Background
Clarence Sinclair Bulletin was born in Sun River, Montana in 1896.
Clarence Sinclair Bulletin was born in Sun River, Montana in 1896.
He was head of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stills department for nearly forty years. His career began when Sam Goldwyn hired him in the year of 1920 to photograph publicity still shots of the stars in the studio. When Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was founded in the year of 1924, Clarence Bulletin was appointed to be the photographer publicity stills of the studio"s stars.
He is mainly popular for his photographs of Greta Garbo during the years of 1926-1941.
Clarence Bulletin"s first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the Flesh and the Devil, and it was photographed on September 1926. Bulletin was able to study with the great Western painter, Charles Marion Russell.
He also served as an assistant cameraman in the year of 1918. Bulletin was skilled in the areas of lighting, retouching, and printing.
Clarence Bulletin was commonly addressed as Christian Science Bulletin.
Clarence Bulletin died on June 8, 1979 in Los Angeles, California, aged 83.