Grand illusions
By: by Richard Lawton ; with a text by Hugo Leckey
Contributors: Leckey, Hugo
Publisher: Octupus Books
Published: 1974
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780706403626
Subjects: Motion picture actors and actresses; Portraits; Glamour photography; Pictorial works
Description: "Grand Illusions represents a selection of the most beautiful photographs to emerge from Hollywood's Golden Years ... These photographs have been selected for their esthetic properties, and suggest the possible range of images conjured through each decade."--Introduction.

Black and white photographs of movie stars, often in costume as their most famous characters, have been selected to present a view of Hollywood's studio period, from the early silents through the nineteen-forties. Includes an essay by Hugo Leckey.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Grand illusions / by Hugo Leckey; title: The twenties and before; title: The thirties; title: The forties.