Clotilde von Derp, two cards

Clotilde von Derp in dance pose. Phot. Debschitz-Kurowski; Verlag Hermann Leiser, formerly Louis Blumenthal | src internet archive
Clotilde von Derp in dance pose. Phot. Debschitz-Kurowski; Verlag Hermann Leiser, formerly Louis Blumenthal | src internet archive
Clotilde von Derp. Photo by Hanns Holdt. Vintage card; Orami Serie E. | src Virtual History
Clotilde von Derp. Photo by Hanns Holdt. Vintage card; Orami Serie E. | src Virtual History

Amateur dancers, 1920s

Just magic. Off studio postcard (1920s) | src unexpectedtales on Flickr
Just magic. Off studio postcard (1920s) | src unexpectedtales on Flickr
Serious Charleston dancing, 1920s (London studio stamp) | src unexpectedtales on Flickr
Serious Charleston dancing, 1920s (studio stamp: Anglo French Photo Co., 46 New Kent Road, London) | src unexpectedtales on Flickr
Egyptian in the studio, unknown date. | src unexpectedtales on Flickr
An Egyptian in the studio, unknown date. | src unexpectedtales on Flickr

Movie star Vera Kholodnaya

Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a white blouse with ruffles, in a white hat, looking to the right. Vintage postcard. | src Flickr
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a white blouse with ruffles, in a white hat, looking to the right. Vintage postcard. | src Flickr
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a white blouse with ruffles, in a white hat. Phot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a white hat and blouse with ruffles. Phot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya (1893-1919) was the first star of the Russian silent cinema. At 26, the ‘Queen of Screen’ died of the Spanish flu during the pandemic of 1919. Russian postcard, nº 135. Collection Didier Hanson. | src Flickr
Vera Kholodnaya (1893-1919) was the first star of the Russian silent cinema. At 26, the ‘Queen of Screen’ died of the Spanish flu during the pandemic of 1919. Russian postcard, nº 135. Collection Didier Hanson. | src Flickr
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, straight, looking to the left, in a white hat. Postcard nº 39. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, straight, looking to the left, in a white hat. Postcard nº 39. | src Presidential Library

Margo Lion’s portraits

Privatfoto von Margo Lion, from a Fotoalbum (1920-1932). From Marcellus Schiffer und Margo Lion Archiv at Akademie der Künst, Berlin
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Privatfoto von Margo Lion, from a Fotoalbum (1920-1932). From Marcellus Schiffer und Margo Lion Archiv at Akademie der Künste
Privatfoto von Margo Lion, from a Fotoalbum (1920-1932). From Marcellus Schiffer und Margo Lion Archiv at Akademie der Künst, Berlin
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Privatfoto von Margo Lion, from a Fotoalbum (1920-1932). From Marcellus Schiffer und Margo Lion Archiv at Akademie der Künste
Rolf Mahrenholz ~ Margo Lion in den “Hetärengesprächen”(Dialogue of the Courtesans). Der Querschnitt B.7, H.8, August 1927 | src arthistoricum
Privatfoto von Margo Lion, from a Fotoalbum (1920-1932). From Marcellus Schiffer und Margo Lion Archiv at Akademie der Künst, Berlin
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Privatfoto von Margo Lion, from a Fotoalbum (1920-1932). From Marcellus Schiffer und Margo Lion Archiv at Akademie der Künste
Atelier Willinger :: Porträtfoto von Margo Lion, signiert (Seitenprofil). | src Akademie fur Künst
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Atelier Willinger :: Porträtfoto von Margo Lion, signiert (Seitenprofil). | src Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Privatfoto von Margo Lion, from a Fotoalbum (1920-1932). From Marcellus Schiffer und Margo Lion Archiv at Akademie der Künst, Berlin
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Privatfoto von Margo Lion, from a Fotoalbum (1920-1932). From Marcellus Schiffer und Margo Lion Archiv at Akademie der Künste
Porträt und Atelierfoto von Margo Lion. Postkarte, signiert. | src Marcellus Schiffer und Margo Lion Archiv at Akademie der Künst
Porträt und Atelierfoto von Margo Lion. Postkarte, signiert. | src Marcellus Schiffer und Margo Lion Archiv at Akademie der Künste

Anita Berber as a poetess

Tänzerin und Schauspielerin Anita Berber, Rollenporträt, undtiert. (Photo © Ullstein Bild | src Getty Images
Tänzerin und Schauspielerin Anita Berber, Rollenporträt, undtiert. (Photo © Ullstein Bild | src Getty Images
Tänzerin und Schauspielerin Anita Berber, Rollenporträt, undtiert. (Photo © Ullstein Bild | src Getty Images
Tänzerin und Schauspielerin Anita Berber, Rollenporträt, undtiert. | src Welt.de

Anita Berber Dichterin: Die offen bisexuelle Anita Berber tanzte und provozierte nicht nur, sondern betätigte sich auch als Lyrikerin. In ihrem Gedicht “Orchideen” etwa heißt es: “Ich küsste und kostete jede bis zum Schluss / Alle alle starben an meinen roten Lippen / An meinen Händen / An meiner Geschlechtslosigkeit / Die doch alle Geschlechter in sich hat / Ich bin blass wie Mondsilber.”

Anita Berber as a poetess: The openly bisexual Anita Berber not only danced and provoked, but also was as a poet. In her poem “Orchids”, for example, it says: “I kissed and tasted each one to the end / All died on my red lips / On my hands / On my genderlessness / Which has all genders in it / I am pale as moon silver.”

quoted from Der Spiegel: Anita Berber – die Hohepriesterin des Lasters

Vasily Kachalov in Anathema

Vintage Russian postcard depicting Russian actor Vasily Ivanovich Kachalov [Васи́лий Ива́нович Кача́лов] in Anathema, a play by Russian playwright Leonid Andreyev at the Moscow Art Theater. [ca. 1900] akademic.ru
Russian actor Vasily Ivanovich Kachalov in the title role of Leonid Andreyev’s Anathema. Kachalov led the so-called Kachalov Group within the Moscow Art Theater. [Ryckoff Collection]. | src Getty Images
Russian actor Vasily Ivanovich Kachalov in the title role of Leonid Andreyev’s Anathema. (ca. 1900) | src Getty images
К. С. Малевич. Василий Качалов в пьесе Л. Андреева “Анатэма”. 1908 г. Единственный пробный оттиск гг. Коллекция С. Григорьянца | Vasily Kachalov in Anathema by Kazimir Malevich (1908) | src wikimedia commons
Vasily Ivanovich Kachalov by Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (1908) | src twitter

Julia Marlowe, 1892

Actress Julia Marlowe, 1892. Cabinet card. Newsboy # 318. Copyright Benjamin J. Falk. | src eBay
Portrait of the actress Julia Marlowe, 1892. Cabinet card. | src eBay

Dialogues 2015-1910s (?)

Ronit Porat :: Untitled Kinesphere (Valeska Gert) | Tmuna Theater Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2015 | src Flickr
Valeska Gert [Berühmte Tänzerinnen (Famous Dancers) # 98] Phot. Atlantic | src Flickr

Erna Morena by Karl Schenker

Erna Morena. German postcard. 1910s, Wilhelminian era. Photo by Karl Schenker. P.A.G. Union, Berlin. Film-Sterne nº 79/6. | src Flickr
Karl Schenker :: Bildnis-Photographie. Erna Morena (1885-1962), born Ernestine Maria Fuchs. Signed 1914. | src Deutsche Kunst un Dekoration 1915-1916

Erna Morena (Photochemie)

Atelier Binder :: Portrait of silent era actress Erna Morena. German postcard published by Photochemie, Berlin, 1900-1919. From the estate of the writer and journalist Peter Altenberg (given name: Richard Engländer). | src Wien Museum
Atelier Binder :: Erna Morena. German postcard by Photochemie, Berlin, nº K. 1740. Bildnis von A. Binder. | src Flickr
Atelier Binder :: Portrait of Erna Morena. German postcard by Photochemie, Berlin, 1900-1919. (Full size) | src Wien Museum