Styling the Stars: Lost Treasures from the Twentieth Century

Styling the Stars: Lost Treasures from the Twentieth Century Fox Archive

A stunning collection of behind-the-scenes hair, makeup, and wardrobe continuity photographs from the Twentieth Century Fox archive, Styling the Stars features images of more than 150 actorsâ€”such as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Julie Andrews, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, and Paul Newmanâ€”from more than 100 Fox classics, including Miracle on 34th Street, The Sound of Music, Cleopatra, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.Â

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 Hollywoodâ€™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 Hollywoodâ€™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 Hollywoodâ€™s Golden Age and beyond.

Written by Angela Cartwright (The Sound of Music, Lost in Space) and Tom McLaren, with a foreword by Maureen Oâ€™Hara (Miracle on 34th Street), this collection of candid rarities offers a glimpse into the details of prepping Hollywoodâ€™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 youâ€™ll find images of Shirley Temple as she runs a brush through her trademark curls, Marilyn Monroe as sheâ€™s styled for her role in Letâ€™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 collectorâ€™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.Â
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Insight Editions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781683830061
ReleaseDate 2017-04-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781683830061

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Insight Editions
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781683830061
ReleaseDate	2017-04-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781683830061

Styling the Stars: Lost Treasures from the Twentieth Century Fox Archive

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