
Annette Kellerman, 1916

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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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Gloria Swanson sitting in a roofed wicker beach chair on filming location in France for the lost film The Impossible Mrs. Bellew, 1922
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Theda Bara, born Theodosia Burr Goodman in 1885, here in a promotional picture for Cleopatra, 1917 / via bellalagosa
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Frame or promotional still from 1918 Fox Film Queen of the Sea.
Annette Kellerman, in mermaid costume, in role of Merrilla, the Queen of the Sea, with unidentified actor. | src wikimedia commons