Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Grace Kelly ... Glamour of the Gods: Hollywood Portraits – at the National Portrait Gallery – celebrates Hollywood's golden age
Loretta Young (c1924) by AL 'Whitey' SchaferPhotograph: John Kobal Foundation, 2011Louise Brooks (1929) by Eugene Robert Richee Photograph: John Kobal Foundation, 2011Clark Gable and Joan Crawford for Dancing Lady (1933) by George Hurrell Photograph: John Kobal Foundation, 2011Vivien Leigh for Gone With the Wind (1939) by Laszlo Willinger Photograph: John Kobal Foundation, 2011Marlene Dietrich on the set of Manpower (1941) by Laszlo Willinger Photograph: John Kobal Foundation, 2011Elizabeth Taylor (1948) by Clarence Sinclair Bull Photograph: John Kobal Foundation, 2011Marlon Brando for A Streetcar Named Desire (1950) by John Engstead Photograph: John Kobal Foundation, 2011Photograph: Action imagesGrace Kelly (1956) by Clarence Sinclair Bull Photograph: John Kobal Foundation, 2011Joan Collins for Seven Thieves (1959) by Laszlo Willinger Photograph: John Kobal Foundation, 2011Rock Hudson for Lover Come Back (1961) by Leo Fuchs Photograph: Leo FuchsPhotograph: Action images