40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Ah, the glitz and glamour of a red carpet premiere. There is something special about seeing a glossy and pristine celebrity walk down the velvet carpet that makes flashbulbs flare and people stare–especially when it comes to old Hollywood. Let's take a look back at some stars from yesteryear in all their red carpet glory.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
American photographer Arthur Fellig (left) poses with Hollywood power couple Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh at a screening of A Streetcar Named Desire, circa 1951.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Liberace walks down the red carpet at a film premiere alongside his mother, circa 1953.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Actor Sidney Poitier and actress Diahann Carroll arrive at the 36th Academy Awards in Santa Monica, California, on April 13, 1964.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Actor Jimmy Stewart and actress Lana Turner share a smile at the Los Angeles film premiere of The Women, circa 1939.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Marlon Brando waves to the cameras at the 1967 film premiere of A Countess from Hong Kong in London.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Clark Gable makes a speech at the premiere of Gone With the Wind in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 15, 1939.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Child star Shirley Temple poses with costumed dwarfs at the Hollywood film premiere of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on December 23, 1937.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Actress Dorothy Dandridge signs autographs at the film premiere of Porgy and Bess, circa 1959.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Audrey Hepburn meets a young fan at the red carpet premiere of Breakfast at Tiffany's in 1961.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Clint Eastwood and his first wife Maggie pose next to an announcer at the West Coast premiere of Breakfast at Tiffany's in 1961.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Marilyn Monroe gets out of her car at the premiere of There's No Business Like Show Business in 1954.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Actors Warren Beatty, Joan Collins, and Van Johnson meet Princess Margaret at the 1961 premiere of the film, The Facts of Life.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
A soldier escorts Lucille Ball down the red carpet at the premiere of Show Business in 1944.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Bing Crosby arrives at the Odeon theatre in London for the 1961 film premiere of Back Street.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Actor Rock Hudson and actress Doris Day pose with their newly appointed Golden Globe statues in 1962.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
West Side Story star, Natalie Wood, arrives alongside Warren Beatty at a film premiere in 1961.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
The Sound of Music actress, Julie Andrews, strikes a pose a Los Angeles premiere in 1962.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Acclaimed Psycho director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville attend a Los Angeles film premiere in 1952.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Marilyn Monroe and actor Montgomery Clift arrive at the New York preview of The Misfits in 1961.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Elizabeth Taylor drips in diamonds at the film premiere of Staircase in 1969.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Director Roman Polanski and his wife, actress Sharon Tate, arrive at the premiere of his film Rosemary's Baby in 1969.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Audrey Hepburn is all smiles at the 1961 London premiere of Breakfast at Tiffany's.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, and Bing Crosby pose together at Warner Bros. Studios in 1962.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy stand together at the premiere of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1951.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Bette Davis poses at the 1932 Hollywood premiere of The Man Who Played God.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Goldie Hawn and husband Gus Trikonis arrive at the 1970 film premiere of Marooned at the Odeon theater in London.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Elliot Gould and Barbra Streisand arrive at the premiere of her film, Funny Girl, in 1968.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Lucille Ball and Bob Hope share a smooch, while Ball's soon-to-be-husband, Gary Morton, looks on at the premiere of Bachelor in Paradise, 1961.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Actress Carroll Baker arrives at a Los Angeles red carpet, circa 1962.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Marilyn Monroe and writer Jose Bolanos arrive at the 1962 Golden Globe Awards in Hollywood.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Rebel Without a Cause actor James Dean poses next to Italian actress Pier Angeli at an event in 1954.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Henry Fonda, Anita Colby, James Stewart, and Frances Fonda make their way down the covered red carpet at the 1945 premiere of Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
John Wayne and his wife Josephine walk down the carpet at the Hollywood premiere of Reap the Wild Wind in 1942.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Walt Disney and his wife (left) arrive at the Carthay Circle Theater in Hollywood for the 1941 premiere of his film, Fantasia.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and model Shannon Tweed stand together for a photo at the 1982 premiere of Wrong is Right.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Judy Garland strikes an over the shoulder pose at the premiere of her film A Star is Born in 1954.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable pose together at the 1936 premiere of Theater of the Air in Hollywood.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Actress Marilu Henner stands aside as John Travolta and Sylvester Stallone pose together at the Stayin' Alive premiere in 1983.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Joan Collins at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, 1956.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Jack Nicholson arrives at the 1978 stage show Appearing Nightly, starring Lily Tomlin, at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Paul McCarney and his wife Linda gleefully attend the film premiere of Alfred the Great in 1969.
40+ Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Red Carpet
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Marilyn Monroe arrive at the Los Angeles film premiere of How To Marry A Millionaire in 1953.
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