I got most of my early inspiration images with photocopiers that were already on the obsolete end….

The Countess of Dudley
Popular Beauties

So the start of the fame game started before Hollywood and was probably at around the rise of home photography- like the rise of home computers it took a while to get cheap enough for more than a few homes. But there was a very stong desire for photgraphic portraits of beautiful women regardless of whether they were actresses or models or the gentry/wealthy.