Portraits

Stanwyck was no ideal screen beauty, but her presence made her all the more alluring to men of the 30s and 40s. She could indeed be very, very sexy, yet also photograph just as well as Garbo, Crawford, or Taylor. Below is a gathering of beautiful Stanwyck photographs taken in the studio portrait sessions of yesteryear. It’s something missing from today, and why our modern “movie stars” will never become icons like the Legendary Barbara Stanwyck…