George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits 1925-1992

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Fabulous montage of new insights, new portraits, and behind-the-scenes stories spanning Hurrell's entire career.;Table of Contents; Foreword by Sharon Stone; Preface; Introduction; 1. Southern California in the 1920s; Laguna Beach; The Granada Shoppes and Studios; ""When My Baby Smiles at Me""; 2. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; More Stars than there are in Heaven; Inventing the Glamour Portrait; The Gilded Cage; 3. Hurrell Photography; ""I Wish I Looked Like That""; The Hurrell Style; The Icons; The Patron; The Muse; The Straw Boss; 4. Warner Bros.; ""Oomph""; Shiny Wax Fruit; 5. Rodeo Drive; The Photographer as Star; The Outlaw; Columbia Pictures; 6. The Fall from Grace; War and Scandal; The Lean Years. Table of Contents Foreword by Sharon Stone Preface Introduction 1. Southern California in the 1920s Laguna Beach The Granada Shoppes and Studios ""When My Baby Smiles at Me"" 2. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer More Stars than there are in Heaven Inventing the Glamour Portrait The Gilded Cage 3. Hurrell Photography ""I Wish I Looked Like That"" The Hurrell Style The Icons The Patron The Muse The Straw Boss 4. Warner Bros. ""Oomph"" Shiny Wax Fruit 5. Rodeo Drive The Photographer as Star The Outlaw Columbia Pictures 6. The Fall from Grace War and Scandal The Lean Years. The Collectors7. Return from the Ashes The Negatives The Big Hurt The Milestone 8. The Living Legend The Machine Genius and Meanness Reflections in a Lens Epilogue Selected Chronology Collecting Hurrell Bibliography Notes to the Text Index Acknowledgments.