The Hollywood of the Forties brings many images to mind.
They are part of almost everyone\'s past, part of their dreams and fantasies..
Originally printed in fan magazines, on posters, and in fashion spreads, these Portraits are legendary.
The captions give the year, photographer, studio, the movies that many of the Portraits are associated with, and the costume designer.
Kobal discusses the people and films of the Forties, the importance of these photos and the photographers who took them, and their magical appeal to movie fans. ``The Forties were the years of Old Hollywood\'s last stand, though the people concerned didn\'t know it.`` In a lively introduction, illustrated by ten pictures of the stars off the set, Mr.
As John Kobal writes in his informative introduction.
The pictures these photographic artists took span the period from the outbreak of World War II to the Korean conflict of 1951.
These flesh and blood fantasies, and many others, are here -- 106 stars in 163 full-page glamour photos by 24 leading Hollywood photographers.
And perhaps the last of the studio pinups, the fragile and beautiful Marilyn Monroe.
The brooding Robert Mitchum, the brute power of Burt Lancaster, the alienated Montgomery Clift, the animal menace of Marlon Brando.
Bogart, Garfield, Kirk Douglas, Judy Garland.
A defiant, scantily clad Jane Russell standing near the hay.
The stunning and statuesque Ava Gardner.
Rita Hayworth in all her glory.
The original sweater girl, Lana Turner.
Do you remember the most famous pinup of them all? Betty Grable smiling at you all through World War II.
The Hollywood of the Forties brings many images to mind
