Life on the Beach: Hollywood's Golden Era Stars in a Black and White Album of Beach Glamor Photos

Screen goddesses of the mid-1920s and late 1970s, including legends such as Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner and Greta Garbo, in a stunning collection of black and white photographs taken on the beaches of Los Angeles.

During Hollywood's golden age, Los Angeles offered the perfect place to unwind after long, hard shoots at the studios next door. As now, these were places where there was something to see and where to show oneself. From the silent film era and legends like Estelle Taylor and Pola Negri to late 1970s actresses Bo Derek and Diane Keaton, this unique collection is full of photographs.

(Total 20 photos)

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1. Marilyn Monroe takes a break from filming in the 50s on the beach in Los Angeles. Her last completed film was The Misfits (1961), in which she co-starred with Clark Gable. The actress died of an overdose the following year.

2. Ava Gardner on the beach in the 40s. Her breakthrough role was in The Assassins (1946). Gardner became one of the leading actresses in Hollywood and one of the most beautiful women of her time.

3. Marjorie Hellen, star of The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and Rocket to the Moon (1958), wears a white lace-collared swimsuit with pearls on a Los Angeles beach in 1956. Later, the actress changed her name to Leslie Parrish.

4. Actress and presenter Christina Ferrare on the beach in a bikini in 1967. After a brief role in an episode of The Batman, Ferrare co-starred with David Niven in The Impossible Years (1968) and with Cliff Robertson in J. V. Kup "(1971). Today she is known as the host of the show "Home and Family" on the Hallmark channel.

5. Actress Lucille Ball also came to the Los Angeles beach in a dress that she wore in the movie Best Foot Forward (1943). Ball is best known for her role on the sitcom I Love Lucy. She has been nominated for an Emmy Award 13 times and received it four times.

6. The amazing Lithuanian-American actress Ruth Roman, best known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Strangers on a Train (1951).

7. Merle Oberon, who starred in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), follows life on the beach through binoculars from her Trunk Beach home in 1948.

8. June Clyde, who began her career at the age of seven on the stage of vaudeville, and then starred in 60 films, covered herself with cellophane so as not to burn herself. 1932

9. Bo Derek with pigtails, best known for her role as Samantha Taylor in the 1979 film 10.

10. Diane Keaton and Woody Allen on the beach in Los Angeles in the 1978 film Annie Hall.

11. French actress Annabella, who starred in 46 films between 1927 and 1952. Here is an actress on a Los Angeles beach in 1935.

12. Francis Dee on the beach with his German Shepherd dog in 1933.

13. Actress Dorothy Arnold with her husband, baseball legend Joe DiMaggio, in May 1952.

14. Lillian Teshman in a white and blue silk suit in 1931.

15. Mary Howard and Ann Morris in swimsuit fashion early 40s in the summer of 1941.

16. Miriam Hopkins playing backgammon on the beach after filming of The Smiling Lieutenant was completed in 1931.

17. Pop group Monkees - David Jones, Peter Tork, Mikey Braddock and Michael Blessing - have fun on the beach in 1966.

18. Actress Pola Negri relaxes on the beach in Santa Monica. Around 1925.

19. Estelle Taylor - one of the biggest stars of silent films - listens to the radio on the beach near Hollywood in 1924.

20. Greta Garbo bathes shortly after arriving in Hollywood in 1926.