Actress Valeska Suratt, ca. 1916

Underwood & Underwood :: Waist-up publicity still of Valeska Suratt wearing a jeweled headdress, ca. 1916. A stamp on the back of the print reads: ‘William Fox presents Valeska Suratt in photo plays supreme released through Fox Film Corp. | src Wisconsin Historical Society

Theda Bara, 1920s

Hoover Art Co. :: Portrait of actress Theda Bara, 1920s. | src Flickr
Hoover Art Co. :: Portrait of actress Theda Bara, 1920s. | src Flickr
Orval Hixon :: Portrait of Theda Bara with hands clasped under her chin, 1921 | src wikimedia commons
Orval Hixon :: Portrait of Theda Bara with hands clasped under her chin, 1921 | src wikimedia commons
Orval Hixon :: Portrait of Theda Bara with hands clasped under her chin, 1921 | src wikimedia commons
Orval Hixon :: Portrait of Theda Bara with hands clasped under her chin, 1921 (cropped) | src wikimedia commons
Theda Bara, a Suggestion for Your Easter Chapeau, March 1926. International Newsreel (publisher) | src NPG
Theda Bara, a Suggestion for Your Easter Chapeau, March 1926. International Newsreel (publisher) | src NPG

Alla Nazimova by Hoover

Hoover Art Co. :: Alla Nazimova, published in Picture Play Magazine, March 1920

Caption reads : “Nazimova is seen as a waif of the streets in one picture and a foreign dancer in the next; obviously, neither custom or anything else can stale her infinite variety”.

Hoover Art Co. :: Portrait of Alla Nazimova, 1920s. | src Flickr