Tag: silent era

Bertram (Buddy) Longworth :: Greta Garbo film still from the film The Temptress (Fred Niblo, MGM, 1926) / source: Garbo Forever

“For each MGM film Garbo was photographed on the set by a still photographer.
Garbo also had at least one session with a portrait photographer.

Ruth Harriet Louise made the portraits during the filming of The Temptress. The Stills were made during the production by Bertram (Buddy) Longworth.” [quoted from source]

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Charles Gates Sheldon :: Portrait of silent film and stage actress Olive Borden. Nicknamed ‘The Joy Girl’, 1920′s. (Camera negative.) Borden was known for her jet black hair and overall beauty.

This photograph was taken by the American illustrator and amateur photographer as an aid for his pastel portraiture work. It was from this sitting that Sheldon created the pastel that went on to be the cover of the August 1927 issue of Photoplay Magazine. A beautiful jazz age still. / src: Grapefruit Moon Gallery on eBay

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Vintage ca. late 1910′s / early 1920′s photograph of Ziegfeld Follies showgirls the Fairbanks Twins, Madeline and Marion, in a spirited jazz age costume view. Though not actually twins, the sisters were a fixture in vaudeville, early silent film, and become featured stars in the Ziegfeld Follies and Midnight Frolic revues. (by Culver Pictures Inc., NY) / src: Grapefruit Moon Gallery