"Look at the time!" Cedric Beston (who was one of the world's most respected photographers) snapped his pocket watch shut. "Here I am photographing a most promising model and time just slipped by." Gene, still new to New York and...

Journalists loved to interview Miss Gene Marshall. Unlike so many world-renowned Hollywood stars, she was charming, unpretentious, and refreshingly modest about her meteoric rise to fame. Her highly intelligent conversation was peppered with wit and...

"Creme de Cassis" is an elegant cocktail ensemble that epitomizes the tasteful flair of an elegant era. A slim lilac bodice and full skirt is overlaid with black lace. Four layers of black and lilac tulle add fullness to the skirt. The belt...

"Mama, Mama!" Violet's excited voice crackled across the transatlantic phone lines. "Baby, baby, slow down! What's the matter? Are you all right? Mercy, you're over there in Paris, so far away, and Papa and I are on constant...

A famous singer is surprised by her husband on their fifth anniversary, as he recreates the night they met. Twilight Rumba is a dazzling lavender sarong-style ensemble, circa 1948. The long-sleeved midriff top features intricate beading that cascades...

Daughter of the Nile is a doll from the Gene Marshall line. The doll was produced by Ashton Drake in 1998. The doll was designed by Timothy Alberts. The doll features Gene Marshall head. The outfit is inspired by the fashion of 1950s. Head Sculpt: Gene...

Paris in 1953...what an exciting time! Art, music, literature, architecture, and especially fashion are flowering with a new renaissance as France gloriously rises from the ashes of war. The restoration of Versailles has begun, a new President and...

In 1954, Monolithic Studios ran a costume test for a proposed film with a working title of Destiny. The film was never made, but through a quirk of fate the test became one of the 'lost reels' of Gene Marshall--and that was enough to make film...

Gene smoothly shifted the white Ferrari 375 MM convertible into third gear as soon as the romantic city streets of Rome melded into groves of dusky green olive trees and lush rows of grapevines heavy with rich purple fruit. Her terriers, Dottie and...

Film fans of Gene Marshall: get ready for this! It's Red Venus, her first "bad girl" role, and furthermore, her first screen appearance as a ravishing redhead. She plays a gangster's moll with a story to hide...but her on-screen gowns...

In 1954, Monolithic Studios ran a costume test for a proposed film with a working title of Destiny. The film was never made, but through a quirk of fate the test became one of the 'lost reels' of Gene Marshall--and that was enough to make film...