Grace Kelly (1929 - 1982) ca 1956 colorized by Alex Lim

 Colorized in several variations a photo of Grace Kelly taken at the Foreign Press Awards in 1956.

Ava Gardner (1922 - 1990) colorized by Alex Lim

Colorized a few more photos of Ava Gardner taken ca 1944 to 1950

Grace Kelly (1929 - 1982)

Colorized a few more photos of Grace Kelly during her short reign in Hollywood before taking off to become Princess Grace of Monaco in 1956.

Grace Kelly (1929 - 1982) ca 1954

Colorized a publicity photo of Grace Kelly (1929 - 1982) for her 1954 Hitchcock movie Rear Window with James Stewart, two years before retiring from Hollywood to assume the role of a lifetime as Princess Grace of Monaco. Early that same year, she had turned down to star opposite Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, and replaced by Eva Marie Saint who won Oscar's Best Actress.

Bette Davis in the late 1940s and early 50s

Colorized a few photos of the legendary Hollywood actress when she achieved international acclaim and whose makeup and hairstyle would become her signature look for years  to come, espcecially in her 1950 movie "All About Eve".  Here's one photo starting in 1948/49

Bette Davis' signature look in All About Eve, 1950, where she was nominated for an Oscar best actress award but lost.

Carole Lombard (1908 - 1942)

Carole Lombard (1908 - 1942) was among the first Hollywood screen beauties who never aged.. Having lived for for 33 years, she will always be remembered as a young and vibrant beauty and screen icon, immortalized by her movies and photos.

Loretta Young, photo colorized by Alex Lim

Colorized a vintage photo of Hollywood actress and 1947 Oscar best actress winner Loretta Young (1913 - 2000) for her role in The Farmer's Daughter. She may well be best known for having fathered Clark Gable's daughter, Judith Lewis Young.  The two had affair as romantic leads of the 1935 Call of the Wild.  Young was a beautiful siren at 22 and Gable was already a dashing screen idol at 34 already married to another woman (Maria Langham). 

The affair and the resulting love child was kept under raps as Loretta did not want to damage her career or Gable's. Twentieth Century Pictures learned about the pregnancy and pressured her for an abortion. Young, a devout Catholic, did not accede and the child, born on Nov 6, 1935  was passed off as adopted. But few in Hollywood were fooled as Judith bore a strong resemblance to Gable, and her true parentage was widely rumored in entertainment circles.