Glamour during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Maybelline was synonymous with Hollywood Glamour in the 1930s.
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| Before and After Maybelline ad, with Paulette Goddard. |
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| Carole Lombard, one of Tom Lyle’s favorites. |
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| Betty Grable, Maybelline Star. |
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| Paulette Goddard, a personal friend of T L Williams. |
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| Gloria Swanson, a Maybelline model from the 1920s. |
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| Jean Harlow, another Maybelline model, Tom Llye, helped groom. |
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| Marion Valle’ brought fashion and Maybelline together. |
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| Maybelline box, in the 1930s. |
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| Black and white Maybelline ads, appeared in all the Hollywood gossip magazines. |
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| Typical Maybelline ad found in Photoplay. |
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| Tom Lyle Williams, with his son Tom Lyle Jr in 1934. |
Read all about the Golden Age of Hollywood in The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It.
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