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September 29, 2024

Glamorous Photos of Classic Beauties Taken by Eric Carpenter in the 1940s and ’50s

Born 1909, American photographer Eric Carpenter was another Clarence Bull assistant who moved into the M-G-M portrait gallery in the 1940s when Bull began to spend more time managing the photo department.

Carpenter did especially well with the crop of young actresses who shot to fame in the 1940s: Judy Garland, Ingrid Bergman, Ava Gardner, and Donna Reed. When the studio closed down its gallery in the 1960s, he continued as a unit still photographer.

Carpenter died in 1976 in Hollywood, California at the age of 66. These glamorous photos are part of his work that Eric Carpenter took portraits of classic beauties in the 1940s and 1950s.

Ann Sothern by Eric Carpenter, circa 1940

Lana Turner from Ziegfeld Girl by Eric Carpenter, 1941

Judy Garland from ‘For Me and My Gal’ by Eric Carpenter, 1942

Judy Garland from ‘For Me and My Gal’ by Eric Carpenter, 1942

Judy Garland from ‘For Me and My Gal’ by Eric Carpenter, 1942

Judy Garland from ‘Presenting Lily Mars’ by Eric Carpenter, 1942

Ava Gardner by Eric Carpenter, 1943

Hedy Lamarr from ‘The Heavenly Body’ by Eric Carpenter, 1943

Judy Garland from ‘Presenting Lily Mars’ by Eric Carpenter, 1943

Judy Garland from ‘Presenting Lily Mars’ by Eric Carpenter, 1943

Ann Sothern from ‘Maisie Goes to Reno‘ by Eric Carpenter, 1944

Ava Gardner from ‘Two Girls and a Sailor’ by Eric Carpenter, 1944

Gloria Grahame from ‘Blonde Fever’ by Eric Carpenter, 1944

Judy Garland by Eric Carpenter, 1944

Esther Williams by Eric Carpenter, 1945

Ginger Rogers from ‘Week-End at the Waldorf’ by Eric Carpenter, 1945

Hedy Lamarr from ‘Her Highness and the Bellboy’ by Eric Carpenter, 1945

Hedy Lamarr from ‘Her Highness and the Bellboy’ by Eric Carpenter, 1945

Hedy Lamarr from ‘Her Highness and the Bellboy’ by Eric Carpenter, 1945

Lana Turner by Eric Carpenter, 1945

Myrna Loy by Eric Carpenter, 1945

Elizabeth Taylor from ‘The Courage of Lassie’ by Eric Carpenter, 1946

Elizabeth Taylor from ‘The Courage of Lassie’ by Eric Carpenter, 1946

Elizabeth Taylor from ‘The Courage of Lassie’ by Eric Carpenter, 1946

Elizabeth Taylor from ‘The Courage of Lassie’ by Eric Carpenter, 1946

Elizabeth Taylor from ‘The Courage of Lassie’ by Eric Carpenter, 1946

Marilyn Maxwell from ‘The Show-Off’ by Eric Carpenter, 1946

Kathryn Grayson from ‘The Kissing Bandit’ by Eric Carpenter, 1948

Kathryn Grayson from ‘The Kissing Bandit’ by Eric Carpenter, 1948

Ann Sothern from ‘Nancy Goes to Rio’ by Eric Carpenter, 1950

Ava Gardner from ‘Mogambo’ by Eric Carpenter, 1953

Lana Turner from ‘The Prodigal’ by Eric Carpenter, 1955

Grace Kelly from ‘High Society’ by Eric Carpenter, 1956

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