mardi 27 septembre 2016

The Most Famous Hollywood Legends Photos

By Matthew Butler


The home of the American cinema is a gold mine of beautiful photos that tell stories. A contributing factor could be the interesting subjects in the photographs. Hollywood is a place where the lights are as blinding as the fame. Iconic photographs give the public an idea of what these legends are like.

Some of these photos can go from sweet to eerie to controversial. The best stories come from Hollywood legends photos. These icons are legends for a reason. The golden age churns out the best set of photos and the most riveting stories behind them.

Marilyn Monroe is an icon that has been celebrated in pop culture even to this day. A famous snapshot taken while filming The Seven Year Itch has Monroe emerged from a theater in New York in Lexington Avenue. A breeze passed by lifting Monroes skirt while on lookers try to take a peak.

A picture of Audrey Hepburn on a sleeveless black dress from her torso up and her accessorized with a diamond tiara and necklace is a very renown portrait shot from the film Breakfast at Tiffanys. This has Hepburn with her left hand gripping a cigarette holder while leaning her face on her right hand. The photo is so famous pop art is created to reference the photo even now.

The amazing friendship between James Dean and Dennis Stock produced a gallery of many striking photos. Stock would take pictures of Dean in scenic settings showing the life the actor had behind the camera, even before James Dean became a household name. The most notable photo of young, rebellious James Dean is one of him smoking a cigarette while walking under the rain in Times Square. Promptly, the photo is named On Times Square.

Nothing else can stop time and freeze a love story into a moment than a photograph. A notable photo has Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor where Hudson holds Liz Taylor by the shoulders really close, their face nearing to a kiss. This was for the film in 1956 called Giant one that garnered an Academy Award nomination for Hudson.

What else could be more star studded than a photo with three legendary cinema icons. A very famous photo would be one of Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart with a laughing Marilyn Monroe on the seats of a theater. Bagall and Boggart were a celebrated Hollywood couple. This was for the movie premier of How to marry a millionaire.

Fred Astaire the man of musical films. Everybody dame wanted to be his dance partner. His chemistry with Ginger Rogers made them a reputable pair which resulted to ten Hollywood musicals together. As famous portrait with the actor from movie in 1941 called You will Never Get Rich is one any fan can remember. A very charming Astaire was gripping his white bow tie, looking to his right with a smug smile.

These pictures of the golden age is a great way to go through the memory lane of cinema. Thanks to photographs we have a way to relive the beauty and elegance the golden age of American cinema has left even after its stars have passed on to the next life. These film legends will forever leave their mark in the world.




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