Theda Bara, vintage postcard with Bara’s signature, 1918 / src: the hair pin
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Clifton L. Kling :: Clara Bow in “Dangerous Curves”, film by Lothan Mendes. USA, 1929. Silver print.
/ src: Lumière des roses
Behind the scenes, during the production of ‘Our Hospitality’ (1923), Buster Keaton is standing on a dolly used by the crew for hauling heavy equipment around.
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Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus, directed by Josef von Sternberg, 1932 / src: reflections-on-blonde-venus
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Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus wearing her outfit for the ‘Hot Voodoo’ dance, directed by Josef von Sternberg, 1932 / src: IMDb and Film Forum
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Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus, directed by Josef von Sternberg, 1932 / src: reflections-on-blonde-venus
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Here, Helen (Marlene Dietrich) as
in the truly freaky and berserk “Hot Voodoo” dance. It plays like a pagan, taboo and primitive beauty and the beast-style ritual, with Dietrich as an albino goddess or priestess shedding her gorilla fur disguise. All these decades later “Hot Voodoo” is still deliriously weird, and perhaps the first incidence of deliberate, knowing camp in popular culture. (It’s easy to imagine von Sternberg and Dietrich looking at each other across the camera and thinking, “Can you believe we’re getting away with this?”), 1932 / src: reflections-on-blonde-venus
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Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus, directed by Josef von Sternberg, 1932 / src: IMDb
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From the United Artists/Charlie Chaplin silent classic The Gold Rush, 1925. To view Charlie’s New Year’s Eve party featuring his acclaimed “dance of the dinner rolls” scene, click here. / via wehadfacesthen via
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