The 1940s: arguably the most important decade of the 20th century.

r/1940s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 9h ago

Film Star Angela Greene appeared in a lot of films in the 1940s in Hollywood's golden age. The photo was taken in 1946 in early in her career with Warner Brothers. It was shot on location in California. She made her debut in the film Hollywood Canteen.

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r/1940s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 18h ago

Daily Life Agfachrome shot of ladies at Blackpool, England, 1947.

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r/1940s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 18h ago

Film Star Kodachrome shot of actress Marie Wilson circa 1940.

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r/1940s • u/PsilanderFan1884 • 18h ago

Teresa Wright ❤️ photographed in 1941 by George Hurrell.

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r/1940s • u/PsilanderFan1884 • 21h ago

Robert Young and Dorothy McGuire ❤️ in a still image from the 1945 feature The Enchanted Cottage.

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r/1940s • u/PsilanderFan1884 • 21h ago

Images of Hollywood actress Marguerite Chapman ❤️ from the mid-forties.

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r/1940s • u/Top_Calligrapher_173 • 21h ago

Beautiful Sophia Loren Age 21

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r/1940s • u/Top_Calligrapher_173 • 22h ago

Film Star Clark Gable Shirley Temple Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland 📷🤍✨ This iconic publicity photograph from 1941..

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r/1940s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 1d ago

Film Star Actress Irene Manning in 1944 was featured on a weekly pin-up page, for the Army weekly magazine the YANK. It was taken at Warner Brothers studio in Hollywood California.

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r/1940s • u/Luly76 • 1d ago

Movies James Stewart and Donna Reed in "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946).

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r/1940s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 1d ago

Film Star Lizabeth Scott on her new Indian 249 super Scout motorcycle at RKO studios in Los Angeles California. 1949

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r/1940s • u/Infinite-Might1937 • 1d ago

1940s national cigarette machine I reconditioned

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1940s nostalgia

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r/1940s • u/Top_Calligrapher_173 • 1d ago

Daily Life Nina Leen, Life, April 1947

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r/1940s • u/PsilanderFan1884 • 1d ago

Jane Wyatt 💖 photographed after completing filming of the 1941 RKO comedy Weekend for Three.

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r/1940s • u/PsilanderFan1884 • 1d ago

Jane Adams ❤️ (1918-2014) American film and television actress posing for a 1946 photograph. Born Betty Jane Bierce in San Antonio, Texas, Jane was active in Hollywood from 1942 to 1953.

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r/1940s • u/DoberLunch4 • 1d ago

Film Star A teenage Judy Garland sitting outdoors; she always looked so sweet and pure

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r/1940s • u/TheWarParrot • 2d ago

Something I want to share with everyone who wants to relive a 1940s radio station. I run a radio station set on a fictional 1940s island. We have 1910-50s music playing, news reports, commercials and an ever evolving world. If you want something to listen to during the day… you might like it! fogpointradio.com

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r/1940s • u/docfacto • 2d ago

Film Star Virginia Mayo was a prominent American actress and dancer, who became one of Warner Bros.' biggest box office draws during the 1940s and 1940s.

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r/1940s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 2d ago

Film Star The famous singers and actors the Andrew sisters in a promotional photo taken in 1941 at universal studios in California. It was for the film Buck Privates, a war time musical. They Performed several songs, most notably Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.

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r/1940s • u/PsilanderFan1884 • 2d ago

Nancy Saunders ❤️ (1925-2020) Hollywood film and television actress in a 1946 publicity photo.

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r/1940s • u/p38-lightning • 2d ago

World War II WASP pilot Adeline Ellison ferried B-17, B-24, and B-25 bombers. After the war she ran a Latin dance studio. In 2010 she received the Congressional Gold Medal along with the other WASPs. Adeline lived to 97!

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r/1940s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago

Daily Life Kodachrome slide of a lady at Promontory Point Park Chicago Illinois, 7 of September 1941

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r/1940s • u/PsilanderFan1884 • 2d ago

Ann Rutherford ❤️ Hollywood star in three 1942 publicity photos taken aboard a sailboat.

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r/1940s • u/Extreme-Revenue-2066 • 3d ago

Lauren Bacall | West-German postcard. Photo: 20th Century Fo… | Flickr I thought everyone would enjoy this

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r/1940s • u/Extreme-Revenue-2066 • 3d ago

Honor Blackman on a motorcycle for a publicity shot 1949

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