Bette Davis photographed by George Hurrell c. 1940. In 1942, Hurrell said, “Bette Davis is Hollywood’s most self-conscious portrait subject. She doesn’t think of herself as photographically pretty. She’s the most self-critical girl in Hollywood. Which is probably the reason why she’s the greatest actress.”

Humphrey Bogart photographed by George Hurrell for Michael Curtiz’s Angels with Dirty Faces c. 1938

Joan Crawford photographed by George Hurrell in a publicity photo for Letty Lynton

Lionel Barrymore photographed by George Hurrell for Clarence Brown’s A Free Soul c. Spring, 1931.

Madge Evans photographed by George Hurrell

Ramon Navarro photographed by George Hurrell c. late 1920’s.

Ramon Navarro photographed by George Hurrell c. late 1920’s.

Ramon Navarro photographed by George Hurrell c. late 1920’s.

Jane Russell photographed by George Hurrell c. early 1940’s

Jean Harlow photographed outside The Cocoanut Grove with Al Rosson, Johnny Weissmuller and Irene Jones, the coutirier who later became known simply as Irene.