Golden Girl

Rare photos from Modern Screen magazine, chronicling the rise of starlet Marilyn Monroe, 1951-53.

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Stars In Stripes Forever

Skirts Ahoy

Ann Miller, c. 1940

Rita Hayworth in My Gal Sal (20th Century Fox, 1942)
Costume designer: Gwen Wakeling

Ginger Rogers in Lady In The Dark (Paramount, 1944)
Costume designer: Edith Head

Linda Darnell in Hangover Square (20th Century Fox, 1945)
Costume designer: René Hubert

Jane Russell in The French Line (RKO, 1954)
Costume designer: Michael Woulfe

Marilyn Monroe in River Of No Return (20th Century Fox, 1954)
Costume designer: Travilla

Betty Grable in Three For The Show (Columbia, 1955)
Costume designer: Jean Louis

Seeing Double

Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (20th Century Fox, 1953)

Abbey Lincoln in The Girl Can't Help It (20th Century Fox, 1956)

Sheree North in a publicity portrait, c. 1956

Travillas so nice, they used them twice.

The Gang's All Here

with Mae West

 

with Gina Lollobrigida and Carol Channing

 

with Marilyn Monroe

 

with Gloria Swanson and Tallulah Bankhead

 

with Joan Crawford

 

with George Nader

Everyone wanted a piece of the Rock.

Cold As Ice

"When they invited me to the premiere, I sent off a 200 word telegram telling why I wouldn't attend -- and I sent it collect!" -- Carol Channing on losing the film version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) to Marilyn Monroe

Put The Blame On Lamé

The original version of a soon-to-be iconic dress. Ginger Rogers in Dreamboat (Fox, 1952)

Betty Grable performing on an episode of Shower Of Stars (CBS, 1954)

Marilyn Mawell performing onstage in Las Vegas, 1954

Jeanne Crain and Paul Brinkman at the premiere of Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (UA, 1955)

Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay at the premiere of The Spirit Of St. Louis (Warner Bros., 1957)

The legendary version. Publicity for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Fox, 1953)

A Fellow Needs A Girl

Montgomery Clift and Marilyn Monroe

Roddy McDowall and Elizabeth Taylor

Cesar Romero and Joan Crawford

Rock Hudson and Judy Garland

Mart Crowley and Natalie Wood

It's A Fact!

 

 

MARILYN MONROE

June 1, 1926 - August 5, 1962

 

 

 

PAT BOONE

June 1, 1934

 

Geminis have more fun.

Only Her Hairdresser Knows For Sure

 

 

 

 

 

KENNETH BATTELLE

April 19, 1927 - May 12, 2013

Stolen Moments

 

Marlene Dietrich in No Highway in the Sky (20th Century Fox, 1951)
Designer: Christian Dior

Greer Garson in Her Twelve Men (MGM, 1954)
Designer: Helen Rose

Sophia Loren in furs by Révillon Frères, 1959

Rita Hayworth in Pal Joey (Columbia, 1957)
Designer: Jean Louis

 

Marilyn Monroe by Bert Stern, 1962

Mamie Van Doren in Ceil Chapman, 1954

Ava Gardner in The Barefoot Contessa (United Artists, 1954)
Designer: Fontana

Joan Fontaine in Serenade (Warner Bros., 1956)
Designer: Howard Shoup

Joan Crawford by Eve Arnold, 1959

Elizabeth Taylor, c. 1957

If you've got 'em, sling 'em.