that's less overtly stylized, less glam, but it fairly screams 1920s to me
― velko, Friday, 8 August 2008 03:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Pola Negri:
http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/3296358.jpg
― Melissa W, Friday, 8 August 2008 03:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Funny, Norma Shearer always looks very modern to me, even if the acting sometimes betrays that.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Friday, 8 August 2008 04:59 (sixteen years ago) link
theda bara http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/1096/bara3.jpg
― tipsy mothra, Friday, 8 August 2008 06:17 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.wfu.edu/~woodaljn/ant260/theda.jpg
― tipsy mothra, Friday, 8 August 2008 06:19 (sixteen years ago) link
joan bennett http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/noir_image/scarlet.jpg
― tipsy mothra, Friday, 8 August 2008 06:30 (sixteen years ago) link
marguerite churchill http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/cheesecake/margueritechurchill1.jpg
― velko, Friday, 8 August 2008 06:32 (sixteen years ago) link
joan bennett was a blonde in the 30s
― velko, Friday, 8 August 2008 06:33 (sixteen years ago) link
hedy lamarr http://venus.provocateuse.com/images/photos/hedy_lamarr_01.jpg
― tipsy mothra, Friday, 8 August 2008 06:39 (sixteen years ago) link
well, until 1938 http://www.classichollywoodbios.com/Images/Joan%20&%20Constance%20Bennett%20Images/Joan%20Bennett.jpg
― tipsy mothra, Friday, 8 August 2008 06:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Hedy Lamarr: http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/3207288.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=C037F202D99E3099FF3672C9DC4E5F38A55A1E4F32AD3138
― James Morrison, Friday, 8 August 2008 08:37 (sixteen years ago) link
proto-goth Catherine Hessling
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/jobhosle/renoir1.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/jobhosle/renoir5.jpg
― zappi, Friday, 8 August 2008 11:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Huge in her day, but now forgotten movie star Dolores Costello, weirdly contemporary looking image, could have been taken yesterday, I think. it's from the late '20's:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/Vietgrove/9.jpg
― Pashmina, Friday, 8 August 2008 12:06 (sixteen years ago) link
v v difficult to find a pic of Pola that gives an impression of what she looked like in motion. in stills she can look very masculine, absolutely not the case in her films:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/Vietgrove/7.jpg
― Pashmina, Friday, 8 August 2008 12:08 (sixteen years ago) link
there's this picture of hepburn by Horst back when she was just starting out and she's all curled up in a chair all legs and arms and looking very modern and sophisticated -- i only saw it once at a gallery in chelsea that was selling vintage prints for god-knows how many thousands of dollars and I haven't seen it since.
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 8 August 2008 12:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Toby Wing, one of my favourites!
http://www.cas.sc.edu/engl/eal/davidsshields/personal/offner-toby.wing.jpg
being serenaded by Dick Powell in "42nd Street":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOerxVCr1Ys
as a cactus flower in this unbelievable number from "Murder at the Vanities" in 1934.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnySJxE_XQA
I sort of remember reading some comment that she made in which she said she'd had a better time in the depression than most because she'd been paid to pout and look pretty and basically do nothing.
― Pashmina, Friday, 8 August 2008 13:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm very surprised by the lack of the original Platinum Blonde, Jean Harlow
http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/arts/gallery/2008/feb/01/photography1/Jean-Harlow-28.jpg
As lady Astor is alleged to have said "You spell it with a silent 't'."
― Stone Monkey, Friday, 8 August 2008 14:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Jessie Matthews:
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/03_03/JessieMatthewsDM_468x444.jpg
Very, very hot, but so so fucked up. Poor bloody woman.
― Pashmina, Friday, 8 August 2008 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Alice White, briefly a big star in the early sound era:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bdtuKKCTCf4/R2WZ7mNgbSI/AAAAAAAAEFM/PYGX49FRRXY/s1600/Alice%2BWhite%2B-%2BP2.jpg
Tune to listen to whilst perusing thread:
http://www.box.net/shared/static/k2vu1l10ve.mp3
― Pashmina, Friday, 8 August 2008 14:15 (sixteen years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2351/2286103313_52aae9e42b.jpg
Miriam Hopkins, again.
― collardio gelatinous, Friday, 8 August 2008 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link
the rest seem very obviously tied to their time
you make it sound like that's a bad thing
― Edward III, Friday, 8 August 2008 14:20 (sixteen years ago) link
http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/3142959.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=34F6DC9BDA297B9EC8B2C56A0C2A78C3A55A1E4F32AD3138
MH with Kay Francis and Herbert Marshall in Trouble in Paradise.
― collardio gelatinous, Friday, 8 August 2008 14:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Those glamor shots don't convey how funny she was.
― collardio gelatinous, Friday, 8 August 2008 14:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Ooh, Alice White, good call. She was funny, too.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Saturday, 9 August 2008 08:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Ruan Lingyu
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59/mkerpan/china/goddess/shen03.png
(If you want to order "The Goddess" off amazon, search for the book, which comes with a DVD. Searching under movies only yields a DVD-r bootleg copy.)
― shieldforyoureyes, Saturday, 9 August 2008 13:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Best thread ever. Thanks everybody.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 9 August 2008 16:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Unsure of the actress's name, but she's from 1933's absolutely beuatiful silent Japanese gangster flick 'Hijosen no onna' or 'Dragnet Girl' http://img.verycd.com/posts/0612/post-493702-1165306396.jpg http://img147.echo.cx/img147/1548/vlcsnap6123439pf.png
― James Morrison, Sunday, 10 August 2008 08:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow, that Anna May Wong photo is jaw-dropping
― Hurting 2, Sunday, 10 August 2008 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
It's great, isn't it?
― James Morrison, Sunday, 10 August 2008 23:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Here she is again... http://www.rudehouse.com/desktops/1024/AnnaMayWong-1024.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/143708056_7483ec30b9.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/143708050_df90318ffc.jpg
Mostly pinched from http://flickr.com/photos/gatochy/sets/72157600116018073/
― James Morrison, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 00:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Fanny Brice
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/tomasutpen/album5/steichenfannybrice1924.jpg
(found at http://tsutpen.blogspot.com/ )
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 17 August 2008 08:02 (sixteen years ago) link
the Garbo's disappeared, let me fix that:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3465/3779473916_8aca733eb7_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3477/3778668719_238dcf5969_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2463/3779474204_fb0afe63fb.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2650/3778669055_14b19439f3.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3779474432_908449260c_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2469/3779474498_a922cdef4c_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3428/3779474558_f1e5ba078c.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2469/3779474128_b0e842e4de.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2320/3778668759_dcdfe74b56_o.jpg
― sciolism, Saturday, 1 August 2009 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I got more. Jean Harlow:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3518/3779473772_50ee57cb10_o.jpg
― sciolism, Saturday, 1 August 2009 23:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Joan Crawford:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2663/3778669425_99b9b98886_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3778670833_408575c837.jpg
Clara Bow:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2628/3779480006_e38c1b9df7.jpg
― sciolism, Saturday, 1 August 2009 23:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Noel Francis:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2605/3779476054_079655f057.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3451/3778670611_17b9d5fa52.jpg
― sciolism, Saturday, 1 August 2009 23:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Claudette Colbert:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2583/3779475488_9fa1160368.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2489/3778669547_3e27ef477f_o.jpg
― sciolism, Saturday, 1 August 2009 23:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Evalyn Knapp:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3457/3779475636_c2bedf2e0e.jpg
Alma Rubens:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2582/3779475808_32bd973b71.jpg
― sciolism, Saturday, 1 August 2009 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Bette Davis:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2570/3779475288_a33623b34b.jpg
― sciolism, Saturday, 1 August 2009 23:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Louise Brooks:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3556/3778669643_365f3758e6_o.jpg
The Allure blog has beautiful pictures, I think I got at least a few of these there.
― sciolism, Saturday, 1 August 2009 23:46 (fifteen years ago) link
best-looking thread of the week ever
― Brad C., Sunday, 2 August 2009 00:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Betty Compson:
http://film.virtual-history.com/cigcard/177/large/0030.jpg
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 2 August 2009 01:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Betty again...she has the most beautiful face...
http://www.eskimospitbath.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/esb-Compson.22872653_std.jpg
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 2 August 2009 01:33 (fifteen years ago) link
And Nita Naldi. Check out this profile...amazing:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/60/187071429_a5411c7c66_o.jpg
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 2 August 2009 01:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Nita looking fabulous...
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Palace/2152/images/nita-candid-6.jpg
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 2 August 2009 01:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Maude Adams wasn't strictly a '20s/'30s actress (she was the first actress to play Peter Pan on Broadway in the '00s; she retired in the '10s to work for General Electric, teach drama, and generally have her shit together, but she briefly returned to stage acting in the early '30s), but this is too great a portrait not to share:
http://i56.tinypic.com/2mdpjeh.jpg
― lonely is as lonely does, lonely is an eeyore (unregistered), Thursday, 2 December 2010 01:30 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i52.tinypic.com/2rpagbc.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/x1k6s8.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/3096ek1.jpg
― lonely is as lonely does, lonely is an eeyore (unregistered), Thursday, 2 December 2010 01:32 (thirteen years ago) link
god kay francis was a beauty
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 28 February 2011 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link