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.

10876_0008 "Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story" Jamie Lee Curtis 1981 © 1981 Gunther

10561_0007 Bianca Jagger 1979 © 1979 Gary Lewis

10561_0006 Bianca Jagger 1979 © 1979 Gary Lewis

24383_1331 Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner at a screening in New York 1951 ** I.V.M.

0758_1168 Marilyn Monroe circa 1950s ** I.V.

24384_0096 Robert Evans circa 1950s ** B.D.M.

24384_0097 Robert Evans circa 1950s ** B.D.M.

0967_0169 Cher circa 1976 ** H.L.

0020_0675 Dinah Shore with husband George Montgomery circa 1950s © 1978 David Sutton

7802_0019 "Straight Place and Show" Ethel Merman, Phyllis Brooks 1938 20th Century-Fox

0959_2043 Sophia Loren 1959 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0997_0117 Ann Blyth circa 1966 © 1978 Joe Shere

0986_0701 Mary Astor in "The Great Lie" 1941 Photo by Elmer Fryer

0986_0695 Mary Astor circa 1940s Photo by A.L. Schafer

0954_0676 Lana Turner circa 1943 **I.V.

0983_0156 June Allyson 1956 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0966_0816 Rip Torn and Geraldine Page at the Academy Awards circa 1960s Photo by Joe Shere

0963_0052 Roger Moore escorting Celeste Holm to the premiere of "Sunrise at Campobello" 1960 Photo by Joe Shere

0964_0101 Maureen O'Hara circa 1952 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0983_0141 June Allyson 1956 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0961_0817 Tab Hunter and date Vicki Trickett at "Pepe" premiere 1960 Photo by Joe Shere

0924_0671 Joan Blondell circa 1935

0774_0006 Jayne Mansfield In front of Dino's Restaurant on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles,CA 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0758_1106 Marilyn Monroe circa 1953 ** I.V.

0772_2231 Ginger Rogers circa 1937 ** I.V.

0758_1087 Marilyn Monroe circa 1951 ** I.V.

0758_1075 Marilyn Monroe circa 1953 ** I.V.

0749_0812 Barbara Stanwyck 1951 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0749_0824 "You Belong to Me" Barbara Stanwyck 1941 Columbia Pictures ** I.V./M.T.

0764_0455 Natalie Wood 1958 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0764_0456 Natalie Wood 1958 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0758_1085 Marilyn Monroe circa 1951 ** I.V.

0774_0609 Ann Miller, Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Hargitay and Ann Baxter at a Hollywood premiere 1960 © 1978 Lou Jacobs Jr.

0749_0810 Barbara Stanwyck 1951 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0758_1108 Marilyn Monroe circa 1953 ** I.V.

0758_1019 Marilyn Monroe and Shelley Winters at the Golden Globe Awards 1960 © 1978 David Sutton

0745_0143 Claudette Colbert 1933 © 1978 John Engstead

0733_2194 Judy Garland at Metropolitan Opera House 1959 **I.V.

0758_1105 Marilyn Monroe circa 1953 ** I.V.

0730_0542 Lauren Bacall in "Young Man with a Horn" 1950 Warner Brothers ** I.V.

0758_1020 Marilyn Monroe and Shelley Winters at the Golden Globe Awards 1960 © 1978 David Sutton

0733_2200 Judy Garland and children Lorna and Joey Luft leaving for Europe on the S.S. United States 10/1957 ** I.V.

0742_2069 Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles on the set of "The Lady from Shanghai" 1947 Columbia Pictures Photo by Cronenweth ** I.V.

0725_0016 Lupe Velez circa 1930s

0730_0543 Lauren Bacall circa 1950s ** I.V.

0728_0313 Joan Crawford circa 1955 © 1978 Paul Hesse

0716_1250 Jean Harlow circa 1930s ** I.V. / M.T.

0716_1230 Jean Harlow circa 1930 ** I.V.

0716_1229 Jean Harlow circa 1930 ** I.V.

0716_1189 Jean Harlow 1932 Photo by C.S. Bull **I.V.

0728_2033 Joan Crawford 1953 © 1978 Sanford Roth / A.M.P.A.S.

0718_1149 Joan Bennett, Louella Parsons and Mary Pickford 1936 ** I.V.

0716_1270 Wallace Beery and Jean Harlow in "Dinner at Eight" 1933 MGM ** I.V. / M.T.

0713_0608 Ava Gardner 1948 © 1978 Paul Hesse

0712_5257 Liza Todd, Joseph Bottoms and Sara Taylor (Elizabeth Taylor's mother) circa 1980s © 1980 Gary Lewis

0709_2000 Marlene Dietrich circa 1935 ** I.V.

0712_5083 Elizabeth Taylor C. 1951 **I.V.

0705_2203 Carole Lombard circa 1934 ** I.V.

0705_0357 Carole Lombard 1937 © 1978 Ted Allan

0716_1196 Jean Harlow in "Dinner at Eight" 1933 MGM ** I.V.

0716_1195 Jean Harlow in "Dinner at Eight" 1933 MGM ** I.V.

0716_1202 Jean Harlow on the set of "Dinner at Eight" 1933 MGM ** I.V.

0713_0620 Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner at his opening at the Cocoanut Grove 1952 Photo by Mel Traxel ** I.V.

0705_2193 Carole Lombard circa 1933 ** I.V.

0704_0449 Clara Bow 1930 ** I.V.

0651_0033 Lee Remick and husband Bill Colleran at the Academy Awards circa 1966 Photo by Joe Shere

0651_0032 Lee Remick in "A Face in the Crowd" 1957 Photo by Frank Serjack

0658_0121 Connie Stevens with date C. 1958

0705_0058 Carole Lombard 1935

0632_0116 Deborah Kerr 1951 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0632_0146 Deborah Kerr at a movie premiere circa late 1950s ** I.V.

0658_0144 Connie Stevens and date Gary Clarke circa 1960s Photo by Joe Shere

0599_0052 Phyllis Diller 1964 © 1978 Sid Avery

0599_0056 Phyllis Diller 1964 © 1978 Sid Avery

0632_0117 Deborah Kerr 1951 © 1978 Wallace Seawell