Facial studies for Mae West and Greta Garbo

Modern Screen Magazine, February 1931.

𝒋𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝜗𝜚

☆Dope And Diamonds☆

Lili Damita in This Is the Night (1932) | dir. Frank Tuttle.

Carole Lombard in "Nothing Sacred" , 1937 - via x

Short story Illustration by John La Gatta (John LaGatta), Milk and Honey by Thomas Beer, The Saturday Evening Post, March 4, 1933.

Glamour, grace and beauty epitomized John La Gatta’s work and life. One of the most famous illustrators of the early decades of the 20th century, La Gatta depicted the well-heeled in the pages of nearly all the mainstream magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, Ladies’ Home Journal, and Cosmopolitan, as well as for swank advertising campaigns. His success afforded him a lavish lifestyle, befitting his own celebrity status. The changing tastes of the public and the advent of photography, found the artist, now in California and in faltering health, struggling to rejuvenate his career. Then, in 1956, came the call from Edward A. “Tink” Adams, the founder of what is now Art Center College of Design, where La Gatta soon became an instructor. ... (x)

Jill Bossert Author John La Gatta, An Artist’s Life

Ava Gardner ❤️

Movie mirror. (Vol. 1, Nov. 1931-Apr. 1932)

Photoplay Magazine, February 1936.

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Norma Shearer wearing a sparkly, star themed Adrian costume in Marie Antoinette (1938)

Hande Erçel 🪄