Photos That Represent What Hollywood Was At It’s Peak
Hollywood is long past its peak, but here's what it was like.
The golden age of Hollywood is gone but not forgotten. Here’s what we’ve lost.
The Look Was Iconic
Actress Grace Kelly
It Was A Better Time When Cary Grant Smoked A Pipe
Cary Grant poses.
And When Leslie Nielson Had Dark Hair
Leslie Nielson in the movie Forbidden Planet
It Was A Time When This Was A Fantasy Movie
A scene from the movie Harvey.
And When Alfred Was Mr. Hitchcock
Director Alfred Hitchock on the set of Psycho.
When Godzilla Was An Analogy For A Nuclear Holocaust
On the set of the 1954 movie Godzilla.
In Hollywood’s Golden Age, This Is What It Meant To Believe A Man Can Fly
A scene from Disney’s Peter Pan.
And This Is What People Meant When They Said Romance
Bogart and Bergman in Casablanca
Back When John Wayne Called Everyone Pilgrim
John Wayne
Hollywood Peaked When A Movie Called 12 Angry Men Didn’t Have An Action Scene
A scene from the movie 12 Angry Men.
At a time when this was the face of comedy
Legendary comedic actor Bob Hope.
Nearly everyone knew how to sing (and usually did).
Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby singing.
And everyone was expected to dance.
Gene Kelly in a dance number.
It wasn’t perfect. It was a time when to get someone’s attention you gave them a slap.
Humphrey Bogart takes it to the chin.
But just because it wasn’t perfect doesn’t mean it wasn’t good. The hills were alive
Scene from The Sound of Music.
