American Images, Part Four

Posted on July 3, 2026 by Dazzling Erin

The Rat Pack by Phil Stern

We’re only a few hours away from America’s 250th birthday! And what would an American birthday party be without some American celebrities of the present and the past?

Joan Crawford by Ruth Harriet Louise

Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee by Leo Fuchs

Marlon Brando by Leo Fuchs

Mary Badham and Gregory Peck by Leo Fuchs

Natalie Wood by Alan Grant

Marilyn Monroe and Jack Benny by Phil Stern

James Dean by Phil Stern

John Wayne by Phil Stern

Bruce Conner, Toni Basil, and Teri Garr by Dennis Hopper

Paul Newman by Dennis Hopper

Tuesday Weld by Dennis Hopper

Robert Downey, Jr. by Mary Ellen Mark

Meryl Streep by Mary Ellen Mark

Johnny Depp by Mary Ellen Mark

Artist Profile: Ruth Harriet Louise (1903 — 1940)

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Dazzling Erin

The daughter of a rabbi and the sister of a film director, Ruth Harriet Louise was only 22 years old when MGM hired her to run their portrait studio. She was the first and, at the time, only woman to work as a portrait photographer for a Hollywood studio. Louise took over 100,000 pictures over the course of her five-year career. Before retiring to get married, Louise took pictures of every major star and contract player to work at MGM.