Vintage Photo 1953 Sexy Cleo Moore in negligee glamour rare original
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Vintage Photo 1953 Sexy Cleo Moore in negligee glamour rare original. Cleo Moore was born Cleouna “Cleo” Moore on October 31, 1924, in Galvez, Louisiana, and raised in nearby Gonzales. CLEO MOORE (1953). A classic glamour portrait of one of Hollywood’s most iconic blonde bombshells. CLEO MOORE (1953) Vintage original b/w 8x10" photograph in good condition , there is Striking vintage 1953 Cleo Moore 8x10" b/w studio photograph, issued by Columbia Pictures. The borders were trimmed by the studio, and the photo shows light creasing plus a small tear along the lower edge, but still presents beautifully. A classic glamour portrait of one of Hollywood’s most iconic blonde bombshells. Cleo Moore was born Cleouna “Cleo” Moore on October 31, 1924, in Galvez, Louisiana, and raised in nearby Gonzales. Her father ran a grocery store, and she attended public schools before taking a secretarial course at Pope’s Commercial College in Baton Rouge. She briefly married Palmer Long, son of Louisiana governor and senator Huey Long, but the marriage ended after six weeks. After moving with her family to California in the mid‑1940s, she entered beauty contests and was named Miss Van Nuys (1947–48). 🎬 Rise to Hollywood Moore made her film debut in Embraceable You (1948) and appeared in the serial Congo Bill soon after. She worked briefly for Warner Bros. and RKO, appearing in films such as Hunt the Man Down and Gambling House (1950). In 1952, she signed with Columbia Pictures, which aggressively promoted her as “The Next Big Thing” and “The Blonde Rita Hayworth.” Her hair was bleached platinum to compete with Marilyn Monroe’s rising stardom. Her breakthrough came with Nicholas Ray’s noir On Dangerous Ground (1952), where she played a doomed gun moll. Low resolution scans provided do not show the full clarity and detail of these photographs - watermark/logo does not appear on actual photo.
