Tag: vamp

Theda Bara in Cleopatra · 1917

Theda Bara (anagram of Arab death, 1885-1955), in Cleopatra (1917) | src alamy
Theda Bara (b. Theodosia Burr Goodman, 1885-1955), in Cleopatra (1917) directed by J. Gordon Edwards | src alamy
Theda Bara in Cleopatra (J. Gordon Edwards, 1917). Studio publicity still, Fox Film | src alamy
Theda Bara in Cleopatra (J. Gordon Edwards, 1917). Studio publicity still, Fox Film | src alamy
Detail from image # 1: Theda Bara in Cleopatra (1917) | src alamy

Olga Petrova by de Strelecki

Jean de Strelecki ~ Camera study of stage and film actress Olga Petrova (born Muriel Harding), 1910s | src abebooks

Olga Petrova, born Muriel Harding in England, Petrova moved to the US and rose to success in vaudeville before entering the film industry. She was best known for “The Vampire” (1915), “Bridges Burned” and “Daughter of Destiny” (1917), and “Tempered Steel” (1918). She retired from film in 1918, but continued working as a stage actress .

Jean de Strelecki ~ Camera study of stage and film actress Olga Petrova (born Muriel Harding), 1910s | src abebooks

All Nazimova in That Sort

Alla Nazimova as Diana Laska in "That Sort". Photo: White. Published in Theatre Magazine, December 1914. | internet archive
Alla Nazimova as Diana Laska in “That Sort”. Photo: White. Published in Theatre Magazine, December 1914. | src internet archive
Alla Nazimova as Diana Laska in "That Sort". Photo: White. Published in Theatre Magazine, December 1914. | internet archive
Alla Nazimova as Diana Laska in “That Sort”. Photo: White. Published in Theatre Magazine, December 1914. | internet archive
Alla Nazimova as Diana Laska in “That Sort”. Photo: White. Published in Theatre Magazine, December 1914. | src internet archive

Black Orchids (1916)

Illustration from the advertisement for Black Orchids. Signed: Rice / Paris
Illustration from the advertisement for Black Orchids. Signed: Rice / Paris
Cleo Madison in "Black Orchids". The Love Affairs of a Heartless Woman. Produced by Rex Ingram. Moving Picture World, December 1916
Cleo Madison in “Black Orchids“. The Love Affairs of a Heartless Woman. Produced by Rex Ingram. Moving Picture World, December 1916

In the second half of the 1920s, Rice began using the pen name, Dynevor Rhys. From 1930 to 1935 Rice, as Rhys, was credited with almost three dozen covers for The Delineator. He contributed drawings to Harper’s Bazaar.

Bluebird Photo-Plays began advertising in Moving Picture World, January 8, 1916. Burton Rice created the advertisements for Bluebird Photo-Plays that appeared in Moving Picture World beginning April 15, 1916. On December 23th, 1916 MPW published a short article on Burton Rice and his plans of moving to Europe. He left the US, moved to Paris and mailed his artwork to Bluebird Photo-Plays in New York City. In 1917 Rice produced fewer works for Bluebird Photo-Plays. Ethel Rundquist was hired to fill-in for Rice and eventually replaced him.

Betty Compson is Tillie de Vamp

Betty Compson as Tillie de Vamp in an Al Christie’s comedy: Hist! At Six O’clock (1916)
“The Vamp Primes Herself with Poison Gas”. Betty Compson as the vampire in Hist! At Six O’clock”. Motion Picture News, December 1916. | src internet archive
Eddie Barry and Betty Compson in a Christie Comedy of the 1913 vintage.
Betty Compson in in a Christy diversion entitled “Hist at Six o’clock”. December, 1919 issue of Photoplay magazine

Pina Menichelli. Italian card

Italian silent era actress, diva and femme fatale Pina Menichelli (1890-1984). Cartolina postale. Ed. G. Vettori – Bologna, b/n, gelatina ai sali d’argento su carta. | src Museo nazionale del cinema