Beautiful Hedy Lamarr in a striking closeup study by photographer Clarence Bull for the 1942 film TORTILLA FLAT. This film had its worldwide premiere on May 21, 1942. It is a romantic comedy directed by Victor Fleming and starring Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan, Akim Tamiroff, and Sheldon Leonard based on the 1935 novel of the same name by John Steinbeck. Synopsis – Danny (Garfield) inherits two houses in the central coastal area of California, "just outside the old seaport town of Monterey." So, Pilon (Tracy) and his poor idle friends move in. Things are fine at first until Danny's passion for a lovely girl named Dolores (Lamarr) causes him to actually go to work in a fishing business. The rest of the film can be viewed on Turner Classic Movies
Color enhanced image by Hollywood Pinups from the b&w original.
