the troops in Korea

The actress gave ten performances for more than 100,000 soldiers. She later described the experience as "the best thing that has ever happened to me. I've never felt like a star in my heart before. It was so cool to look down and see the guy smiling at me."

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Robert Redford and Paul Newman on the set of Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid, 1969

Newman fought for Redford, a Hollywood newcomer, to play his partner in the film.

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Family portrait: Two-year-old Elvis Presley and his parents Gladys and Vernon, 1937

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Audrey Hepburn in William Klein's photo shoot for Vogue, 1966

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Cary Grant, stylishly dressed, leaves a London hotel, 1946

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Audrey Hepburn in nervous anticipation: the best actress should be announced at the 26th Academy Awards Ceremony, 1954

That evening, the actress received her first and only Oscar for her role in the film "Roman Holiday" (1953). This film helped her become a star and a style icon. Despite this, she was very insecure and said:

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Diane Keaton and Al Pacino behind the scenes of The Godfather, 1972

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Grace Kelly buys dresses with her mom Margaret in New York, 1955

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter, 1978

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta at the premiere of "Grease" at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, 1978

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Frank Sinatra during his visit to the Royal National College for the Blind in Northwood, Middlesex, 1962

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Ingrid Bergman with her daughter Isabella Rossellini in Rome, 1962

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Nancy Sinatra with her father Frank and family friend Yul Brynner at The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, 1965

30 rare photos of Hollywood's golden age stars

Elizabeth Taylor and her husband Eddie Fisher at a boxing match, 1960

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