Research Catalog

Title

Hollywood beach beauties : sea sirens, sun goddesses, and summer style, 1930-1970 / David Wills.

Author

Wills, David, 1969-

Publication

• New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2018]
• ©2018

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

217 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm

Summary

A glamorous and nostalgic celebration of summer at the beach, captured in 150 stunning vintage photographs featuring beloved female celebrities, models, and starlets from the 1930s through the 1970s. Renowned independent curator and photographic preservationist David Wills commemorates the allure and joy of the sun, the sand, the ocean, and the fashions of endless summer with this sizzling collection. Hollywood Beach Beauties includes more than one-hundred vibrant color images of some of Hollywood's most timeless stars lounging and playing at one of the most iconic settings: the beach. Hollywood Beach Beauties highlights the sexy, carefree attitude of the summer, the elegant seaside couture, and the enchanting and alluring beauty of the female form. Included here are candid and stylish photographs featuring stars of yesterday such as Elizabeth Taylor, Rita Hayworth, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Sharon Tate, Raquel Welch, Sophia Loren, Dorothy Dandridge, and Nancy Sinatra.A treasure trove for classic movie mavens, vintage photography enthusiasts, and pop culture aficionados, this stunning theme-driven compendium taps into nostalgia for the joys of summer and captures the dazzling beauty of the seaside and some of the most stylish stars of the big screen in a fresh, unique, and captivating way.

Subjects

• Motion picture actors and actresses
• Photography of women
• Bathing suits > United States > Motion picture actors and actresses > Pictorial works
• Pictorial works
• United States
• Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

Pictorial works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

MWER 19-2526

ISBN

• 9780062842855
• 0062842854

OCLC

1035516841

Author

Wills, David, 1969- author.

Title

Hollywood beach beauties : sea sirens, sun goddesses, and summer style, 1930-1970 / David Wills.

Publisher

New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Note

CELEBRITY PORTRAITS IN COLOR.

Research Call Number

MWER 19-2526