Styling the Stars
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In 1997 Twentieth Century Fox established an archive of all-but-forgotten production stills taken during the filming of some of their most memorable movies. Published here for the first time, this archive includes hundreds of riveting portraits of Hollywood’s most treasured leading men and women as they were prepped for the camera.
Revered for their indisputable sense of style, the carefully crafted characters portrayed by the likes of Clark Gable, Julie Andrews, and Audrey Hepburn came as the result of meticulous hairstyling, makeup artistry, and lavish costume design. In Hollywood’s trendsetting word of glamour and glitz, continuity photographs ensured that these wardrobe elements remained consistent throughout the filming process. Once fully styled, stars posed for camera-ready continuity shots, which now, decades later, provide a striking record of the evolution of Hollywood fashion and stardom from the 1930s to the early 1970s. Through these long-lost photographs, which were never intended for the public eye, Styling the Stars takes fans of film, fashion, and photography inside the Twentieth Century Fox archive to deliver an intimate look at Hollywood’s Golden Age and beyond.
Written by Angela Cartwright (The Sound of Music, Lost in Space) and Tom McLaren, with a foreword by Maureen O’Hara (Miracle on 34th Street), this collection of candid rarities offers a glimpse into the details of prepping Hollywood’s most iconic personalities, as well as revelatory stories about Twentieth Century Fox classics, such as Planet of the Apes, Cleopatra, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Young Lions, and more. Here you’ll find images of Shirley Temple as she runs a brush through her trademark curls, Marilyn Monroe as she’s styled for her role in Let’s Make It Legal, Cary Grant as he suits up for a swim, and Paul Newman donning a six-shooter, among hundreds of rare, never-before-published photographs. The result is a stunning collector’s volume of film and fashion photography, as well as an invaluable compendium of movie history.
Styling the Stars is now available in paperback for the first time.
Angela Cartwright, known for her iconic acting roles in Make Room for Daddy, The Sound of Music, and Lost in Space, is also an internationally recognized artist and author. Her book Mixed Emulsions: Altered Art Techniques for Photographic Imagery showcases her hand-painted photography and unique altered-art techniques. Actress, artist, author, photographer, curator, collaborator, instructor, wife, mother, and grandmother, she lives in Los Angeles. www.angela-cartwright.com
A film and television aficionado from an early age, Tom McLaren left his Midwest roots for the West Coast, where he enjoyed a successful corporate finance career at Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. In recent years, he has pursued his true passion and is now a busy working actor with extensive film, television and commercial credits. Tom and his wife, Mary, live in Los Angeles. www.tom-mclaren.com
Maureen O’Hara, the legendary Irish film actress and singer is remembered for playing strong, passionate heroines. Maureen is one of Hollywood’s most deeply revered leading ladies with an enviable list of all-time classic films to her credit, including How Green Was My Valley and Miracle on 34th Street. She passed away peacefully in 2015.
A film and television aficionado from an early age, Tom McLaren left his Midwest roots for the West Coast, where he enjoyed a successful corporate finance career at Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. In recent years, he has pursued his true passion and is now a busy working actor with extensive film, television and commercial credits. Tom and his wife, Mary, live in Los Angeles. www.tom-mclaren.com
Maureen O’Hara, the legendary Irish film actress and singer is remembered for playing strong, passionate heroines. Maureen is one of Hollywood’s most deeply revered leading ladies with an enviable list of all-time classic films to her credit, including How Green Was My Valley and Miracle on 34th Street. She passed away peacefully in 2015.