Tag: silent era actress

Stacia Napierkowska by Sobol

[Ruben] Sobol :: Stacia Napierkowska. French postcard in the Les Vedettes de Cinéma series by A.N. (Alfred Noyer), Paris, nº 50. Photo by [Ruben] Sobol. | src Truus, Bob & Jan on Flickr

Musidora (Le Tréport)

Musidora. French postcard, nº 67. Caption: Le Tréport – Le Repos de la Pêcheuse de Crevettes. (Le Tréport – The Rest of the Shrimp Fisherwoman). Collection: Marlène Pilaete. | src Truus, Bob & Jan on Flickr | more like this

Who is Musidora?

Photographie publicitaire de Musidora revêtue de son collant noir devenu iconique grâce au film Les Vampires de Louis Feuillade, ca. 1915 | Musidora, qui êtes-vous?
Who is Souricette? Musidora with her dog, Lacsalé. French cigarette card by Cigarettes Le Nil, nº 38. Photo by Henri Manuel | src flickr

In this cigarette card […] she is dressed in her famous costume from Les vampires. It’s a typical outfit worn by the thieves operating in hotels. […] In French, those thieves are called ‘souris d’hôtel’. ‘Souricette’ being a kind of diminutive form of ‘souris’, maybe that’s where the publishers got their idea.” Quoted from Flickr

Musidora as Irma Vep

Publicity shot of Musidora wearing her iconic maillot from the 1915 film Les Vampires by Louis Feuillade (ca. 1915) | src IMdB
Henri Manuel :: Photographie de Musidora (Irma Vep) allongée. (ca. 1915) | src La Cinémathèque Française | related post