Kodachrome film saturated the 1940s with an unprecedented explosion of color. Movie audiences, accustomed to seeing photographs of their favorite stars on magazine covers, billboards, and cinema marquees in monochrome or black-and-white, were suddenly enthralled as their idols came to life in vibrant hues as flesh-and-blood human beings.
Here, we collected 50 rare and stunning Kodachrome photographs of classic stars from between the 1940s and 1960s.
1. Vera-Ellen
2. Joan O'Brien
3. Marilyn Monroe
4. Ann Rutherford
5. Linda Cristal
6. Kim Novak
7. June Haver
8. Barbra Streisand
9. Faith Domergue
10. Elizabeth Taylor
11. Connie Stevens
12. Stefanie Powers
13. Gene Tierney
14. Nancy Berg
15. Janet Leigh
16. Esther Williams
17. Monique van Vooren
18. Patty Duke
19. Karin Booth
20. Julie Christie
21. Audrey Hepburn
22. Donna Reed
23. Jane Powell
24. Tuesday Weld
25. Carroll Baker
26. Diana Dors
27. Rosanna Schiaffino
28. Anita Ekberg
29. Gita Hall
30. Nancy Kelly
31. Sylvia Syms
32. Micheline Presle
33. Shelley Winters
34. Grace Kelly
35. Sono Osato
36. Betsy Palmer
37. Linda Evans
38 .Mary Tyler Moore
39. Sophia Loren
40. Susan Hayward
41. Valerie Allen
42. Lois Smith
43. Patricia Roc
44. Joan Collins
45. Patricia Neal
46. Ava Gardner
47. Barbara Nichols
48. Edie Adams
49. Dorothy Provine
50. Barbara Stanwyck

1. Vera-Ellen

2. Joan O'Brien

3. Marilyn Monroe

4. Ann Rutherford

5. Linda Cristal

6. Kim Novak

7. June Haver

8. Barbra Streisand

9. Faith Domergue

10. Elizabeth Taylor

11. Connie Stevens

12. Stefanie Powers

13. Gene Tierney

14. Nancy Berg

15. Janet Leigh

16. Esther Williams

17. Monique van Vooren

18. Patty Duke

19. Karin Booth

20. Julie Christie

21. Audrey Hepburn

22. Donna Reed

23. Jane Powell

24. Tuesday Weld

25. Carroll Baker

26. Diana Dors

27. Rosanna Schiaffino

28. Anita Ekberg

29. Gita Hall

30. Nancy Kelly

31. Sylvia Syms

32. Micheline Presle

33. Shelley Winters

34. Grace Kelly

35. Sono Osato

36. Betsy Palmer

37. Linda Evans

38 .Mary Tyler Moore

39. Sophia Loren

40. Susan Hayward

41. Valerie Allen

42. Lois Smith

43. Patricia Roc

44. Joan Collins

45. Patricia Neal

46. Ava Gardner

47. Barbara Nichols

48. Edie Adams

49. Dorothy Provine

50. Barbara Stanwyck
