![Atop Empire State- in construction; Chrysler Bldg & [Daily] News in middle foreground. (1931)](../../../img/Atop-Empire-State-in-construction-Chrysler-Bldg-Daily-News-in-middle-foreground.-1931--199x123.jpg "Balancing on the Empire State, 1920s")
Pola Negri
Thank you to Maggie and Charissa (below)
Screen Sirens, 1920s
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“Fred Ott’s Sneeze”, January 1894
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Pin-Up Girls Before & After, 1950s - Errol Flynn's coffin, 1959
Celebrity Mug Shots- Alfred Hitchcock Directs the MGM Lion
- James Bond with lightsaber
- The Rock Drill vs. Battle Droid
'The Valley of Gwangi' Trailer, 1969
William Castle’s Horror Gimmicks- Puzzlewood/ Middle-earth
'Spellbound' Dream Sequence, 1945, designed by Salvador Dali- Theatre Magazine, 1920s
Many lovelies, but Bessie Love and Lillian Gish look like borderline jail bait.
No Theda Bara?
No Louise Brooks ?
Louise Brooks wasn’t really a star. She is now, obviously. Theda Bara definitely was though
Colleen Moore, Norma Talmadge, Greta Garbo, and Janet Gaynor too!
Lovely photos! That isn’t Nita Naldi though, it’s Italian actress Pina Menichelli. You can see by a Google image search for “Pina Menichelli”: http://www.google.com/search?q=pina%20menichelli&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1656&bih=1107
The fabulous Miss Gloria Swanson!
I had the honor of meeting Lillian Gish in 1972. She was still beautiful.
Beautiful, but #6 is Italian actress Pina Menichelli, not Nita Naldi as the caption says.
Where is Louise Brooks? Serious Failure
I second Phil. As much as attention as Louise Brooks receives now, she really wasn’t an “a-lister” during this time period.
I think the one notable omission here is Alla Nazimova.
And not a tattoo in sight…
Theda Bara was a smoldering beauty. Marion Davies, while a comedic actress, was also quite lovely (As was Lucille Ball, a blonde goddess before going red!) Tallulah Bankhead was quite an elegant woman with a long career.
And never forget Josephine Baker! She was an AMAZING woman!
I had never heard of Barbara Kent, so I looked her up on imdb…she is reported to have retired near Sun Valley, ID and will be 105 this December! She had a pretty short career and has refused all interview requests in subsequent years, so that probably accounts for why I never heard of her. Interesting.