The pictures in the National Portrait Gallery’s “Star Power” portray such Hollywood luminaries as Clark Gable, Greta Garbo and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. But the star of the show is ...

Hollywood stars have been sitting for a portrait by art legend Don Bachardy. ... the light in the room, the sound of his brush, his intense eyes. His portraits are soulful; ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will present “Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell,” an exhibition exploring timeless images of film royalty from the 1930s ...

Hurrell learned, shooting Hollywood’s most illustrious, that everyone is vulnerable, if caught in the wrong light. “Even veterans before cameras dreaded portrait sittings,” Hurrell told Vieira.

  A.L. “Whitey” Schafer (1902-1951) Adolph Schafer was always known as “Whitey” because of his light blond hair. His first job was at Famous Players-Lasky, serving as a ...

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The studio head has historically been seen as a fearsome and all-powerful figure, capable of ending a career with the snap of a finger or changing ...