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George Hurrell's Marlene Dietrich 1937
Hollywood glamour. The very notion is so familiar, and the images that most perfectly illustrate the concept are so readily conjured, that most movie fans are unaware that one man — a single photographer — is largely responsible for the look and feel of the classic film-glamour ideal. That man, a native Kentuckian named George Hurrell (1904-1992), pretty much single-handedly invented the Hollywood glamour portrait, shaping for all time the public image of many of the movies’ greatest legends — while defining the visual vernacular of the Golden Age of Hollywood itself.
Ben Cosgrove:
Hollywood glamour. The very notion is so familiar, and the images that most perfectly illustrate the concept are so readily conjured, that most movie fans are unaware that one man — a single photographer — is largely responsible for the look and feel of the classic film-glamour ideal. That man, a native Kentuckian named George Hurrell (1904-1992), pretty much single-handedly invented the Hollywood glamour portrait, shaping for all time the public image of many of the movies’ greatest legends — while defining the visual vernacular of the Golden Age of Hollywood itself.