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The Movies

Golden Age of Hollywood

Glitz, glamour, and Technicolor set the scene for Hollywood's Golden Age from around the late 1920s to the early 1960s.

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Stamp with head and shoulders of a light-skinned man in a tuxedo with dark hair and eyes

37c Cary Grant single

Stamp with etching of a light-skinned woman with chin-length, light hair and a pearl necklace

29c Grace Kelly single

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42c Bette Davis single

41c Legends of Hollywood: James Stewart single

39c Black Heritage: Hattie McDaniel single

44c Legends of Hollywood: Katharine Hepburn single

37c Legends of Hollywood: John Wayne single

32c Marilyn Monroe single

29c Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy single

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44c Legends of Hollywood: Gary Cooper single

33c James Cagney single

33c Edward G. Robinson single

33c Edward G. Robinson pane of twenty

37c Greta Garbo single

32c James Dean single

34c Lucille Ball single

33c Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" single

Forever Gregory Peck single

Forever Gregory Peck pane of twenty

37c Henry Fonda single

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37c Audrey Hepburn single

39c Judy Garland single

32c Alfred Hitchcock single

44c Early TV Memories: Alfred Hitchcock Presents single

Forever Great Film Directors: Billy Wilder single

Forever Great Film Directors: Frank Capra single

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Forever Great Film Directors: John Ford single

Forever Great Film Directors: John Huston single

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