Displaying 1 of 1 2013 Format: Book Author: Vieira, Mark A., 1950- author. Title: George Hurrell's Hollywood : glamour portraits 1925-1992 / Mark A. Vieira. Publisher, Date: Philadelphia : Running Press, [2013] ©2013 Description: 416 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm Summary: Collects more than four hundred photographs of Hollywood stars captured by George Hurrell, creator of the glamour shot, and looks at the photographer's up and down career. Subjects: Hurrell, George, 1904-1992. Glamour photography. Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Portraits. Portrait photography. Other Author: Hurrell, George, 1904-1992, photographer. Notes: "Images from the collections of Michael H. Epstein & Scott E. Schwimer and Ben S. Carbonetto." Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-411) and index. Contents: Foreword / by Sharon Stone -- Southern California in the 1920s. Laguna Beach ; The Granada Shoppes and Studios ; "When my baby smiles at me" -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. More stars than there are in heaven ; Inventing the glamour portrait ; The gilded cage -- Hurrell photography. "I wish I looked like that" ; The Hurrell style ; The icons ; The patron ; The muse ; The straw boss -- Warner Bros. "Oomph!" ; Shiny wax fruit -- Rodeo Drive. The photographer as star ; The Outlaw ; Columbia Pictures -- The fall from grace. War and scandal ; The lean years ; The collectors -- Return from the ashes. The negatives ; The big hurt ; The milestone -- The living legend. The machine ; Genius and meanness ; Reflections in a lens -- Epilogue. Selected chronology ; Collecting Hurrell ; Notes to text. Web Site: Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2013937706 ISBN: 9780762450398 0762450398 Other Number: 826685329 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 711314 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 779.2092 Hurrell Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
