Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties

GREAT PRODUCT FOR A GREAT PRICE AND YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT THE STARS LOOKED LIKE IN YESTERYEAR AND THAT IS A GOOD THING SOME OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE OF ALL TIMES

A great reference book for artists or anyone who is a fan of Old Hollywood. This book is full of black and white portraits of the big name stars and some of the not as famous ones too. There is some text in the front of the book for reading, but most of the book is comprised of photos.: head shots and full body portraits too. i just wished there were more photos of Burt Lancaster - there is only one.

I was going to use it for art reference which it served well. I wish it had some of the colorized portraits in the mix though. All in all a great book.

I bought this book because it reminded me of my mother, who loved the movies. She used to buy the star magazines of the times and cut and pasted three scrapbooks with pictures, some of which I recognized in this book. My kids played with the scrapbooks, which got a little ragged, so I threw them out....oh, the unsentimentality of youth. I would love to have the books now, but since I can't ,Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties comes in a nice second. The pictures are beautiful and even if you don't remember the stars, (I do), you will enjoy the glamour and real sexiness of those movie stars of yore.

If you are into styles of the forties and want to see some beautiful photos of actresses and actors of the past , this is a great book.It makes a great coffee table item in any Salon or retro dress shop! Photo's are of high quality. If you are looking to go to a costume party as one of the pin-up girls you can get some great ideas from this book.

This is a great little book! It had lots of interesting photos, many I'd never seen before. I was especially happy to see so many pictures of Rita Hayworth, my favorite 40s siren.Also, there's not much text in this book, so just be aware that it's really more the kind of book to flip through, rather than read about the people in the photographs.

As a wannabe portrait artist, I bought this to practice on old movie stars. The book is better than I could have hoped for. The photos are wonderful. I love old movies anyhow and this book makes me appreciate them more.

If you love old style Hollywood photography this book is a must for your collection. My only wish was that it showed some of the lighting and techniques used to take the images. But as far as a straight forward picture book goes even if your not a photographer you'll enjoy the great looks and drama from the past.

Achei que o livro estava bem mais clean ,sem que a capa interna estivesse amareladas e com um odor,cheiro de coisa antiga tipo umidade (mofo) .Isto muito me incomodou ,pois sou uma pessoa bem e

A beautiful book to add to my collection. It came in very good condition.

Great photographs from a time that glamour was very important.

Good condition

interesting selection of photos could do with a bit more explanatory text