The Amazing Lauren Bacall by Nina Leen for Life Magazine (1945)

Lauren Bacall (1924 – 2014) began her career in the 1940s as a model, before making her debut as a leading lady with Humphrey Bogart in the film To Have and Have Not in 1944. She continued in the film noir genre with appearances with Bogart in The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948).

Portrait of Lauren Bacall by Nina Leen, 1945 via

Portrait of Lauren Bacall by Nina Leen, 1945 via

Portrait of Lauren Bacall by Nina Leen, 1945 via

Portrait of Lauren Bacall by Nina Leen, 1945 via

Portrait of Lauren Bacall by Nina Leen, 1945 via

The Great Gatsby (1949)

The Great Gatsby, 1949 via

Graceful and Elegant Photos of Greta Garbo by Cecil Beaton (1946)

Greta Garbo by Cecil Beaton, 1946 © Cecil Beaton Studio Archive, Sotheby’s London via

Greta Garbo by Cecil Beaton, 1946 © Cecil Beaton Studio Archive, Sotheby’s London via

Greta Garbo by Cecil Beaton, 1946 © Cecil Beaton Studio Archive, Sotheby’s London via

Greta Garbo by Cecil Beaton, 1946 © Cecil Beaton Studio Archive, Sotheby’s London via

Greta Garbo by Cecil Beaton, 1946 © Cecil Beaton Studio Archive, Sotheby’s London via

Greta Garbo by Cecil Beaton, 1946 © Cecil Beaton Studio Archive, Sotheby’s London via

Greta Garbo by Cecil Beaton, 1946 © Cecil Beaton Studio Archive, Sotheby’s London via

Greta Garbo by Cecil Beaton, 1946 © Cecil Beaton Studio Archive, Sotheby’s London via

Ingrid Bergman in War Romance Arch of Triumph (1948)

Arch of Triumph is a 1948 American war romance film starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer and Charles Laughton. It was directed by Lewis Milestone and is based on the 1945 novel Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque, which he wrote during his nine-year exile in the United States.

Portrait of Ingrid Bergman in Arch of Triumph directed by Lewis Milestone, 1948. Photo by Peter Stackpole via

Portrait of Ingrid Bergman in Arch of Triumph directed by Lewis Milestone, 1948. Photo by Peter Stackpole via

Portrait of Ingrid Bergman in Arch of Triumph directed by Lewis Milestone, 1948. Photo by Peter Stackpole via

Portrait of Ingrid Bergman in Arch of Triumph directed by Lewis Milestone, 1948. Photo by Peter Stackpole via

Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946)

Rita Hayworth as Gilda, 1946 via

Rita Hayworth as Gilda, 1946 via

Rita Hayworth as Gilda, 1946 via

Amazing Photos of Rita Hayworth & Prince Aly Khan Wedding (1948)

In 1948, at the height of her fame, Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth left her film career to marry Prince Aly Khan, a son of Sultan Mahommed Shah, Aga Khan III, the leader of the Ismaili sect of Shia Islam. Because Hayworth was already one of the most well-known celebrities in the world, the courtship and the wedding received enormous press coverage around the world.

They were married on May 27, 1949. Rita Hayworth wore a Jacques Fath dress as her wedding dress. The wedding marked the first time a Hollywood actress became a princess.

On December 28, 1949, Hayworth gave birth to the couple’s only daughter, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan.

Though Hayworth was anxious to start a new life abroad, away from Hollywood, Aly Khan’s flamboyant lifestyle and duties proved too difficult for Hayworth. She struggled to fit in with his friends, and found it difficult to learn French. Aly Khan was also known in circles as a playboy, and it was suspected that he had been unfaithful to Hayworth during the marriage. In 1951, Hayworth set sail with her two daughters for New York. Although the couple did reconcile for a short time, they officially divorced by 1953.

Rita Hayworth on her wedding day, 1948 via

 Rita Hayworth wore a Jacques Fath dress for her wedding to Prince Aly Khan via

Rita Hayworth riding in a car with her husband Ali Khan after their wedding at Vallauris to the reception at Chateau de l’Horizon, May 27, 1949. Photo by Nat Farbman via

Prince Ali Khan and Rita Hayworth cutting into their wedding cake at Khan’s Riviera Chateau de L’Horizon, May 27, 1949. Photo by Nat Farbman  via

Rita Hayworth at Chateau de l’Horizon with Prince Aga Khan and his fourth wife, May 27, 1949. Photo by Nat Farbman  via

Rita Hayworth and Prince Ali Khan at Chateau de l’Horizon, May 27, 1949. Photo by Nat Farbman  via

During the wedding reception of Rita Hayworth and Prince Ali Khan at Chateau de l’Horizon, May 27, 1949. Photo by Nat Farbman  via

During the wedding reception of Rita Hayworth and Prince Ali Khan at Chateau de l’Horizon their initials float in the pool, May 27, 1949. Photo by Nat Farbman  via

Elizabeth Taylor by Clarence Sinclair Bull (1947)

Clarence Sinclair Bull, Elizabeth Taylor Looking Upward, Fine Art Print, 1947 via

Bogart and Bacall For Film Noir Classic “The Big Sleep” (1946)

Bogart (as Philip Marlowe ) and Bacall (as Vivian Rutledge) for The Big Sleep, 1946 via

Bogart (as Philip Marlowe ) and Bacall (as Vivian Rutledge) for The Big Sleep, 1946 via

Bogart (as Philip Marlowe ) and Bacall (as Vivian Rutledge) for The Big Sleep, 1946 via

Hedy Lamarr in Samson and Delilah (1949)

Samson and Delilah is a 1949 American romantic biblical drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and released by Paramount Pictures. It depicts the biblical story of Samson, a strongman whose secret lies in his uncut hair, and his love for Delilah, the woman who seduces him, discovers his secret, and then betrays him to the Philistines. It stars Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature in the title roles, George Sanders as the Saran, Angela Lansbury as Semadar, and Henry Wilcoxon as Ahtur.

At the 23rd Academy Awards on March 29, 1951, Samson and Delilah won for Best Color Art Direction (art directors Hans Dreier and Walter H. Tyler and set decorators Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer) and Best Color Costume Design (Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, and Gwen Wakeling)

Hedy Lamarr in Samson and Delilah, 1949 via

Hedy Lamarr in Samson and Delilah, 1949 via

Hedy Lamarr in Samson and Delilah, 1949 via

Hedy Lamarr in Samson and Delilah, 1949 via

Vivien Leigh in Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)

1945: Vivien Leigh (1913 – 1967) in her costume for George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’, directed in Technicolour by Gabriel Pascal at Denham Studios via

1945: Vivien Leigh (1913 – 1967) in her costume for George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’, directed in Technicolour by Gabriel Pascal at Denham Studios via