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Discussion in 'Ephemera and Photographs' started by stracci, Aug 9, 2020.

  1. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

    These photos were in the collection of Robert Coburn, a prolific Hollywood photographer who worked for Columbia Pictures from the 1930s to 1960s.
    He photographed stars like Rita Hayworth, Hedy Lamarr, Marlon Brando, etc.
    Robert Coburn was my friend's grandfather, and he gave these photos to me. We just don't know who she is.
    I was thinking Kim Novak, as she was a frequent subject of his, but I'm not sure.
    Any ideas?
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  2. Matt Johnson

    Matt Johnson Well-Known Member

    Oh it's Allison Hayes!
     
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  3. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Almost the text book definition of "bullet bra."

    Debora
     
  4. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Here's one -- on offer on eBay -- from the same sitting.

    Debora

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  5. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

    OMG!!!! You are right!!
     
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    stracci Well-Known Member

  7. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    the attack of the 50 foot bra :eek:
     
  8. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

    There were boxes and boxes of photos. My friend kept the ones of actors and actresses he was familiar with, and the rest he sold to a guy who owns a record store for a pittance.
    It still makes me mad that he practically discarded all that Hollywood memorabilia.
    His grandfather, Robert Coburn, brought him to the set of "The Birds".
    He was 6 years old. He says he remembers Hitchcock making Tippi Hedren run up and down the steps over and over again, filming that scene where the birds attack her.
     
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  9. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    Not sure which is scarier, the birds attacking or wearing the bullet bra. LOL
     
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  10. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Imagine that bra being the beauty ideal of the time. And the average woman trying to meet it.

    Debora
     
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  11. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

    Yes, and the tiny waist. And wearing high heels all day.
    I am intrigued by the polished shells sewn onto her belt.
     
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  12. reader

    reader Well-Known Member

    Pretty much my mother!
     
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