Tag: 1916

Annette Kellerman, 1916

Hand-tinted publicity image of Kellerman. Annette Kellerman says she never needed a stunt double in any of her films. She also talks about her infamous swim in a pool full of crocodiles on the shoot for the silent feature A Daughter of the Gods (Herbert Brenon, USA, 1916). The Bill Fox she refers to is film’s producer William Fox. Link to interview from 1974, here. | src NFSA

Gertrud Leistikow, 1916

Hugo Erfurth :: Gertrud Leistikow, 1916. Silver gelatin photographic paper mounted on cardboard. | src Städel Museum
Hugo Erfurth :: Gertrud Leistikow, 1916. Silver gelatin photographic paper mounted on cardboard. | src Städel Museum
Hugo Erfurth :: Gertrud Leistikow, 1916. Silver gelatin photographic paper mounted on cardboard. | src Städel Museum
Hugo Erfurth :: Gertrud Leistikow, 1916. Silver gelatin photographic paper mounted on cardboard. | src Städel Museum

Selbstbildnis mit Glaskugel, 1916

Anton Josef Trčka (Antios; 1893 – 1940) ~ Selbstbildnis mit Glaskugel, um 1916. Silbergelatinepapier, mit Farbstiften übermalt | Self-portrait with glass ball, ca. 1916. Gelatin silver paper, painted over with colored pencils | src Albertina Museum

Ellen Tels by Hugo Erfurth

Hugo Erfuth :: Tänzerin / dancer Ellen Tels (Rabanek), 1916. | src Städel Museum
Hugo Erfuth :: The dancer Ellen Tels, 1916. | src Städel Museum
Hugo Erfuth :: The dancer Ellen Tels, 1916. Silver Gelatin Print on paper | Städel Museum Inventory Number St.F.2577

Maria Orska in Erdgeist, 1916

Atelier Rembrandt :: Maria Orska (born Effi Rahel Blindermann) in her role as Lulu in the stage play Erdgeist (Earth Spirit) by Franz Wedekind directed in 1916 by Max Reinhardt. German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm, nº 9696. | src Truus, Bob & Jan too on Flickr

Theda Bara, 1916-1917

Silent film actress Theda Bara, possibly from The Eternal Sappho (1916). Stamped on the verso is “Miss Bara, Fox, How’s the Eternal Triangle”. Her name is also there written in pencil, and “Barbara Kitson, 1917” is written in pen along the top. | src House of Mirth