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    Beautiful Carole Lombard, early 1930s.

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Iconic Marlene Dietrich in The Devil Is A Woman (1935) directed by Josef Von Sternberg.

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Beautiful Bette Davis in her early glamour era.

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VAMP!

GLITTERING VAMP: JETTA GOUDAL

Another succesful vamp of the 1920s, although rumor has it that she became impossible to work with, and studios refused to employ her. She was, however, one of the great box-office draws of the mid to late 20s.

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THE UNTAMABLE JOAN CRAWFORD in a short overview of her silent career: (from top to bottom)

As herself (Lucille LeSueur) in Miss MGM a short promotional feature (1925), as Jane in The Boob (1926) a romantic comedy starring Geoge K. Arthur, in The Unknown (1927) as the beautiful Nanon opposite mega-star Lon Chaney.

In the 1928 she achieved stardom as Diana “Dangerous” Medford in the stylish classic Our Dancing Daughters (1928) and continued with the flapper craze starring in the sequel Our Modern Maidens (1929) as Billie Brown, opposite Douglas Fairbanks Jr. with whom she would marry turning herself into a real Hollywood Princess.

Although I am only mentioning 5 features, Joan Crawford appeared in over 30 silent features either as an extra, or feature player. Her 2 last collaborations in the 1920s were in color and talkies! with The Hollywood Revue of 1929, an all dancing, all talking, 2 strip-color monstrosity; and Untamed (1929) her first real talkie.

As Conrad Nagel introduced her in The Hollywood Revue, by 1929, she was at the top and the personification of youth. The best was yet to come for Joan.

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MARLENE DIETRICH  LEG-VOLUTION THROUGHOUT THE YEARS: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s & 1970s.

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Barbara Lamarr DEAD

Barbara La Marr´s corpse. 

The girl who was too beautiful to live died in 1926 in obscure circumstances. Her drug and alcohol abuse and her agitated lifestyle contributed to her death. Being one of the early super-beautiful stars and Mayer´s favorite, she was later honored by having her last name passed to another super beautiful woman: Hedy Lamarr.

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STUNNING NORMA SHEARER

In costume for Marie Antoinette (1938)

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Greta Garbo by Joe Grant in Mickeys Gala Premiere (1933)

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Bebe Daniels

Bebe Daniels

Bebe´s picture showing all her “accidents” while filming.

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Jean Harlow 1929

Young starlet Jean Harlow posing nude for an outdoor photoshoot. Soon she would become the decade´s leading sex symbol as well as the first big blond bombshell.

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Catherine Deneuve

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MARLENE DIETRICH & VON STERNBERG COLLABORATIONS

(from top to bottom)

1) The  Blue Angel (1930)

2) Morocco (1930)

3) Dishonored (1931)

4) Shanghai Express (1932)

5) Blonde Venus (1932)

6) Scarlet Empress (1934)

7) The devil  is  a woman  (1935)

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HEDY LAMARR seen here in Algiers (1938)

She was the last great star to emerge out of the 1930s and by far the most beautiful of them all.

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BETTE DAVIS

One of the most temperamental stars of all times - and one of the most talented too - Queen B, seen here in a still from Jezebel (1938) for which she won her second Oscar and the film in which she thought to be at her most beautiful.

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ANNA MAY WONG

Exotic Anna made a succesful transition to talkies, but due to racial discrimination she was relegated  to supporting roles. Her star quality  however, was unquestionable, particularly after Shanghai Express (1932), in which she played  opposite Marlene  Dietrich.

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KAY FRANCIS

Kay Francis was a huge star in the early to mid-thirties and she reigned supreme in Warner Borthers as the top female draw, until her own lack of interest gradually dimmed her light. Bette Davis would come forward, fearlessly.