Hollywood women at war! Fascinating photos surface of Tinseltown and its glittering leading ladies including screen icon Rita Hayworth in WWII

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Fascinating images have emerged that reveal an insight into Hollywood and its glittering leading ladies during the Second World War.

The wartime pictures show famous actresses of the day on set including Dorothy Lamour, Rita Hayworth and Paulette Goddard.

Other retro snaps show Hollywood buildings in the 1940s as well as typewriters being donated to the war effort.

Fascinating images have emerged that reveal an insight into Hollywood and its glittering leading ladies during the Second World War. Screen icon Rita Hayworth can be seen posing in 1941 (left) while actress Betty Hutton posed for a photo in 1943 for the 'I'll Carry Mine' Campaign, sponsored by the Office of Defense Transportation to save vital delivery equipment for essential war uses

The images of typewriters being donated reveal a US government policy during WW2. During WWII the US government solicited typewriter donations. A few were used in the field while others were melted down to manufacture ammunition

Rita Hayworth was an American actress and dancer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in a total of 61 films over 37 years.

The press coined the term 'love goddess' to describe Hayworth after she had become the most glamorous screen idol of the 1940s. She was the top pin-up girl for GIs during WW2.

The other actresses pictured were stars in their own right with Dorothy Lamour best remembered for appearing in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.

Paulette Goddard was a child fashion model who became a major star of the Paramount studio in the 1940s.

Her most notable films were her first major role, as Charles Chaplin's leading lady in Modern Times, and Chaplin's subsequent film The Great Dictator.

The images of typewriters being donated reveal a US government policy during WW2. During WWII the US government solicited typewriter donations. A few were used in the field while others were melted down to manufacture ammunition.

In this image a glamorously dressed family of shoppers can be seen walking along the streets of Hollywood, California

Rita Hayworth (left) was an American actress and dancer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in a total of 61 films over 37 years. Paulette Goddard (right) was a child fashion model who became a major star of the Paramount studio in the 1940s

Other retro snaps show Hollywood buildings in the 1940s through to the 1960s. Pictured, a neon sign for Harry Carpenters Sandwiches, one of the first neon signs in Hollywood

A street corner in Hollywood in 1942 reveals the scene of the Hollywood Camera Exchange. A sign says they sell: 'Everything photographic for the professional and amateur' 

Betty Jane Rhodes (left) was popular with wartime movie audiences for her performance of the song, 'I Don't Want To Walk Without You' while Ilona Massy (right) was a Hungarian actress once billed as 'the new Dietrich'

Hollywood played an important role during WWII as the film industry worked with the Office of War Information to record and photograph wartime activities and display the war in a positive light.

With the growth of the film industry came the growth of the influence of Hollywood celebrities.

Hollywood stars appeared in advertisements and toured the country to encourage citizens to purchase war bonds to support their country in the war.

Hollywood played an important role during WW2 as the film industry worked with the Office of War Information to record and photograph wartime activities and display the war in a positive light. Pictured, a tire service station in Hollywood

Pictured, Linda Darnell in her dressing room in 1941 (left) and Dorothy Lamour on the set of The Fleet's in the same year (right)