0713_0614 Ava Gardner with Roddy McDowall and Myrna Loy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (they attended the opening night of a retrospective exhibition of the films of director George Cukor 1972

0713_0610 Ava Gardner as Lillie Langtry 1972 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0716_0079 Jean Harlow 1936 © 1978 Ted Allan

0713_0625 Ava Gardner and Mia Farrow 1978 © 1978 Gary Lewis

0705_2255 Carole Lombard circa 1937 ** I.V.

0705_2267 Carole Lombard circa 1930s ** I.V.

0705_2237 "Fast and Loose" Carole Lombard, Charles Starrett 1930 Paramount Pictures ** I.V.

0705_2239 Carole Lombard circa 1932 ** I.V.

0712_5304 Elizabeth Taylor (wearing the Krupp Diamond) 1994 © 1994 Mario Casilli

0705_2216 Carole Lombard circa 1937 ** I.V.

0712_5303 Elizabeth Taylor (wearing the Krupp Diamond) 1994 © 1994 Mario Casilli

0712_5266 Elizabeth Taylor and Maria Burton 1980 © 1980 Gary Lewis

0712_5250 Elizabeth Taylor and Larry Fortensky circa 1994 © 1994 Gary Lewis

0712_5245 Elizabeth Taylor circa 1980s © 1980 Gary Lewis

0712_5263 Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Lawford circa 1970s © 1978 Gary Lewis

0705_2192 Carole Lombard circa 1933 ** I.V.

0709_2013 Marlene Dietrich circa 1932 ** B.D.M.

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

0705_2190 Carole Lombard circa 1933 ** I.V.

0713_0010 Ava Gardner circa 1946

0712_5216 Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher on their wedding day in Las Vegas with best man Mike Todd Jr. 1959 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5189 Elizabeth Taylor 1955 © 1978 Sanford Roth / AMPAS

0712_5187 Elizabeth Taylor and Clifton Webb on the set of "A Star Is Born" 1954 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0705_0037 Carole Lombard circa 1930s

0712_5254 Elizabeth Taylor with Rock Hudson and Liza Minnelli at "The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards" 1985 © 1985 Gary Lewis

0712_5253 Elizabeth Taylor circa 1970s © 1978 Gary Lewis

0705_0017 Carole Lombard circa 1930s

0712_5244 Elizabeth Taylor and Roddy McDowall 1985 © 1985 Gary Lewis

0712_5211 Elizabeth Taylor wearing 'Soiree a Rio' dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture Collection and wearing a pair of diamond and cultured pearl ear pendants, by Ruser) 1961 © 2010 Mark Shaw

0712_5234 Elizabeth Taylor 1986 © 1986 Gary Lewis

0712_5173 Elizabeth Taylor having lunch with MGM director Stanley Donen 1951 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0705_0014 Carole Lombard circa 1936 Photo by C.S. Bull

0705_0004 Carole Lombard 1936

0722_2261 Katharine Hepburn in "Mary of Scotland" 1936 © 1978 James Doolittle / ** K.K.

0712_5152 Sammy Davis Jr., Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton on an NBC television show 1965 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0704_0403 Clara Bow circa 1928 ** I.V.

0704_0381 Clara Bow circa 1926 ** I.V.

0712_5190 Elizabeth Taylor and young son, Michael Wilding Jr. circa 1955 © 1978 Sanford Roth / AMPAS

0712_5155 Sammy Davis Jr., Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton on an NBC television show 1965 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5149 Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton circa 1964 © 1978 Bernie Abramson

0712_5176 Elizabeth Taylor at a baby shower given by her and Barbara Thompson (left) for Marilyn Hilton 1950 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0703_0837 Ann Sheridan circa 1955 © 1978 John Engstead

0703_0832 Ann Sheridan having a glamour portrait taken by one of the studios ace still men, Scotty Welbourne 1939

0703_0849 Ann Sheridan 1940 Photo by Scotty Welbourne

0703_0847 Ann Sheridan 1942 Photo by Welbourne

0703_0830 Ann Sheridan and Errol Flynn on the "Silver River" set at Warner Brothers 1948 Photo by Lloyd MacLean

0705_2266 Carole Lombard circa 1930s ** I.V.

0705_2245 Carole Lombard circa 1935 ** I.V.

0705_2261 Carole Lombard circa 1941 ** I.V.

0712_2267 Elizabeth Taylor circa 1956 © 1978 Sanford Roth / A.M.P.A.S.

0705_2205 Carole Lombard circa 1938 ** I.V.

0705_2204 Carole Lombard circa 1938 ** I.V.

0716_1288 Jean Harlow in "Dinner at Eight" 1933 MGM ** I.V. / M.T.

0701_2268 Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis at the Academy Awards 1939 ** I.V.

0701_2261 Bette Davis circa 1935 ** I.V.

0701_2259 "Ex-Lady" Bette Davis, Gene Raymond 1933 Warner Brothers ** I.V.

0705_2269 Carole Lombard with designer Travis Banton circa 1930s ** I.V.

0705_2262 Carole Lombard circa late 1930s ** I.V.

0704_0450 "Call Her Savage" Clara Bow and her father 1931 ** I.V.

0705_2251 Carole Lombard circa 1937 ** I.V.

0704_0458 Clara Bow circa 1925 ** I.V.

0705_2252 Carole Lombard circa 1932 ** I.V.

0705_2209 Carole Lombard circa 1931 ** I.V.

0716_1148 Jean Harlow 1936 © 1978 Ted Allan

0705_2168 Carole Lombard circa 1940 © 1978 James Doolittle / ** K.K.

0703_0708 Ann Sheridan circa 1940s Photo by George Hurrell

0705_2195 Carole Lombard circa 1931 ** I.V.

0704_0054 Clara Bow circa 1923

0705_0525 Carole Lombard circa 1932 ** I.V.

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

0713_0616 Ava Gardner during filming of "On the Beach" 1959 * I.V.

0715_0042 Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier in "Gigi" 1958 MGM ** I.V.

0704_0448 Harry Richman, Clara Bow and Phil Baker 1939 ** I.V.

0713_0605 Ava Gardner 1956 ** I.V.

0712_5300 Elizabeth Taylor at a baby shower given by her and Barbara Thompson (right) for Marilyn Hilton (center) 1950 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0702_5120 "Love" Greta Garbo, John Gilbert 1927 MGM ** B.L.

0702_5116 Greta Garbo 1930 ** I.V.

0712_5262 Elizabeth Taylor and Carol Burnett circa 1980s © 1980 Gary Lewis

0712_5295 Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton 1965 Photo by Joe Shere

0712_5251 Elizabeth Taylor circa 1980s © 1980 Gary Lewis

0712_5258 Elizabeth Taylor circa 1980s © 1980 Gary Lewis

0712_5237 Elizabeth Taylor 1986 © 1986 Gary Lewis

0703_0701 Ann Sheridan circa 1940s © 1978 Paul Hesse

0712_5223 "Suddenly, Last Summer" Elizabeth Taylor 1959 Columbia Pictures ** I.V.

0712_5228 Elizabeth Taylor wearing 'Soiree a Rio' dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture Collection and wearing a pair of diamond and cultured pearl ear pendants, by Ruser) 1961 © 2010 Mark Shaw

0712_5230 Elizabeth Taylor circa 1970s © 1978 Gary Lewis

0701_2266 Bette Davis circa late 1930s ** I.V.

0712_5225 Elizabeth Taylor and Barbara Davis admire each others jewelry at the Carousel of Hope awards dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel (Michael Jackson in background) 2000 © 2000 Michael Jones

0712_5218 Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher on their wedding day in Las Vegas 1959 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5217 Eddie Fisher on his wedding day in Las Vegas with best man Mike Todd Jr. 1959 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5212 Elizabeth Taylor circa 1950s ** I.V.

0712_5202 Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton 1966 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5179 Elizabeth Taylor at a baby shower given by her and Barbara Thompson (right) for Marilyn Hilton 1950 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0705_2268 Carole Lombard circa 1930s ** I.V.

0705_2254 Carole Lombard circa 1937 ** I.V.

0712_5158 Eddie Fisher holding Liza on his wedding day to Elizabeth Taylor 1959 / Las Vegas, Nevada © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0705_2265 Carole Lombard circa 1930s ** I.V.

0658_0156 Connie Stevens circa 1960s Photo by Joe Shere

0658_0124 Connie Stevens circa 1960s © 1978 Gene Trindl

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