The man who invented Hollywood's face—through a lens of shadows and sin.
The life and career of legendary Hollywood glamour portrait photographer George Hurrell is profiled by his contemporaries including other photographers and actors he has shot.
Cinematography
Hurrell's own photos—chiaroscuro that seduced America
Production
Archival footage of stars submitting to his vision
Director
Carl Colby
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hurrell shot Joan Crawford 25 times—she called him 'Hurrell' like a prayer. She'd arrive with her own lighting diagrams.
His 1932 portrait of Jean Harlow in a white satin gown—so backlit she glows like uranium—created the template for glamour photography still copied in 2024.
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