images that haunt us
An early view of
Hollywood actress Sally Blane (sister to Loretta Young) from her ingenue
silent film acting days. Young is a stylishly dressed flapper with
bobbed hair and cloche hat to accessorize her knee-length wrap dress
with cape. A beautiful jazz age portrait from Blane’s time at Paramount
Pictures starring in Christie Comedies.
1920’s (Paramount-Christie-Comedies
stamp on verso) / src: eBay
Clarence Sinclair Bull :: Greta Garbo in Mata Hari, 1931. Camera negative on nitrate film. / source: icollector.com
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Actress Jean Parker in Caravan (1934) / source: Alice Japan
A dramatic view of the film’s female leads, Florence Eldridge and
Jean Arthur, huddled together as a mysterious shadow holding a gun aims
right for them. A vintage and original Paramount Pictures publicity
photograph promoting the early sound film ‘The Greene Murder Case’
(1929). Handwritten notations and Springer/Bettmann Film Archive ink stamp on verso.
/ src: eBay
A 1932 vintage and original Columbia Pictures publicity photograph
featuring actress Helene Millard as a risqué pre-code, knife-wielding
vixen for the mystery movie “By Whose Hand?” (1932), starring Ben Lyon,
Barbara Weeks, and Kenneth Thomson. / src: eBay
Martin Badekow :: Marlene Dietrich, 1926-1927. Gelatin silver print. / src: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Art Library
Lobby card for Destiny’s Son (Kiru), 1962, directed by Kenji Misumi and starring Raizo Ichikawa and Shiho Fujimura / via mudwerks
Vintage photograph of silent film superstar and woman who helped shape Hollywood and movies, Mary Pickford. The eternally youthful actress is a childish ragamuffin in this publicity photograph for Pickford’s own production company’s silent drama, “Sparrows” (1926) via
/ original source: eBay
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Pedro Momini :: Italian acrobat Santin Vanzella, from Raffetto Circus, balancing with
one hand poses for the photo on the top of the ‘Moving Stone’. The
acrobat chose to promote his show there while his companions did it
walking on cables lying between different buildings of the city of Tandil, Argentina.
The photograph records the final moment of Vanzella’s display doing handstands, first with both arms and finally is held for a few seconds
only with his right arm. This
is one of the most striking images of the ‘Piedra Movediza’ that was taken
by the photographer Pedro Momini, whose shadow appears in the bottom,
and was published in the magazine Caras y Caretas in the edition of May
5, 1900. / src: viral diario
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