1940's Fashion | "Veronica Lake's Hair: It Is a Cinema Property of World Influence"

Magazine article

By: Life

Date: November 24, 1941

Source: "Veronica Lake's Hair: It Is a Cinema Property of World Influence." Life 11, November 24, 1941, 58–61.

About the Artist: Veronica Lake (1919–1973) was chosen by director Preston Sturges as the leading lady in his semi-autobiographical film Sullivan's Travels (1941), which Lake herself considered her best performance. In 1942, she was teamed with Alan Ladd in This Gun for Hire, the first of several films they made together. Life named Lake the top box-office star of 1943. Her other film roles included The Blue Dahlia (1946) and The Glass Key (1942), both examples of classic Hollywood film noir (a genre of movie featuring corrupt characters, bleak urban settings, and lots of shadows).

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