Tag: silent era actress

Musidora as Allegria, 1920

Musidora as Allegria (Pour don Carlos). Lectures pour tous (Paris). November 1920
Musidora dans le rôle d’Allegria (Pour don Carlos). Lectures pour tous: revue universelle et populaire illustrée. Hachette (Paris). Edi-Monde (Paris). nov. 1920. | src BnF

Nazimova interview, 1926

Nazimova interviewed by Adela Rogers St. Johns for Photoplay magazine, October 1926. | src internet archive

“I did ‘Salome’ as a purgative”, declares Nazimova. “The trash I had played made me sick with myself. I wanted something so different, so fanciful, so artistic, that it would take the taste out of my mouth”. Costume designs for Salome were Natacha Rambova’s (including the iconic wig).

Musidora par Henri Manuel

Henri Manuel ~ Photographie de Musidora allongée, tirage original monté sur carton avec cachet et signature du photographe et grande signature autographe de Musidora sur l’épreuve. | src La Gazette Drouot

Published in: Revue Variétés: Le Surréalisme en 1929. Bruxelles, juin 1929. Famous special issue of the Brussels magazine Variétés devoted to Surrealism in 1929 by André Breton and Louis Aragon.

Henri Manuel ~ Photograph of Musidora lying down, original print mounted on cardboard with stamp and signature of the photographer and large autograph signature of Musidora on the print. Not dated, probably around 1916.