Cinema

Studio-era publicity, the pin-up and the magazine cover, and film as the machine that made a face famous.

Part of Beauty Standards

105 moments in this segment.

  1. - Sophia Western. A March 20 1800 pin-up type print (or one of the "fancy pieces in aquatint and stipple depicting pretty girls in flimsy dresses [which] formed a large part of the business of many printsellers at the turn of the nineteenth century", as it's described in the book English Prints for the Collector by Stephen Calloway). Engraved by J.C.
  2. - Mackenzie Saturday Magazine. Colin Mackenzie on the cover of Saturday Magazine June 28, 1834.
  3. - Margarita Fischer 1915 newspaper publicity. Margarita Fischer or Fisher (February 12, 1886, March 11, 1975) was an American actress in silent motion pictures and stage productions. This is a newspaper publicity shot.
  4. - Harper's Bazaar Thanksgiving front and back covers, 1894. Front and back cover of Harper's Bazar [ sic ] magazine, Thanksgiving 1894, with front an illustration of woman with bowl of fruit amid fruit trees and corn. Advertisements on back cover for Royal baking powder, Baker's cocoa, Liebig's extract of beef, and Geo.
  5. - Cover--New Tip Top Weekly 28 March 1914--Owen Clancy's Happy Trail. Coverpage, New Tip Top Weekly 28 March 1914: Illus for the story, "Owen Clancy's Happy Trail" by Burt L. Standish (Gilbert Patten), illustrator unknown.
  6. - Reformation (1915) - 9. Still from the American film Reformation (1915) with Winifred Greenwood, unknown actor as policeman, Edward Coxen, and George Field, on page 7 of the March 20, 1915 Reel Life magazine. The number on the still is from the magazine page, which had stills from a few films.
  7. - Grape-Shot. English magazine illustration of a lady riding a champagne cork.
  8. - Coliseum Theatre film poster, Seattle, June 10-19, 1922. By 1915, Seattle's downtown commercial core was booming. Stimson leased lots on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Pike Street to the newly-formed Coliseum Company to build a theater designed specifically for movies, then called photoplays.
  9. - Dust 1916. Illustration of an article in The Moving Picture World for the American drama film Dust (1916).
  10. - Franklin Ritchie. Illustration of an article in The Moving Picture World.
  11. - The Gamblers. Still from the film Gamblers in Greenbacks (1916) Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actors, actresses.
  12. - The Gentle Conspiracy. Illustration of a review in The Moving Picture World of The Gentle Conspiracy (1916).
  13. - The Inner Struggle. Illustration of an article in The Moving Picture World for the film The Inner Struggle (1916).
  14. - Jack 1916 2. Illustration of a review in The Moving Picture World.
  15. - The Secret of the Submarine 2. Advertisement in Moving Picture World for the American film serial The Secret of the Submarine (1915).
  16. - The Secret of the Submarine ch 4. Advertisement in The Moving Picture World for the American film serial The Secret of the Submarine (1915).
  17. - Anna Nilsson in Who's Guilty. Advertisement in The Moving Picture World for the film Who's Guilty (1916).
  18. - Charles Dana Gibson, Artist and illustrator - NARA - 26432691. Scope and content: Original Caption: Charles Dana Gibson, Artist and illustrator; Chairman, Division of Pictorial Publicity, Committee on Public Information, Washington, D.C. Chairman of the committee appointed by the Engineer Corps, U.S.A., to recommend artists for commiss.
  19. - AussieMagazine7cover. The Front Cover of the 7th Issue of Aussie: The Australian Soldiers' Magazine.
  20. - Le chemineau (1917) - US Ad 1. American advertisement for the French film Le chemineau (1917) (English A Vagabond of France ) with Henry Krauss, on page 159 of the January 11, 1919 Moving Picture World. The ad consists of artwork and does not use any stills from the film.
  21. - Charvet négligé 1920. Illustration of an article in the French Vogue.
  22. - Arts-and-letters-Spring-1920. Cover of Arts and Letters magazine, Spring 1920.; Cover of Art Letters, Spring 1920, co-edited by w:Frank Rutter.
  23. - Detective Story Magazine -19. Cover of Detective Story Magazine. 19, 1921 | 13 CENTS | | DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE | EVERY WEEK | | The Secret of the Quarry | | by J.
  24. - Hail the Woman (1921) - Vidor. Still from the American silent film Hail the Woman (1921) with Florence Vidor and Muriel Frances Dana as the boy, page 28 of the December 1921 Photoplay.
  25. - Mother o' Mine (1921). Still from the American silent film Mother o' Mine (1921) with Betty Ross Clarke, Lloyd Hughes, Claire McDowell, page 62 of the November 1921 Photoplay.
  26. - MillerandLyles1921. A magazine cover from 1921, with a drawing of two Black men with short dark hair, in black, grey, white, and red, with a red background.
  27. - Harold Lloyd in A Sailor-Made Man. Harold Lloyd and an unknown actor in A Sailor-Made Man, from Exhibitor's Trade Review, November 26, 1921.
  28. - Hail the Woman (1921) - 10. Newspaper advertisement for the American silent film Hail the Woman (1921) with Florence Vidor and Muriel Frances Dana, on page 6 of the December 31, 1921 The Duluth Herald.
  29. - A Scena Muda 43. Front cover of the Brazilian magazine A Scena Muda, number 43, featuring American actress Barbara Bedford.
  30. - A Sailor-Made Man (1921) - 14. Still from the American film A Sailor-Made Man (1921) with Mildred Davis, Harold Lloyd, and several unidentified actresses, on page 44 of the March 25, 1922 Exhibitors Herald.
  31. - A Sailor-Made Man (1921) - 3. Still from the American film A Sailor-Made Man (1921) with Harold Lloyd, on page 66 of the February 1922 Photoplay.
  32. - Hail the Woman (1921) - 3. Still from the American silent film Hail the Woman (1921) with Theodore Roberts and Florence Vidor, page 60 of the March 1922 Photoplay.
  33. - Argosy -01--cover--The black jarl. Cover page--Argosy magazine, 01 Jan 1923, showing "The Black Jarl" of the serial of the same name by Johnston McCulley. Illustrator, "Modesty," publisher, Frank A.
  34. - Alberto vargas young. Part of the Alberto Vargas papers in the. This is believed to be the earliest surviving photograph of Alberto Vargas after arriving in the US.
  35. - Doris Kenyon by Alberto Vargas - Apr 1923 Shadowland. Actress Doris Kenyon by Alberto Vargas, on page 7 of the May 1923 Shadowland.
  36. - Julia Hoyt by Alberto Vargas - Jul 1923 Shadowland. Actress Julia Hoyt by Alberto Vargas, on page 7 of the July 1923 Shadowland.
  37. - Motion Picture cover Anna Q. Nilsson. Cover of Motion Picture featuring a portrait of Anna Q.
  38. - Motion Picture cover Mary and Doug. Cover of Motion Picture featuring a portrait of Mary (Pickford) and Doug (Fairbanks) by Alberto Vargas after a photograph by Campbell Studios.
  39. - Motion Picture cover Richard Dix. Cover of Motion Picture featuring a portrait of Richard Dix by Alberto Vargas after a photo by William Eglinton.
  40. - Motion Picture cover Alice Terry. Cover of Motion Picture featuring a portrait of Alice Terry.
  41. - Motion Picture cover Viola Dana. Portrait of Viola Dana by Alberto Vargas after a photograph by Edwin Bower Hesser.
  42. - Cactus and Rattlers--Cover page--Blue Book. Cover page of The Blue Book Magazine. Illustration by Laurence Herndon for the story, "Cactus and Rattlers".
  43. - Literarishe bleter. Cover of the Literarishe bleter magazine in which the Singer Brothers (Joshua and later Isaac) wrote.
  44. - Loot of the Lazy A--Short Stories mag -10 p 03. Heading illustration for the novella, "The Loot of the Lazy A," in Short Stories magazine 1926 Aug 10. Text: THE LOOT OF THE LAZY A | A Complete Novel | By W.
  45. - Loot of the Lazy A--Short Stories mag -10 p 17. 17, illustration for the novella, "The Loot of the Lazy A," in Short Stories magazine, 1926 Aug 10. Relevant text: "Yore gang and the Star X gang are over there in the Oreana," offered the sheriff.
  46. - Argosy -16 cover--Saga of Silver Bend. Cover page by James C. McKell for Argosy All-Story Weekly -16, apparently illustrating the serial, The Saga of Silver Bend.
  47. - Air Stories cover. Cover of the January 1929 issue of Air Stories.
  48. - Penghidoepan April 1936 cover from Indonesian National Library. An of the cover of Penghidoepan, April 1936 issue, from the Indonesian National Library collection. A Malay language, Peranakan Chinese literary magazine published in Surabaya.
  49. - Eleanor-Roosevelt-Hollywood-Victory-Caravan-1942. Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt on the White House lawn with entertainers setting out on the Hollywood Victory Caravan, a national war bond tour for the US Department of the Treasury Seated, from left: Oliver Hardy, Joan Blondell, Charlotte Greenwood, Charles Boyer, Risë Stevens, Desi Arnaz, Frank McHugh, writer Matt Brooks, James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Juanita Stark, Alma Carroll; (standing, from.
  50. - Gino Boccasile (1901-1952) WWII Italian anti-American Fascist propaganda poster 1944.... Italia liberata ('Italy liberated') World War II Italian anti-American Fascist propaganda poster (postcard?) Satirical propaganda painting by Italian commercial illustrator Gino Boccasile (1901, 1952) 1943, showing a black, smiling USA soldier ("liberator of Italy") selling out a stolen, white statue of Venus de Milo for 2 dollars Poster issued by the Italian Social Republic ( Repubblica Sociale.
  51. - Browne-Lewis-1943. Publicity photograph for the 1943 U.S. lecture tour of Sinclair Lewis and Lewis Browne.
  52. - The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12388. The British Army in Italy 1944 Gunners of 102nd Medium Regiment (Pembroke Yeomanry) choose their favourite 'pin-up girl', 2 March 1944.
  53. - Be Careful What You Say or Write. A woman in pajamas kneels, holding a picture. Behind her the poster reads 'Please, get there� and back!' 1944-O-576708 ""Pin-Up"" Security Poster.
  54. - Harry Wann paints pin-up girl 1944 (cropped). Harry Wann paints "pin-up" girl on a World War Two, P.T. boat, 21 August 1944, by Alec Iverson, from vintage negative, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 036/Item 010.
  55. - The British Army in Burma 1944 SE733. The British Army in Burma 1944 Soldiers inspect 'pin-ups' at the Royal Welsh Fusiliers' temporary camp near Indaw, 11-13 December 1944.
  56. - A Vogue Fashion display (8734836132). This is a photograph taken at some time in 1948 it shows a Vogue Fashion Display in the window of Bainbridge Co in Newcastle upon Tyne. The s part of a collection capturing the changing face of Fashion in Newcastle upon Tyne, from the 1940’s to the 1970’s.
  57. - Marilyn Monroe & Arthur Miller 1959 crop. Actress Marilyn Monroe is accompanied by her husband, playwright Arthur Miller, as she arrives at International Airport from New York to start work on a 20th Century-Fox picture.
  58. - Lena Horne publicity still. Actress Lena Horne in a publicity still for Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) by Virgil Apger / MGM.
  59. - Ike and Tina Turner 1965. Publicity photo of husband-and-wife R B duo Ike Tina Turner in 1965.
  60. - ABC publicity photo of Alec Guinness and Kenneth Tynan (1968). Publicity photo of Alec Guinness (left) and Kenneth Tynan studying the script of the ABC television color special "The Actor". The special aired on March 15, 1968 (as per this TV guide ).
  61. - Alice Coltrane 1972. Alice Coltrane in a publicity photo for promoting her album World Galaxy.
  62. - All six members of Monty Python in 1978. Publicity photo of all six members of Monty Python in Monastir, Tunisia, 1978 (left to right): John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin and Eric Idle.
  63. - Glyn Johns in studio, 1979 (cropped). Publicity still of Glyn Johns recording The Legend of Jesse James in studio in 1979.
  64. - Glyn Johns, Emmylou Harris, and Levon Helm in studio, 1979. Publicity still of Glyn Johns, Emmylou Harris, and Levon Helm recording The Legend of Jesse James in studio in 1979.
  65. - The Police "Reggatta de Blanc" (1979 A&M publicity photo). The Police in a publicity photo for their 1979 album Reggatta de Blanc.
  66. - Alice Cooper 1981. Publicity photo of Alice Cooper for the Special Forces album.
  67. - Annabella Lewin Bow Wow Wow "Solid Gold" (1983 publicity photo). Annabella Lewin, lead vocal for English New Wave group Bow Wow Wow sings "Do You Wanna Hold Me?" on "Solid Gold" the week of June 17 on (Show #145).
  68. - Styx (1983 A&M publicity photo). Muscial group Styx, in a 1983 publicity photo. Pictured from left to right; Dennis De Young, John Panozzo, James Young, Chuck Panozzo, and Tommy Shaw.
  69. - Carl Wilson 1964. This is a publicity still taken and publicly distributed to promote the subject or a work relating to the subject. As stated by film production expert Eve Light Honthaner in The Complete Film Production Handbook (Focal Press, 2001, p.
  70. - Australian Pin Ups Of World War 2. Australian servicemen's pin-up imagery from the Second World War is collected together, covering locally drawn and photographed figures and where the pictures were printed and posted.
  71. - Pathe's Beauty Contest 3 (1920). Contestants line up on a British seaside stage in 1920 while judges walk the row, one of the earliest filmed records of a beauty competition.
  72. - Beauty Competition AKA Pathe's Beauty Competition (1920). Silent newsreel of a 1920 competition, with entrants presented in bathing costumes and cloaks before a crowd of onlookers.
  73. - Beauty Competition (1920). Women assemble for judging in a 1920 competition; the camera holds on faces and costumes in the manner newsreel houses used to fill a programme.
  74. - Pathe's Beauty Contest (1920). An outdoor 1920 contest plays out with sashed entrants, a judging panel and a prize presentation, filmed for cinema audiences as light entertainment.
  75. - Pathe's Beauty Contest 2 (1920). Another 1920 competition reel, with entrants walking a marked line for a panel and the winner presented to the audience at the close.
  76. - 1960s Swinging London Fashion, Stylish Women, Biba, Archive Footage. Shoppers and models move through 1960s London boutiques including Biba, in mini skirts, geometric cuts and heavy eye makeup.
  77. - History Brief: 1920s Flappers. A short classroom account of 1920s American women who cut their hair short, shortened hemlines and took up smoking and dancing in public, and the older generation's reaction to it.
  78. - Hollywood stars' make-up through the ages. Screen makeup shifts from heavy greasepaint built for orthochromatic stock to the lighter foundations Technicolor demanded, told through the products and techniques used on set.
  79. - THE ULTIMATE FASHION HISTORY: The 1950s. Postwar silhouettes from Dior's New Look through the American ready-to-wear boom are surveyed decade by decade, with the corsetry, girdles and hair setting that the shape required.
  80. - How to be Pretty - 1940's Guide for High School Girls [in Restored Colour ]. A 1940s instructional film for American high school girls lays out posture, grooming, hair setting and cleanliness as daily obligations, restored here in colour.
  81. - How to be Pretty - 1940's Guide for High School Girls [in Restored Colour ]. A 1940s instructional film for American high school girls lays out posture, grooming, hair setting and cleanliness as daily obligations, restored here in colour.
  82. - 1933 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR HOME MOVIE w/ STREETS OF PARIS & SALLY RAND'S NUDE RANCH 14764. Visitors crowd the 1933 Century of Progress midway in home-movie footage, with the Streets of Paris exhibit and Sally Rand's billed attraction among the paying draws.
  83. - 1933 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR HOME MOVIE w/ STREETS OF PARIS & SALLY RAND'S NUDE RANCH 14764. Visitors crowd the 1933 Century of Progress midway in home-movie footage, with the Streets of Paris exhibit and Sally Rand's billed attraction among the paying draws.
  84. - " PIN UP GIRL " CLASSIC WWII ILLUSTRATION W/ ARTIST RUSSELL PATTERSON MODEL AGENCY COVER GIRL 17784. Illustrator Russell Patterson works up a pin-up drawing from a posed model, showing how wartime magazine and calendar art was constructed line by line rather than photographed.
  85. - " PIN UP GIRL " CLASSIC WWII ILLUSTRATION W/ ARTIST RUSSELL PATTERSON MODEL AGENCY COVER GIRL 17784. Illustrator Russell Patterson works up a pin-up drawing from a posed model, showing how wartime magazine and calendar art was constructed line by line rather than photographed.
  86. - 1933 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR HOME MOVIE w/ STREETS OF PARIS & SALLY RAND'S NUDE RANCH. Amateur colour film of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair captures the Streets of Paris concession and Sally Rand's fan-dance attraction, a commercial spectacle built around display of the body.
  87. - 1933 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR HOME MOVIE w/ STREETS OF PARIS & SALLY RAND'S NUDE RANCH. Amateur colour film of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair captures the Streets of Paris concession and Sally Rand's fan-dance attraction, a commercial spectacle built around display of the body.
  88. - The Flapper Story - Roaring '20s Documentary. Bobbed hair, dropped waists and rouged knees mark the flapper look of the 1920s, alongside the dance halls, jazz records and press commentary that carried it from city nightlife into mainstream wardrobes.
  89. - The Flapper Story - Roaring '20s Documentary. Bobbed hair, dropped waists and rouged knees mark the flapper look of the 1920s, alongside the dance halls, jazz records and press commentary that carried it from city nightlife into mainstream wardrobes.
  90. - The Scandalous History of anti-aging in Old Hollywood. Studio-era anti-ageing regimens are traced through the creams, face-lifting devices and clinic treatments sold to actresses whose contracts depended on looking young, and the beauty columnists who advertised them.
  91. - The Scandalous History of anti-aging in Old Hollywood. Studio-era anti-ageing regimens are traced through the creams, face-lifting devices and clinic treatments sold to actresses whose contracts depended on looking young, and the beauty columnists who advertised them.
  92. - History of Pin-ups Episode 1 (1860s-1901) - Historic Autographs. Before photography took over, the earliest pin-up images circulated as cabinet cards and lithographed actress portraits; the trade's Victorian origins run from the 1860s to the turn of the century.
  93. - History of Pin-ups Episode 1 (1860s-1901) - Historic Autographs. Before photography took over, the earliest pin-up images circulated as cabinet cards and lithographed actress portraits; the trade's Victorian origins run from the 1860s to the turn of the century.
  94. - How Hollywood Shaped Women’s Beauty Standards. Studio publicity departments, contract clauses and screen-test lighting are examined as machinery for defining what an American audience was told a leading woman looked like.
  95. - How Hollywood Shaped Women’s Beauty Standards. Studio publicity departments, contract clauses and screen-test lighting are examined as machinery for defining what an American audience was told a leading woman looked like.
  96. - The Most Famous Pin-Up Girl In History | TWH136. Betty Grable's wartime swimsuit portrait is set against the illustrated and photographic pin-up trade that surrounded it, including how the images travelled to servicemen overseas.
  97. - The Most Famous Pin-Up Girl In History | TWH136. Betty Grable's wartime swimsuit portrait is set against the illustrated and photographic pin-up trade that surrounded it, including how the images travelled to servicemen overseas.
  98. - 100 Years of Beauty : Top Selling Vintage Makeup. Best-selling cosmetics from across the twentieth century are opened and examined in turn, covering cake mascara, cream rouge and the packaging that carried each one to a mass market.
  99. - 100 Years of Beauty : Top Selling Vintage Makeup. Best-selling cosmetics from across the twentieth century are opened and examined in turn, covering cake mascara, cream rouge and the packaging that carried each one to a mass market.
  100. - Examining Erin Parsons' Makeup Archive: Vintage Compacts, Amy Winehouse & Marilyn Monroe. A working makeup artist opens a private collection of vintage compacts, cake mascaras and lipsticks, comparing what Marilyn Monroe wore on camera with the products Amy Winehouse used to build her own liner.
  101. - Examining Erin Parsons' Makeup Archive: Vintage Compacts, Amy Winehouse & Marilyn Monroe. A working makeup artist opens a private collection of vintage compacts, cake mascaras and lipsticks, comparing what Marilyn Monroe wore on camera with the products Amy Winehouse used to build her own liner.
  102. - Max Factor Makeup advert shown on Channel 4 in 2003. Broadcast on Channel 4 in 2003, a Max Factor commercial runs its cosmetics range through studio lighting and a claim of professional origin.
  103. - Max Factor Makeup advert shown on Channel 4 in 2003. Broadcast on Channel 4 in 2003, a Max Factor commercial runs its cosmetics range through studio lighting and a claim of professional origin.
  104. - Max Factor UK Advert - More Lashes (2004). A 2004 British television spot for Max Factor mascara, selling lash volume in close-up with the brand's Hollywood association as the pitch.
  105. - Max Factor UK Advert - More Lashes (2004). A 2004 British television spot for Max Factor mascara, selling lash volume in close-up with the brand's Hollywood association as the pitch.
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