Hollywood as you've never seen it

Last weekend, the largest collection of rare Hollywood photographs was put up for auction. Auction house Guernsey in New York is hosting a two-day sale of the Movie Star News Collection, which consists of three million photographs and negatives that reflect the history of Tinseltown.

The photographs were taken by Irving Clow, a Manhattan-based photographer who was the first to respond to the public's insatiable demand for images of movie stars. Clow, a former candy store owner, took up photography in 1939, for which he signed a contract with film studios, according to which he could photograph famous movie stars on film sets.

His camera owns images of "old Hollywood": Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn and Paul Newman. The Marilyn Monroe collection for sale includes over 600 photographs.

(Total 18 photos)

Source: terraz

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2. Marilyn Monroe speaks to soldiers in Korea

3. Scene from the movie "The Wizard of Oz"

4. Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

5. Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

6. Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

7. Marilyn Monroe and Richard Widmark (1952)

8. Judy Garland in a 1940s publicity photo

9. Faye Wray in a scene from the movie "King Kong"

10. Faye Wray in a scene from the movie "King Kong"

11. Faye Wray in a scene from the movie "King Kong"

12. Orson Welles smokes a cigar

13. James Dean in Giant (1956)

14. Marilyn Monroe costume test shots

15. Elizabeth Taylor in A Place in the Sun (1951)

16. Elizabeth Taylor in A Place in the Sun (1951)

17. Natalie Wood and James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

18. Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra (1963)