0772_2230 Ginger Rogers circa 1937 ** I.V.

0705_2194 Carole Lombard circa 1933 ** I.V.

0758_1065 Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe at the premiere of "How to Marry a Millionaire" circa 1953 ** I.V.

0758_1061 Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe at the premiere of "How to Marry a Millionaire" circa 1953 ** I.V.

0758_1068 Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall at the premiere of "How to Marry a Millionaire" circa 1953 ** I.V.

0758_1067 Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe at the premiere of "How to Marry a Millionaire" circa 1953 ** I.V.

0758_1064 Marilyn Monroe at the premiere of "How to Marry a Millionaire" circa 1953 ** I.V.

0758_1066 Marilyn Monroe at the premiere of "How to Marry a Millionaire" circa 1953 ** I.V.

0758_1063 Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe at the premiere of "How to Marry a Millionaire" circa 1953 ** I.V.

0705_2201 Carole Lombard circa 1936 ** I.V.

0705_2169 Carole Lombard circa 1940 © 1978 James Doolittle / ** K.K.

0758_1062 Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe at the premiere of "How to Marry a Millionaire" circa 1953 ** I.V.

24293_0232 Mae West 1962 © 1978 John Engstead ** B.D.M.

7720_0017 Mary Hart 1986 © 1986 Mario Casilli

7720_0015 Mary Hart 1986 © 1986 Mario Casilli

5974_0555 Irene Dunne circa 1937 ** I.V. / J.J.

5974_0300 Irene Dunn circa 1935

5731_0471 Tallulah Bankhead 1932 ** I.V.

3956_1056 Model in blue and fur is an outtake from the LIFE September 1961 article "The Big Paris Word: Shape" © 2011 Mark Shaw

3956_1180 Illustrator Carl Erickson sketches Dior fashion model Alla wearing 'Artamene' evening ensemble (Autumn-Winter 1954 Haute Couture collection, H line) 1954 © 2013 Mark Shaw

22930_0009 "The Number 23" (Premiere) Marley Shelton 2-13-2007 / Orpheum Theatre / Los Angeles, CA / New Line Cinema / Photo by Max Rodeo

22930_0010 "The Number 23" (Premiere) Marley Shelton 2-13-2007 / Orpheum Theatre / Los Angeles, CA / New Line Cinema / Photo by Max Rodeo

14003_0001 Irene Castle in "Come to Dance" at the Coconut Grove Playhouse Dec. 29, 1959

11609_0007 Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown and daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown 1998 © 1998 Gary Lewis

1114_0967 Norma Shearer circa 1936 © 1978 James Doolittle / ** K.K.