Tag: role portrait, Rollenporträt, Rollenfoto

Margo Lion dressed as a poodle

Freiherr Wolff von Gudenberg :: Actress and cabaret artist Margo Lion dressed as a poodle in the play ‘Es liegt in der Luft’ (‘It’s in the air’, music by Mischa Spoliansky, text by Marcellus Schiffer), theater ‘Komödie am Kurfürstendamm’, Berlin, 1928. Published in Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung (BIZ) 22/1928. | src Getty Images

Renee Strobawa als Gretchen

Freiherr Wolff von Gudenberg :: Renee Strobawa (eigentlich: Renate Stobrawa) als Gretchen in ‘Faust I’ bei den Salzburger Festspielen, undatiert, vermutlich 1932, veröffentlicht: BZ 23-06-1932. | Renee Strobawa (born Renate Stobrawa) as Gretchen in ‘Faust I’ at the Salzburg Festival, undated, probably 1932, published in 1932: BIZ 23-06-1932. | src and hi-res Getty Images

Renee Strobawa as Gretchen

Freiherr Wolff von Gudenberg :: Renee Strobawa (eigentlich: Renate Stobrawa) als Gretchen in ‘Faust I’ bei den Salzburger Festspielen, undatiert, vermutlich 1932, veröffentlicht: Tempo 23-06-1932. | Renee Strobawa (b. Renate Stobrawa) as Gretchen in ‘Faust I’ at the Salzburg Festival, undated, probably 1932, published in Tempo 23-06-1932. | src and hi-res Getty Images

Kupferova in Salome by Drtikol

František Drtikol (1883-1961) ~ Salome (Ervina Kupferová), 1920 | src Art-house Hejtmánek

Salome’s studio photographs carry a charge of tense poses, movement and dynamic play with light. The role of Salome is played here by his wife Ervína Kupferová. The photo shows Drtikol’s interest in Art Nouveau, symbolism, historical and mythical themes. (quoted from source Arthouse Hejtmánek)

František Drtikol (1883-1961) ~ Salome (Ervina Kupferová), 1920. Bromografia. Signed: “Drtikol 1920” at the bottom right below the blind-stamp: “Drtikol & spol. Praha 1922” | src Art-house Hejtmánek

Michel Fokine as Amoun, 1908

Michel Fokine as Amoun in Cleopatra (1908). Imperial Theater Photo. Michel Fokine was Diaghilev’s chief ballet master and choreographer until his departure in 1912. He returned to the company in 1914. | src and hi res Flickr / Leo Boudreau

Hilde Wagener in Brennendes Geheimnis, 1933

Hilde Wagener in ihrer neueslen Filmrolle in Stefan Zweigs Brennendes Geheimnis. (Photo Vogel-Sandau, Berlin). | Hilde Wagener in her new film-role in Stefan Zweig’s Burning Secret. (Photo Vogel-Sandau, Berlin). Die Bühne 1933. Heft 343, Seite 34. | src ÖNB