Russell Ball
Appearance
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Russell Ball (March 24, 1891 – June 12, 1942) was an American studio
Hollywood film stars including Jean Harlow, Greta Garbo, Louise Brooks, Mary Pickford, Esther Ralston and Carol Dempster.[1][2][3][4][5]
Life
Russell Earp Ball was born in Philadelphia. His father died while Russell was still a teenager; by 1910 Russell was working as a salesman for the Gas Light Manufacturing Company. He moved to New York and on February 1, 1912, he married the film journalist
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Louise Brooks, 1920s
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Carol Dempster, 1920s
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Esther Ralston in Sadie McKee, 1934
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Greta Garbo, 1925
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Phyllis Haver, 1928
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Doris Kenyon, 1928
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Natacha Rambova (Mrs Valentino), 1924
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Gloria Swanson, 1923
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Estelle Taylor, 1930
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Rudolph Valentino as a native American chief, 1923
See also
- John de Mirjian, another period photographer of film stars
References
- ^ "A group of original photos and negatives of Mary Pickford taken by Russell Ball". Bonhams. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ^ "Los Grandes Fotografos". Los Grandes Fotografos. August 3, 2017.
Elmer Russell Ball (53 photographs)
- ^ "Elmer Russell Ball". IMDB. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-932900-15-9.
- S2CID 191641256.
- ISBN 978-1-60473-414-0.
- ISBN 978-0-226-01343-5.
- ^ Harnisch, L. M. (July 18, 2016). "Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Russell Ball — An Eye for Glamour". Los Angeles Daily Mirror.
- .
Further reading
- Kobal, John (1980). The Art of the Great Hollywood Portrait Photographer. New York: Knopf.