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Peter O'Toole hand gesture Vincent Price sitting in the sun in his Beverly Hills home, 1958. On her first trip to Hollywood after finishing Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn is photographed in the Portrait Gallery of Paramount Studios by Bud Fraker, 1953. Jack Lemmon quietly smokes his cigar on the Columbia Studios set of Luv, 1966. Sophia Loren surrounded by other actresses' dress forms in the Paramount Studios Wardrobe Department, 1958. Kim Novak on the RKO set of The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955 Jimmy Durante, aka The Great Schnozzola, at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, 1955. William Holden waits for his entrance on Paris When It Sizzles, Boulogne Studios, Paris, 1962. Jean Seberg at Maxime's Restaurant in Paris during filming of Bonjour Tristesse, 1957. Jane Fonda resting in a New York City garment factory during shooting of "Klute," 1970. Elvis Presley and Sophia Loren at Paramount Studios, 1958 Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman on a specially constructed set at Paramount during filming of The Graduate, 1967. Katharine Ross and Dustin Hoffman running away from the church at the end of The Graduate, Paramount Studios, 1967. Elizabeth Taylor on the Warner Bros. set of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1965. Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton, Bottle Smash Deliciously attractive Natalie Wood in rehearsal on The Great Race, Warner Bros., 1964. Alfred Hitchcock, the famous 'profile' on the Universal Studios set of Marnie, 1964. Barbra Streisand in the Beverly Hills Hotel pool, 1963. Barbra Streisand sitting on her husband Elliott Gould's shoulders in the Beverly Hills Hotel pool, 1963. Rock Hudson trying to type in his trailer, but the fans are a bit distracting. On location in Grado, Italy for A Farewell to Arms, 1957. Audrey Hepburn in her hotel room in L.A., on her first trip to Hollywood after filming Roman Holiday, 1953. Jean Seberg reading paper in bed, during filming of Bonjour Tristesse in France, 1957. Elizabeth Taylor on the MGM set of Raintree County, 1956. Audrey Hepburn portrait as Eliza on Warner Bros. set of My Fair Lady, 1963. Michael Caine on Universal Studios set for Gambit, 1965. Humphrey Bogart, one of the most memorable faces in the history of cinema, portrayed as Captain Queeg in The Caine Mutiny, Columbia Studios, 1953. Audrey Hepburn rehearses the Loverly number with playback on the Warner Bros. set of My Fair Lady, 1963. Oliver Reed on location in St. Tropez for The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun, 1969. Audrey and Bill Holden Gregory Peck and Deborah Kerr, Beach Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Pillow Talk Marilyn-Monroe Steve McQueen Clint Eastwood, portait Dorothy Dandridge, On Set Jean Seberg with Tang Horse Tony Curtis Pipe Shirley MacLaine, Mirror Frank Sinatra, Divorce Sign Richard Burton, CU Portrait Vidor, Hudson Audrey, Cukor, Covent Garden Set John Wayne, LIFE Magazine Cover 1971 Audrey Hepburn, Studio Car James Dean, Script Rutger-Hauer_CU Kevin Kline, Nap Dustin-Hoffman, Bedroom 20_035_v2 Kate-Hepburn-mts OToole-Squint Judy-Garland-fireplug Jean-Seberg-eagle

Iconic photos by a pioneer of 20th Century photography

“…the man who virtually invented the photojournalistic motion picture still.” – Popular Photography

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Photographer Bob Willoughby

Bob Willoughby

whose photographs transformed the images of Hollywood’s biggest stars, is a true pioneer of 20th century photography. While most famous as the great chronicler of Hollywood, before he began covering film production he had already made an astonishing series of images of jazz musicians. His photographs are in the permanent collections of museums worldwide and available in limited editions.

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Audrey Hepburn at window with flowers

Hollywood – images of the brightest stars of the midcentury

Willoughby was the first “outside” photographer hired by the major studios to create photographs for the magazines, and was the link between the filmmakers and major magazines of the time, such as Life and Look. he covered the making of over 100 films, including the 1960s movies The Graduate, My Fair Lady, Rosemary’s Baby and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.

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Miles Davis

The Birth of the Cool

Rare and powerful moments captured — Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck, and more.

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