Born 1891 in Philadelphia, American studio glamor photographer Russell Ball moved to New York and married the film journalist Gladys Hall in 1912, with whom he had two children, while working as a newspaper photographer.
Portraits of classic beauties taken by Russell Ball in the 1920s and 1930s
By 1917, Ball was working as a photographer, and by 1920, he had specialized into making portrait publicity stills for films, among others for the Shubert Organization. After working independently for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925 (on the East Coast), he opened his own studio at 9528 Brighton Way, Beverly Hills to work for private patrons and celebrities at the end of the 1920s.
Ball made stills for films and portraits of Hollywood film stars including Jean Harlow, Greta Garbo, Louise Brooks, Mary Pickford, Esther Ralston and Carol Dempster. These fabulous photos are part of his work that Ball took portraits of classic beauties in the 1920s and 1930s.
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