If you wanted glamour and sex appeal, Paul Hesse was the Hollywood Photographer to see.

Cary Grant and Paul Hesse at a photo shoot.

By the late 1930’s, Hesse had become known as one of the best commercial photographers in New York, and traveled to Hollywood several times a year to shoot photos of movie stars for Photoplay and for national advertising campaigns for companies like Maybelline.

This photo of Hedy Lamarr was taken by Paul Hesse. TO MAYBELLINE…..THE EYE MAKE-UP I FIND AS TRULY FLATTERING…..signed Hedy Lamarr. Maybelline paid to have a Star’s autographed picture placed on the back cover of movie magazines like Photoplay….. suitable for framing. 

Hedy Lamarr, 1950.

Hedy Lamarr by Paul Hesse.

Old Movies Nostalgia.

Hedy Lamarr the girl next door.

Hesse used color film to create eye popping photos that would sell magazines, Brands and products.

He used lighting, clothes, hair and makeup to create a Hedy Lamar who looks like she’s from Kansas….. except sexy and glamorous even in an apron

Photoplay carried advertisements for makeup, hair, skin products, and fashions. It also contained movie reviews, personal stories about big name stars such as Joan Crawford, Paulette Goddard, Hedy Lamarr, Merle Oberon, Betty Garble and several vivid color photographs of other movies stars as well.

In this Photoplay article, Hedy Lamarr discusses the value of wearing comfortable shoes in the 1940’s….. just like we could expect Paris Hilton discussing shoes she loved today in PEOPLE MAGAZINE, on EXTRA or FASHION POLICE.

Hedy Lamarr may have been a Paul Hesse – Maybelline model, as well as one the most beautiful women in Hollywood, but she was also a Scientist who patented this Secret Communication System in the 1940’s a forerunner for electronic communication today.

Read all about it in Hedy Lamarr’s new book, Hedy’s Folly, by Richard Rhodes.

I have one Hedy Lamarr mini-makeup bag left. See PayPal box on the right side of this page.

ECSTASY – Scandalous 1933 Hedy Lamarr Debut Click highlighted.

Hedy Lamarr and Bob Cummings on the Love That Bob TV Show. Cummings character is said to be taken directly from Paul Hesse.