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George Hurrell - George Hurrell - The Official Website of Hollywood . . . George Edward Hurrell was born on June 1, 1904 in Cincinnati, Ohio His father, Edward, was born there too, of English and Irish parents His paternal grandfather had come from Essex, England where the family had been successful shoe manufacturers for several centuries
Timeline - George Hurrell The book, “The Hurrell Style” is published by the John Day Company 1980: Hurrell starts to set auction records for vintage photographs from the 1930’s Hurrell Portfolio I, limited editions, is published Prints from the edition quickly realize $1,100 – $1,300 at various auction houses
Greta Garbo - George Hurrell Greta Garbo remains one of the most famous names in cinema history In April 1930, when Hurrell took these photos of her, she was the highest paid female star in the world, the most powerful star in the world, and, unfortunately was not in the best mood that day
Gallery - George Hurrell George Hurrell at Malcolm St Clair’s Hillside Cottage in 1925 George Hurrell arrives at Laguna Beach 1925 George Hurrell playing a record George Sr sketching George Hurrell at the beach in 1925 The floor plans to George Hurrell’s studio Closeup women’s dress shop
The Making of a Star - George Hurrell Hurrell’s training as a painter, his enhanced understanding of lighting, exposure, composition and contrast, all helped to make his photos “stand out ” Hurrell brought an undeniable style and sophistication to each sitting, whether it was with an established star or a young contract player on the road to fame, or obscurity for that matter
Ramon Novarro, The New Orpheus - George Hurrell Besides, Pancho loved the glamorous photos that Hurrell had taken of her and her favorite horse, and secretly believed that Hurrell’s destiny was in photography And so, at Pancho’s urging, Ramon Novarro had a series of photographs taken by George Hurrell
George Hurrell’s Famous Background Screen George Edward Hurrell (1904 – 1992) is credited with developing the glamour idiom in photography and creating the standard for the idealized Hollywood glamour portrait He invented the boom light, and is credited with developing other innovative lighting and darkroom techniques
Norma Shearer, First Day of Photography - George Hurrell Novarro showed the photos that Hurrell took of him to his best friend back at MGM who was having problems of a different sort Her name was Norma Shearer, who was married to the head of production at MGM – Irving Thalberg
Dorothy Jordan - George Hurrell George Hurrell told me that, next to Joan Crawford, he probably shot more film on Dorothy Jordan than any other early MGM star Dorothy Jordan did not make the transition to sound film However she did have a very happy life