1977, ISBN: 9780486235462

New York: Dover Publications Inc.. Very Good. 1977. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Quarto 0486235467 Paperback Paperback. Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties. 163 Glamour Photos. The Hollywod of the Forties brings many images to mind. Do you remember the most famous pinup of them all? Betty Grable smiling at ypu all through World War II. The original sweater girl, Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth in all her glory. The stunning and stauesque Ava Gardner. A definat, scantily clad Jane Russesl standing near the bay. Bogart, Garfield, Kirk Douglas, Judy Garland. The brooding Robert Mitcham, the brute power of Burt Lancaster, the alienated Montomery Clift, the animal menace of Marlon Brando. And perhaps rhe last of the studio pinups, the fragile and beautiful Marilyn Monroe. These flesh and blood fantasies, and many others, are here - 106 stars in 163 full-page glamour photos by 24 leading Hollywood photographers. In a lively introduction, illustrated by 10 pictures of the stars off the set, Mr.Kobal discusses the people and films of the Forties, the importance of these photos and the photographers who took them, and their magical appesl to movie fans. The captions give the years, photographers, studio, the movies that many of the portraits are associated with and costume designer. Originally printed in fan magazines, on posters, and in fashion spreads, these portraits are legendary. They are part of almost everyone's past, part of their dreams and fantasies. Illustrated throughout. 163 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) ., Dover Publications Inc., 1977, 3

ISBN: 9780486235462

The Hollywood of the Forties brings many images to mind. Do you remember the most famous pinup of them all? Betty Grable smiling at you all through World War II. The original sweater girl, Lana Turner. Rita Hayworth in all her glory. The stunning and statuesque Ava Gardner. A defiant, scantily clad Jane Russell standing near the hay. Bogart, Garfield, Kirk Douglas, Judy Garland. The brooding Robert Mitchum, the brute power of Burt Lancaster, the alienated Montgomery Clift, the animal menace of Marlon Brando. And perhaps the last of the studio pinups, the fragile and beautiful Marilyn Monroe. These flesh and blood fantasies, and many others, are here -- 106 stars in 163 full-page glamour photos by 24 leading Hollywood photographers.The pictures these photographic artists took span the period from the outbreak of World War II to the Korean conflict of 1951. As John Kobal writes in his informative introduction. "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. 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 captions give the year, photographer, studio, the movies that many of the portraits are associated with, and the costume designer. Originally printed in fan magazines, on posters, and in fashion spreads, these portraits are legendary. They are part of almost everyone's past, part of their dreams and fantasies. Books List_Books, [PU: Dover Publications]

1977, ISBN: 9780486235462

NY: DOVER.. Fine. 1977. First Edition. Close to fine in oversize pictorial printed wrappers. (Trace of mild edgewear at fore edge of front cover, affecting a few additional pages, but only minutely. Couple of lightly ceased page tips) ., DOVER., 1977, 5, NY: Dover, 1977. FINE condition in FINE original photo wraps. SOFTCOVER. 1977. FIRST EDITION. '163 Glamor Photos' on white glossy paper in stiff black and white photo wraps. Includes six-page Introduction. Oversize, octavo/8vo. Square and tight, UNREAD, no creasing. Breath of toning to inside cover edges, else FINE. Interesting they chose to use Glamor over the preferred Glamour.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Original Wraps., Dover, 1977, 5, Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1977. Softcover. VG (Tiny nick on the front cover; otherwise pristine.). Black & BW illus. wraps, 162 pp., profusely illus. in BW. "100 stars in 163 full-page glamor photos by 24 leading Hollywood photographers." (inside cover) It all adds up to sheer browsing joy., Dover Publications, Inc, 1977, 3

1977, ISBN: 0486235467

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ISBN: 9780486235462

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