Hollywood has changed a lot since the silent era and Golden Age. These vintage photos offer a fascinating look at some of the more unfamiliar and shocking things that were actually the norm back then
1. Child star Jackie Coogan, smoking:
2. And a young Mickey Rooney posing as his character Mickey McGuire:
3. Actor Madge Kennedy on a collectible tobacco card for Ringer’s Cigarettes “Cinema Stars” series:
4. Silent film star Vera Stedman modelling the “latest beachwear”:
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5. Actor Marian Nixon taking her pet leopard for a walk while wearing a leopard-print coat:
6. Greta Garbo posing with Leo the lion, aka the MGM mascot:
7. Jerry Lewis having a “wrestling match” with a chimpanzee:
8. Superstar Mary Pickford reading a pamphlet advocating for women’s suffrage:
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9. Comedian Harry Langdon taking a break from filming to listen to the World Series on the radio:
10. The original Hollywoodland sign:
11. Actor Charlie Murray spraying his co-star Bessie Love to try to prevent “hoof and mouth” disease after they filmed a Western, Sundown, with 50,000 cattle in Texas:
12. William D. Taylor wearing his leading man makeup for Captain Alvarez:
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13. Rita Hayworth doing her own makeup for It Happened in Paris:
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14. Max Factor using a “beauty calibrator” to assess what screen makeup needed to be used:
15. Actor Anita Page showcasing her award-winning “most beautiful forehead in Hollywood”:
16. Movie poster artist Reynold Brown hand-painting a poster for Al Capone:
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17. Stunt performers training on the wings of a plain:
18. The cutting-edge technology of a movable camera:
19. Albert Einstein and his wife randomly visiting the Warner Bros (then called Vitagraph) studio and posing with a car on a film set:
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20. The very first Academy Awards:
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21. The old, giant Golden Globe trophy:
22. Dorothy Arzner, the only female director in Hollywood’s Golden Age, on the set of WorkingGirls:
23. The set of an “outdoor” scene on a Western movie:
24. And Actor Adrienne Ames picking up her fanmail from her pigeonhole at Paramount Studios:
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25. What do you find most fascinating about Old Hollywood? Share in the comments below
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