Tag: theatrical costume

Actress Beatrice Lillie, 1926

Florence Vandamm :: Actress Beatrice Lillie, in character as the Coloratura for Charlot’s Revue of 1924, with her mouth open as if singing, wearing a tiara, a long dark velvet sleeveless dress, long white gloves unbuttoned at the wrists and left hanging from there with fingers dangling, and a scarf of sheer netting thrown around her neck, holding a bouquet of flowers. Vanity Fair, 1926. | src and hi-res Getty Images

Oriental dress for «Le Minaret»

Boris Lipnitzki :: Paul Poiret’s oriental dress for the play “The Minaret” as displayed in 1923 in Paris, France. (© Roger Viollet) | src and hi-res Getty Images

Maria Orska in Erdgeist, 1916

Atelier Rembrandt :: Maria Orska (born Effi Rahel Blindermann) in her role as Lulu in the stage play Erdgeist (Earth Spirit) by Franz Wedekind directed in 1916 by Max Reinhardt. German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm, nº 9696. | src Truus, Bob & Jan too on Flickr

Actress in stage costume, 1923

Boris Lipnitzki :: Portrait d’une comédienne en costume orientalisant de Paul Poiret. La jeune femme représentée serait la cantatrice de Ninon Vallin à l’occasion d’une prestation en mai 1923 à l’Oasis, le théâtre du couturier. | Portrait of an actress in oriental costume by Paul Poiret. The young woman represented would be the singer of Ninon Vallin during a performance in May 1923 at the Oasis, the couturier’s theater. | src diktats
Boris Lipnitzki :: Comédienne en costume de scène, Paris, 1923.| src diktats

Kakteenfenster · Alles aus Liebe

Atelier d’Ora ~ Benda :: Maria Asti und Franz Heigl in der Szene “Kakteenfenster” aus Ernst Marischkas Revue Alles aus Liebe, 1927 | src MK&G ~ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)
Maria Asti and Franz Heigl in the scene ‘Kakteenfenster’ (Cactus window) from Ernst Marischka’s revue ‘Alles aus Liebe’, 1927 | src MK&G

Johanna Zimmermann als Schirin

Becker & Maaß :: Schauspielerin Johanna Zimmermann als Schirin in ‘Schirin und Gertraude’ von Ernst Hardt, Deutsches Künstlertheater Berlin. veröffentlicht in (Beilage Vossische Zeitung) Zeitbilder Nr. 14-1914.
Becker & Maass :: Actress Johanna Zimmermann as Schirin in ‘Schirin und Gertraude’ by Ernst Hardt, German Art Theater Berlin. published in (supplement Vossische Journal) Zeitbilder nº 14-1914
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Tilla Durieux als Delila

Becker und Maß :: Tilla Durieux als Delila in “Simson” von Frank Wedekind. | Tilla Durieux as Delilah in “Samson” by Frank Wedekind. Published in Die Bühne, Heft 3, 1924. | src ÖNB
Tilla Durieux (1880-1971) Ganzkörperaufnahme, als ‘Delila’ in dem Stück ‘Simson’ von Frank Wedekind, 1914 | src Getty Images
Tilla Durieux (1880-1971), Ganzkörperaufnahme, als ‘Delila’ in dem Stück ‘Simson’ von Frank Wedekind, 1914. Aufnahme: Becker & Maaß src Getty Images

Leopoldine Konstantin, 1917

Madame d’Ora (Dora Philippine Kallmus) :: Schauspielerin Leopoldine Konstantin, din einem Stück von August Strindberg, 1917. | Actress Leopoldine Konstantin, in a play by August Strindberg, 1917. |src and hi-res Getty Images

Lois Wilson, 1927

Caption reads: «Lois Wilson still stands for cleaner pictures. She is all dressed up for the song “White Wings They Never Grow Weary.” Lois wears this costume in “Broadway Nights”, the story of a cabaret girl who keeps the Great White Way white.». Photoplay magazine, June 1927 issue. | src internet archive