A young Ingrid Bergman (1915 - 1982) ca mid 1940s

Colorized with a lot of liberties, a few photos of a young Ingrid Bergman just starting out in Hollywood at around the time she made Intermezzo (1939), the award-winning classic Casablanca (1942) opposite Humphrey Bogart, her notable performances in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), and in Gaslight (1944)

Ingrid Bergman in a publicity photo for Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)

Carole Lombard (1908 - 1942), ca 1932

Colorized a photo of Carole Lombard (1908 - 1942) recognized the Queen of Screwball Comedy, a screen legend and fashion icon. She took the crown from Greta Garbo as the highest paid actress in Hollywood during the late 1930s. Of all the screen goddesses that the "King" of Hollywood" Clark Gable worked with on screen (and with whom he never failed to have an affair), it was the blonde blue-eyed Carole he married in 1938.   That may say a lot about his taste in women, but no matter, Clark continued to have off screen romances with her leading ladies, notably Joan Crawford, which Carole knew but did not make a fuss as she understood her man. When news of Carole's death from the crash of her TWA flight reached him, Clark Gable was in bed with Joan, who consoled and comforted a genuinely devastated Gable.

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. 

Paraluman (Sigrid Sophia Agatha von Giese), actress of the Philippine cinema, 1940.

Sigrid Sophia Agatha von Giese, better known by her screen name Paraluman (December 14, 1923 – April 27, 2009), was an award-winning Filipina actress. Her contemporaries include the likes of Fernando Poe, Sr. and Carmen Rosales, she was a major contract star of Sampaguita Picture. Born in Tayabas, Quezon, her first movie at age 17 was Flores de Mayo in 1940 under the screen name of Mina de Gracia, Fernando Poe Sr. rename here Paraluman" (archaic Tagalog for "muse" )  aappearing as a leading lady  in the movie  Paraluman (1941),  After a couple more movies, WWII in the Pacific interrupted her career. 

Paraluman was widely rumored during World War 2 as a mistress of Yamashita. When Yamashita surrendered, the United States Armed Forces of the Far East captured them in the hopes to save Paraluman, her family and accomplices from the Filipino mob who wanted to kill them for being “Maka-Pili”. Paraluman begged for her life with a Filipino Lieutenant who eventually saved them. According to witness accounts, Paraluman was bald when captured due to lice infestation while in hiding. After the war, Paraluman returned to acting. However, despite her beauty, she never achieved the fame of her contemporaries like Gloria Romero, especially with the rise of Amalia Fuentes, Susan Roces, Rita Gomez, etc.