Stars of Hollywood's Golden Age in Black and White Album of Glamorous Beach Photos

Screen goddesses from the mid-1920s to the late 1970s, including legends like Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner and Greta Garbo, in a stunning collection of black and white photographs taken on the beaches of Los Angeles.

During Hollywood's golden age, Los Angeles offered the perfect place to unwind after long, arduous shoots in the nearby studios. As now, it was a place to see and be seen. The unique collection ranges from the silent era and legends like Estelle Taylor and Pola Negri to late 1970s actresses Bo Derek and Diane Keaton.

1. Marilyn Monroe takes a break from filming in the 1950s on a Los Angeles beach. Her last completed film was The Misfits (1961), in which she starred with Clark Gable. The actress died of an overdose the following year.

2. Ava Gardner on the beach in the 1940s. Her breakthrough role was in the film The Killers (1946). Gardner became one of Hollywood's leading actresses and one of the most beautiful women of her time.

3. Marjorie Hellen, star of The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and Rocket to the Moon (1958), in a white lace-collared, pearl-studded swimsuit on a Los Angeles beach in 1956. The actress later changed her name to Leslie Parrish.

4. Actress and host Christina Ferrare on the beach in a bikini in 1967. After a brief role in an episode of Batman, Ferrare starred with David Niven in The Impossible Years (1968) and with Cliff Robertson in J.W. Coop (1971). Today, she is known as the host of the Hallmark Channel show Home & Family.

5. Actress Lucille Ball also showed up at a Los Angeles beach in the dress she wore in Best Foot Forward (1943). Ball is best known for her role in the sitcom I Love Lucy. She has been nominated for an Emmy Award 13 times and won four.

6. The amazing Lithuanian-American actress Ruth Roman, known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Strangers on a Train (1951).

7. Merle Oberon, who starred in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), watches beach life through binoculars from her home on Trunca Beach in 1948.

8. June Clyde, who began her career at the age of seven on the vaudeville stage and then starred in 60 films, covered herself with cellophane to avoid getting sunburned. 1932.

9. Bo Derek with pigtails, best known for her role as Samantha Taylor in the 1979 film 10.

10. Diane Keaton and Woody Allen on a Los Angeles beach in the 1978 film Annie Hall.

11. French actress Annabella, who appeared in 46 films between 1927 and 1952. Here the actress is on a Los Angeles beach in 1935.

12. Frances Dee on the beach with her German Shepherd in 1933.

13. Actress Dorothy Arnold with her husband, baseball legend Joe DiMaggio, in May 1952.

14. Lillian Tashman in a white and blue silk suit in 1931.

15. Mary Howard and Anne Morris in early 1940s swimsuits in the summer of 1941.

16. Miriam Hopkins playing backgammon on the beach after filming of The Smiling Lieutenant in 1931.

17. Pop group The Monkees - David Jones, Peter Tork, Mikey Braddock and Michael Blessing - have fun on the beach in 1966.

18. Actress Pola Negri relaxes on the beach in Santa Monica, circa 1925.

19. Estelle Taylor, one of the biggest stars of silent films, listens to the radio on a beach near Hollywood in 1924.

20. Greta Garbo takes a bath shortly after arriving in Hollywood in 1926.