
Portrait of Pola Negri, ca. 1925

images that haunt us






Edward J. Steichen :: Marlene Dietrich, 1934.
| Courtesy Condé Nast Archive.
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Jetta Goudal. French postcard by Cinémagazine-Édition, Paris, no. 511. | src Flickr

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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David Seymour :: Italian actress Sophia Loren, 1955 | via aintthatakick

Silent era actress Nita Naldi, born Mary Dooley (1894-1961),
usually cast in the role of the femme fatale / vamp. / via