He used dramatic lighting and evocative poses ... The pictures in the National Portrait Gallery’s “Star Power” portray such Hollywood luminaries as Clark Gable, Greta Garbo and Bill ...

But Hollywood’s publicity stills were prosaic. Modeled after commercial portraits, they were flat, shot with a single light. Then came George Hurrell, whose portraits were refulgent, dripping ...

By Michael Slenske For nearly seven decades, painter Don Bachardy has lured Hollywood ... the light in the room, the sound of his brush, his intense eyes. His portraits are soulful; each stroke ...

George Hurrell, the acclaimed Hollywood portrait photographer, captures these stars in their most enchanting light. Among those featured are film icons, ranging from Jean Harlow and Bill ...

A revelatory show in San Marino puts Don Bachardy’s prolific portrait drawings into a welcome new light. The absorbing ... an example of his mother’s Hollywood celebrity scrapbooks.

Clark Gable and Joan Crawford by George Hurrell, gelatin silver print, 1936. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired in part through the generosity of an anonymous donor.