Motion Picture Magazine, September 1940.

A FREE SOUL (1931) Dir. Clarence Brown

They should invent a brain that lets you sleep

James Dean and Geraldine Page photographed by Dennis Stock, NYC, 1955

bette davis in ex-lady (1933)

Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night, 1934.

LANA TURNER does her part, 1942 She was a pin-up girl of the first order. She was a soldier’s dream during World War II, officially “The Girl We’d Like to Be Stranded on a Deserted Island With,” “The Girl We’d Like to Find in Every Port,” and “The Most Gorgeous, Spectacular, and Pulse-stirring Thing on High Heels.” The 18th Bomb Squadron of the U.S. Air Force painted her on the nose of their B-17 and named the plane “Tempest Turner.” In 1942 she raised $50,000 selling war bonds with kisses and her efforts altogether brought in an estimated $5,000,000. Back home she was a regular at the Hollywood Canteen and on the studio lot she played hostess to large groups of soldiers. She also performed broadcats for Armed Forces Radio, where soldiers could have any wish come true, no matter how random, if it could be transmitted over the airwaves. They could hear Carole Landis sigh, Judy Garland sing “Over the Rainbow,” or Lana Turner cook a porterhouse steak smothered with onions. That’s the request that was made of her and she was happy to oblige. Visiting hospitals was the most difficult because she was easily affected by injuries and sad stories. The soldiers loved her. They were convinced she was the last pretty girl they would ever see. - LANA: THE MEMORIES, THE MYTHS, THE MOVIES

Ann Dvorak in Scarface (1932)

Charlie Chaplin this, Buster Keaton that, Harold Lloyd blah blah blah. They’re all amazing comedians who contributed a lot to motion pictures and it’s not a competition.

BETTE DAVIS as Julie Marsden in JEZEBEL — dir. William Wyler (1938)