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For a number of years, US movie exhibitors voted Esther Williams among the most popular film stars in the country: 1947 – 24th most popular star [109] 1948 – 11th [110] 1949 – 8th [111] 1950 – 8th [112] – also 2nd most popular star in the UK [113] 1951 – 5th most popular female star [114] 1952 – 12th [115] 1953 – 12th; 1954 ...
In the course of the 1940s, she reached a pinnacle of fame as a beautiful leading lady, on a par with "fellow sirens Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner and Ava Gardner". [2] She was called “the most beautiful woman in movie history" and many of her movies in the 1940s became classic films. [3] [5]
Hayworth was a top glamour girl in the 1940s, a pin-up girl for military servicemen and a beauty icon for women. At 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) and 120 lb (54 kg), [54] she was tall enough to be a concern for dancing partners such as Fred Astaire. She reportedly changed her hair color eight times in eight movies. [55]
Jan. 30, 1942: Movie star Judy Garland is in Mineral Wells, Texas, to visit Camp Wolters and appear in a USO show. The famous “Wizard of Oz” actress poses with Brigadier General Emil F ...
Hollywood films in the 1940s included morale films for those serving in World War II and their families. War films made extensive use of models and miniature photography. . New techniques developed to realistically depict naval battles were used in films like Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) and Ships with Wings (194
A list of American films released in 1940. American film production was concentrated in Hollywood and was dominated by the eight Major film studios MGM , Paramount , Warner Bros. , 20th Century Fox , RKO , Columbia , Universal and United Artists .
A New York Times news obituary published July 8, 1973, bore the headline “Veronica Lake, 53, Movie Star With the Peekaboo Hair, Dead.” (Her death certificate would indicate she was 50 when she ...
Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer.. Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million, and for 10 consecutive years (1942–1951) she placed among the Quigley Poll's top 10 box office stars (a feat only matched by Doris Day, Julia Roberts and Barbra Streisand, although all were ...