A group photograph of MGM’s stars and starlets under contract, taken for the studio’s 20th anniversary in 1943.
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Photo of Barbara Stanwyck taken by a fan in the 1930s
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Happy birthday, Sophia Loren!
Loren appeared on LIFE’s cover seven times through the 1950s and ’60s. “At that time,” she said, “when LIFE magazine came out every week, it was something very important for a career — the best thing that could happen to an actress. It was something unbelievable. Everybody talked about it — a story in LIFE magazine, with a cover.”
To celebrate her birthday, we present rare portraits by LIFE’s Alfred Eisenstaedt that never made it to print. Enjoy.
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