Models… dance in shackles 17 Jun 202017 Jun 2020 Actress and dancer Tzet Kranil photographed by Bassano, around 1914
Models… Polaire (1874-1939) 29 Mar 2020 Pauline Emilie-Marie Bouchard (1874-1939), stagename Polaire/Miss Polaire (Pole Star) was a French singer and actress. Toulouse Lautrec portrayed her on a magazine cover in 1895, making a name for herself…
Joan Rydell… Joan Rydell 16 Mar 202013 Apr 2020 Joan 'Eve' Rydell (1917 - 1967) was one of the models for Irving Klaw, she was married for a while to Jack Bradley, who was hired as photographer for Klaw.…
Josephine Baker… Josephine Baker 16 Feb 2020 Julian Mandel was one of the many photographers who captured Josephine Baker (1906-1975)I will try to create a seperate post for her some other time.
Gabrielle Ray… The Little Cherub 16 Feb 2020 When finding a photo of Miss Gabrielle Ray holding a whip I could not resist sharing it on a different platform due to her appearance as Dominatrix. Then some time…
Mary Nolan Mary Nolan(1902-1948) 11 Feb 2020 Mary Nolan (born Mary Imogene Robertson; 1902 -1948) was an American stage and film actress, singer and dancer. She began her career as a Ziegfeld girl in the 1920s performing…
Madeline Hurlock Medeline Hurlock(1897-1989) 11 Feb 2020 Madeline Hurlock (1897-1989) was a silent film actress, hailing from Federalsburg, Maryland. Hurlock appeared in many short comedies for Mack Sennett, starting as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties in…
Esther Ralston Esther Ralston(1902-1994) 11 Feb 202011 Feb 2020 Esther Ralston (Esther Louise Worth;1902 - 1994) was an American film actress who was popular in the silent era. Read more about her on Wikipedia. She poses for Charles Gates…
Models… Vikova 5 Jan 202019 Feb 2020 Russian modern dancer Vikova posed for photographer Alexander Stark (from Alta Studio).I was unable so far to find information about Vikova, so please enjoy the photos. These were (to my…
Models… Rena Mandel in Vampyr 21 Jul 201919 Feb 2020 Vampyr is a 1932 horror film directed by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer. The film was written by Dreyer and Christen Jul based on elements from J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s collection of supernatural stories In a Glass…
Anna May Wong… Anna May Wong(1905-1961) 19 Jun 201919 Feb 2020 Anna May Wong (1905-1961) was an American actress, considered to be the first Toisonese (Taishanese) Chinese American Hollywood movie star, as welll as the first Chinese American actress to gain…
Lee Miller… Lee Miller 19 Jun 201916 Feb 2020 Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lady Penrose (1907 - 1977), was an American photographer and photojournalist. She was a fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris,…
Ida Lupino… Ida Lupino in Bondage 22 Apr 201919 Feb 2020 A young Ida Lupino in a great still from Ready for Love (1934). Marigold Tate (Ida Lupino) runs away from boarding school to stay with her retired aunt. She faces…
Models… Nativa Richard Mixed 4 Feb 201916 Feb 2020 When relocating my blog some photos got lost. Nativa was married to photographer Yva Richard, it is pretty safe to say she was his muse and most likely the businesswoman…
Mabel May Young… Mabel May-Yong (1883-1945) 4 Feb 201919 Feb 2020 Mabel May-Yong(1883/1884-1945) was a German film actress of the silent era, possibly Australian born, known for her exotic roles and costumes. She appeared in around twenty films during the early…
Alice Prin… Alice Prin(1901-1953) 24 Jan 201819 Feb 2020 Better known as Kiki de Montparnasse (or the Queen of Montparnasse) but born as Alice Ernestine Prin (1901 - 1953). She was a French artist's model, literary muse, nightclub singer,…
Frida Kahlo… Frida Kahlo(1907-1954) 13 Aug 201719 Feb 2020 Frida Kahlo de Rivera (born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón - 1907 - 1954) was a Mexican painter, who mostly painted self-portraits. Inspired by Mexican popular culture, she employed…
Models… Yvon de Carlo in Slavegirl 19 May 201719 Feb 2020 There were some images stored on my pc from the lovely Yvon de Carlo and George Brent for the movie Slave Girl (1947)The photographer who took these remains unknown to…
