Product Description

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 actorssuch as Marilyn Monroe Audrey Hepburn Julie Andrews Cary Grant Clark Gable and Paul Newmanfrom more than 100 Fox classics including Miracle on 34th Street The Sound of Music Cleopatra and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.?

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 Hollywoods 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 Hollywoods 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 M