Old Hollywood Stars: Before and After

[angeljenny]

Love this thread! Some of the transformations are really dramatic.

All I need now is my own makeover team!

 

[LinaSofia]

Love this thread too!

I am sure I once saw a thread that had before pictures of people in the lounge - before vintage that is! Did I imagine it?! I can't find it now... has anyone got any idea what I'm on about? I just fancy perusing it!!

 

[cherry lips]

Here you go "Before and After?" http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?32780-Before-and-After&highlight=

Love this thread too!
I am sure I once saw a thread that had before pictures of people in the lounge - before vintage that is! Did I imagine it?! I can't find it now... has anyone got any idea what I'm on about? I just fancy perusing it!!

 

[Yeps]

Here is the Gentlemen's Version

 

[ThePowderKeg]

The lovely Jane Russell. Not pre-Hollywood, but still fairly early:

 

[cherry lips]

Some more pics of a young Jane (ca 40-41):

 

[LinaSofia]

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I love this photo!!

 

[swinggal]

I have George Hurrell's 'Hurrells Hollywood Portaits' book. He was the greatest Hollywood still photographer ever...be he was also a massive retoucher of prints because he hated studio makeup so he spent hours in the darkroom retouching the pics. Photoshopping in it's earliest form Nothing is new.

Check out Joan Crawford's pic aftr six hours of retouching. I was really surprised to know that she had A LOT of freckles. As well as lines and wrinkles; just like the rest of us. She did however have a beautiful face to work with. He's even made her hair shinier.

Before

After

 

[LinaSofia]

wow, that's amazing!! so fascinating to see the original! I think it's great being able to see the texture of the skin. What's amazing to me is that the first photo looks like it could have been taken today with b&w film and the second looks totally vintage.

If you have the time and can be bothered, I'd love to see some more photos from that book!

 

[cherry lips]

If you have the time and can be bothered, I'd love to see some more photos from that book!

swinggal, I second this!

 

[Isis]

Me third!

 

[Clabbergirl]

Love this! Thank you for posting. Even back in the day, you couldn't trust that what you see is what you get.

 

[NancyLouise]

I believe I've read that they worked directly on the negative with the retouching. I've seen some pictures where the retouching is, well, not as great but they just went with it anyway!

 

[cherry lips]

Catherine Fabienne Dorléac

with sister Francoise.

Catherine became a blonde at age 17. She became famous as Catherine Deneuve.

 

[cherry lips]

Here's my favorite actress: Clara Gordon Bow
Here she is in her teens just starting out in films

Here's another keeper of a young Clara Bow:

 

[cherry lips]

Another early pic of Carole Lombard:

 

[cherry lips]

Young Louise Brooks (without make-up?)

Louise Brooks

 

[Berlin]

Young Louise Brooks (without make-up?)

fftopic:
She always reminds me of Eric Bana .. somehow.

 

[HadleyH]

--- Since we haven't posted any photos of Erroll Flynn in this thread ... here are some early ones of him.



circa 1923

 

[LinaSofia]

fftopic:
She always reminds me of Eric Bana .. somehow.

:laugh: I can see that too!
I've recently read a biography of her life and she's such a fascinating person. Weirdly I never thought she was that spectacularly pretty in pictures, but when I saw her in different movie clips I was blown away by her!