Hollywood in Vivid Kodachrome

[joeybee12]

Suddenly, in the late 1930s and the 1940s, the American viewing audience went from thinking of Hollywood in black and white to experiencing it in stunning, rich color. Kodachrome was the vessel that brought hyper-real, hyper-beautiful stars into movie houses, magazines, and homes. In a new book, Hollywood in Kodachrome, David Wills collects some of the most brilliant images from 1940s Hollywood, including stills of Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Marlene Dietrich, and Frank Sinatra.

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/11/rare-photographs-sinatra-lucille-ball-dietrich-kodachrome?mbid=ob_ppc_premium

Unfortunately, Reagan and John Wayne are in there, the rest, though, are really stunning...have a gander! The two here are Ava Gardner and Rita Hayworth.

[mike_c]

1. kodachrome was luscious film....

I have many boxes of beautiful, color saturated kodachrome slides from years ago. The low speed stuff was effectively grainless, and so, so lovely.

[malthaussen]

2. But mama did take my kodachrome away...

-- Mal

[pinboy3niner]

3. Mama, don't take my Kodachrome awaaaay...

[geomon666]

4. So beautiful

It's a shame it's gone away. I don't think anything will ever replace it.

[MyNameGoesHere]

5. And some unsung actresses.

Hollywood may have adopted color filming, but it sure wasn't color blind.

[whistler162]

6. Well at the time Reagan was a Democrat so it ain't all bad.