There are so many iconic Old Hollywood photos, but there are also plenty more that are rarely or never seen. Here's a look at some Golden Age stars in more candid moments...
1. Elizabeth Taylor washing her dog, Amy (named after her Little Women character):
2. Mickey Rooney, Ann Rutherford, and Judy Garland having fun around the pool at the party Louis B. Mayer held for Judy's 16th birthday:
3. Audrey Hepburn in her ballerina era:
4. A young Marilyn Monroe posing for a promo shoot showing her babysitting, to go with the story that she was discovered while looking after the kids of a 20th Century Fox casting director:
5. Dorothy Dandridge rubbing her sore feet during a rehearsal in London:
6. Cary Grant and Randolph Scott playing around at the beach house they lived in together:
7. This portrait of a young Humphrey Bogart:
8. James Stewart teaching his sons how to ride their bikes:
9. Anna May Wong measuring the length of her hair:
10. Grace Kelly having a nap on set:
11. Andrea King and Bob Alda rehearing a kissing scene masked up because of the flu epidemic:
12. Katherine Hepburn posing for an early promo shot:
13. Norma Shearer doing cartwheels in her garden while Merle Oberon watches:
14. Rita Hayworth learning how to play tennis:
15. Betty Grable with her baby daughter Jessica:
16. Shirley Temple and Margaret O'Brien spending time together:
17. Rock Hudson relaxing in Las Vegas:
18. Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres having fun at a costume party:
19. Charles Boyer and Dolores Del Rio celebrating New Year's in 1939:
20. Joan Crawford chilling with a clown at a circus-themed party:
21. Kay Francis greeting Fred Astaire at the bottom of a slide at a costume party she was hosting:
22. Boris Karloff having his Frankenstein makeup applied:
23. And taking a break from filming Bride of Frankenstein:
24. Young Christopher Walken applying makeup in his clown era:
25. Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood at the premiere of How the West was Won:
26. Shelley Winters enjoying herself at an Oscars afterparty:
27. A behind-the-scenes shot of Jack Conway directing Jean Harlow and Chester Morris in Red Headed Woman:
28. Lolita star Sue Lyon reading a newspaper at the movie's premiere:
29. Makeup artist Jill Summers applying fake blood to Sean Connery while filming Requiem for a Heavyweight:
30. James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and hairstylist Pat Westmore at the Texas State Fairgrounds during a weekend break from filming Giant:
31. Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford in a canoe in their own giant swimming pool:
32. Tony Curtis sticking his tongue out at Janet Leigh as they both hug other people:
33. Lena Horne applying her own makeup:
34. Marlon Brando taking a water break on set of Julius Caesar:
35. Nat King Cole and Sidney Poitier having a chat at the Oscars:
36. Anne Francis with her husband Bam Price at a movie premiere:
37. Natalie Wood and Steve Rowland having acrobatic fun on the beach:
38. Doris Day playing volleyball at her home:
39. Audrey Hepburn smiling with Julie Andrews when the latter won the Best Actress Academy Award for Mary Poppins after losing the role of Eliza Dolittle in My Fair Lady to Audrey:
40. Elvis Presley and Joan Bradshaw at a Halloween party:
41. Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay toasting while on a trip to Berlin:
42. Sofia Loren looking at Paul Newman through a camera lens at a party in Paris:
43. And finally, Douglas Fairbanks presenting Janet Gaynor with the very first Best Actress Academy Award in 1929:
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