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Post by Monk's Moll on Aug 23, 2012 22:07:50 GMT
Wow, that is one stunning photo of Barbara  ! She looked great as she got older but seeing this, she's breathtaking . |
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Post by woofy on Aug 23, 2012 23:58:35 GMT
Wow, that is one stunning photo of Barbara ! She looked great as she got older but seeing this, she's breathtaking . Yes, that's one of my favorite photos of Babs. I like to think that the young Ruby/Barbara was "beautiful and natural". The older Barbara was "beautiful and glamorous". |
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Post by woofy on Aug 24, 2012 0:06:20 GMT
Today's posts: Mar. 1932 - Miriam Hopkins Apr. 1932 - Norma Shearer May 1932 - Sidney Fox Jun. 1932 - Madge Evans     |
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Post by Mrs Vindecco on Aug 24, 2012 9:48:09 GMT
Thanks for continuing to post these Woofy. They are absolutely gorgeous. As always, I'm loving the article headings "Do you want a new Personality?" and "The Hollywood Stars Tell You How To Be Beautiful". I am amazed that so early on, the powers that be were telling average Joe or (in this case Josephine) Public were being told they were really not jut good enough and should inspire to be like those chirpy folk in Hollywood. I like to think way back then, most people had more pressing matters on their mind.
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Post by Mrs Vindecco on Aug 24, 2012 9:56:27 GMT
Has anyone noticed that about 80% of the actresses pictured on the cover of Photoplay have blue eyes? (I have blue eyes, but I've yet to be asked to appear on any magazine covers...) Are they all genuinely blue-eyed or was this merely an artistic interpretation? |
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Post by Mrs Vindecco on Aug 24, 2012 10:07:02 GMT
I like the look on Ina Claire and Mary Astor's faces. Ina seems to say "Do I look silly as a floating head?", while Mary says "I feel so light and carefree!" Seriously though, these are gorgeous covers. I especially love the one of Barbara Stanwyck, so fresh-faced and beautiful I also wonder whether the actors had final approval on the covers... Ruby Stevens is my all-time favorite actress. It's amazing how different the young "Barbara" looks from the middle-aged version. I guess that's what Hollywood makeup artists can do for (or against?) you.  That's such a beautiful photo. I can't believe how different Barbara Stanwyck looks here. Very pretty and young, but somehow (I'll probably not make sense here) quite like a modern woman from today. I don't think she'd look too out of place with a lot of the girls in fashion magazines and films of TV. Sometimes make-up and hair, definately pidgeon-holes certain actresses, but here Barbara looks quite timeless, if this makes any sense. |
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Post by woofy on Aug 24, 2012 20:43:28 GMT
That's such a beautiful photo. I can't believe how different Barbara Stanwyck looks here. Very pretty and young, but somehow (I'll probably not make sense here) quite like a modern woman from today. I don't think she'd look too out of place with a lot of the girls in fashion magazines and films of TV. Sometimes make-up and hair, definately pidgeon-holes certain actresses, but here Barbara looks quite timeless, if this makes any sense. It makes sense. One of my favorite picture books is Masters of Starlight. (The double meaning of the title is intentional.) It demonstrates what fashion, makeup and (especially) lighting can do to enhance the appearance of the various stars. A critical year for Barbara Stanwyck was 1938. It was the year she made The Mad Miss Manton and from that point on all her film vehicles were starring turns. When she made the leap from B roles to A roles, she fell into the clutches of the moguls of the dream factories. In 1938 Babs was already in her 30s and studio heads wanted to protect their investments. Hence the switch to the glamorous Barbara of 1939 and Golden Boy. The 1940s were so stylized with their outlandish fashions and hairstyles, that the innocent Barbara of the pre-code days could never make another appearance. Not that she wasn't still beautiful. My favorite Stanwyck film is Ball Of Fire and I don't believe Barbara ever looked more beautiful. But her mature beauty was more than a stone's throw from the innocent beauty of ten years earlier. But I agree with you. To see the true beauty of Barbara Stanwyck, look to her early pictures. |
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Post by woofy on Aug 28, 2012 23:27:12 GMT
For today: Jul. 1932 - Kay Francis Aug. 1932 - Jean Harlow Sep. 1932 - Gary Cooper & Tallulah Bankhead Oct. 1932 - Irene Dunne     |
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Post by Mrs Vindecco on Sept 10, 2012 12:28:35 GMT
How often were men on the cover? I just thought the magazines would market to the fan-girl sorts.
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Post by woofy on Sept 11, 2012 0:02:22 GMT
How often were men on the cover? I just thought the magazines would market to the fan-girl sorts. Of the 206 covers I have only eleven of them have men on the cover (and only seven of them are of men by themselves). The first solo male cover was of Tyrone Power in April 1940. He also appeared on the cover in 1946. Bing Crosby appears twice, once along with his children. The other solo covers are Cornel Wilde, Van Johnson, and Alan Ladd. The "duets" are Dick Powell & Marion Davies, Tallulah Bankhead & Gary Cooper, Jean Harlow & Robert Taylor, and Greta Garbo & Clark Gable. Shirley Temple appeared as a child in January 1935 and March 1936 and as an adult with her own baby in August 1948. During WWII there were two "special" covers: the August 1942 cover featured a large US flag with inset small pictures of the stars who had gone off to war and the July 1944 featured a picture of a $100 Series E US Savings Bond. The other 190 covers are of female stars. The July 1937 cover of Priscilla Lane was the first time a photograph was used for the cover instead of a drawing. From that date on, photos were used almost exclusively. |
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Post by woofy on Sept 11, 2012 10:35:35 GMT
Today's posting: Nov. 1932 - Joan Crawford Dec. 1932 - Janet Gaynor Jan. 1933 - Greta Garbo Feb. 1933 - Joan Bennett     |
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Post by Mrs Vindecco on Sept 11, 2012 21:17:02 GMT
A brilliant selection again Woofy. I think my favourite covers are of the actresses I'm less familair with. Having said that, I know Joan Bennett, but love that cover. It really screams early Thirties!
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Post by woofy on Sept 12, 2012 0:32:11 GMT
A brilliant selection again Woofy. I think my favourite covers are of the actresses I'm less familair with. Having said that, I know Joan Bennett, but love that cover. It really screams early Thirties! Americans of my generation first got to know Joan Bennett as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard on Dark Shadows (late 1960s). I didn't realize she had been a movie star in the 1930s and 1940s until much later and that she was the sister of Constance Bennett. When I encounter an actress (or actor) with whom I'm not familiar, I immediately look them up on IMDb. I usually find that I've seen many of the films they've been in even if I didn't recall the face. |
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Post by Mrs Vindecco on Sept 12, 2012 15:51:25 GMT
I knew Joan Bennett from Little Women. My Grandmother made me watch that.
IMDB is a great resource. For years I would see someone I knew and recognised and could never put my finger on it, but now if I see someone or hear a name I think I know, I go straight on there.
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Post by woofy on Sept 13, 2012 20:54:19 GMT
It's appropriate that today's posting begins with birthday girl Claudette Colbert: Mar. 1933 - Claudette Colbert Apr. 1933 - Norma Shearer May 1933 - Nancy Carroll Jun. 1933 - Bette Davis     |
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! She looked great as she got older but seeing this, she's breathtaking 
