images that haunt us
A missionary from New England, Winthrop Stark (played by William B. Davidson), professes his love to Princess Zara (Theda Bara in a grass skirt) on the South Sea island of Kolpee in a scene still from the Fox production A Woman There Was (directed by J. Gordon Edwards, 1919) /
source: Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
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Lester Horton in his 1929 work Pueblo Eagle Dance Nº 5 / src: NYC Dance Stuff
James Wallace Pondelicek :: The Sword. “Mlle. Theo Hewes, assisted by M. Symanski, in a picturesque Oriental dance developed from an old Japanese legend”. Published in Shadowland. January 1923 issue.
/ src: Library of Congress: Moving Image Section
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Howard C. Cloyes :: The Wind (Wanda Grazer). Published in the magazine Shadowland, issue of Jan. 1923. / src: Library of Congress: Moving Image Section
James Wallace Pondelicek :: Untitled.
Published in the magazine Shadowland, issue of Jan. 1923. / src: Library of Congress: Moving Image Section
Cecil Beaton :: Portrait of Nancy Beaton (Beaton’s sister) at the Mirror Holding a Daisy, Age 17, ca. 1926 / src: The Metropolitan Museum
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