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The Australian Women's Weekly Specials, 1 Apr 2026

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When the Golden Age of Hollywood was in its heyday, The Australian Women’s Weekly was there too, reporting in real time on the faces, places and events of this glorious era. While the most iconic women of Hollywood may no longer be with us, their appeal has never dimmed. From Audrey to Marilyn, Garbo to Garland we delve deep into our archives to celebrate the life and times of these unforgettable stars

In This Edition

ArticleFrom the editor

Iadore our cover star Sophia Loren and many of the other faces from the Golden Age of cinema who reg­u­larly grace the pages of this magazine. Yet one of the things I love most about work­ing on Icons is find­ing people, tales, films and loc­a­tions...

From the editor

ArticleHARRY LANGDON

The pop­u­lar comedian became a two-reel star dur­ing the silent era along­side luminar­ies includ­ing Charlie Chap­lin and Buster Keaton. “In the O-Ouch-O com­ed­ies, where the comedian runs about, is hit on the head etc, I am just an anim­ated suit...

HARRY LANGDON

ArticleOn The Cover

SOPHIA LOREN She seduced Hol­ly­wood dur­ing her stor­ied career yet remained true to her­self.

On The Cover

ArticleEUGENE JOSEFF

The jew­ellery designer with an eye for design and interest in his­tor­ical accur­acy found his spark­ling pieces adorn­ing legendary stars from Mar­ilyn Mon­roe to Eliza­beth Taylor, build­ing a busi­ness that con­tin­ues to endure. The glit­ter­ing...

EUGENE JOSEFF

ArticleMARGARET SULLAVAN & JAMES STEWART

Des­pite their di ering per­son­al­it­ies, and his unre­quited love, the pair made movie magic in clas­sic cel­lu­loid love stor­ies. Des­pite never being pro­moted as a major Golden Age cinema couple by the stu­dios, this pair’s off-screen...

MARGARET SULLAVAN & JAMES STEWART

ArticleJUDY HOLLIDAY

While she never set out for star­dom, the intel­li­gent act­ress was just too good to stay out of the spot­light, des­pite the roles she was o ered and even when out­side forces threatened her career. The mur­murs from the glam­or­ous crowd in...

JUDY HOLLIDAY