These are from a book my parents recently bought me called Grand Illusions. I simply love photography and film from the 1940's and before, the lighting itself back then was a form of art. They really know how to best display the models and actors despite only having black and white film.

Susan Hayward 1942

Veronica Lake 1941

Barbara Stanwyck 1939

June Collyer 1926

Carol Lombard on the set of The Princess Comes Across 1936