images that haunt us
Antique and original
gelatin silver photograph of stage and silent screen vamp Valeska Suratt notated on the verso: Huntington Beach –
August 1915 . Suratt was one of the first women in show business to
control every aspect of her visual presentation and representation and
she built her brand around being a vampy sexual provocateur. A rare
images of Suratt which comes from her personal scrapbooks. / src: eBay
A 1932 vintage and original Columbia Pictures publicity photograph
featuring actress Helene Millard as a risqué pre-code, knife-wielding
vixen for the mystery movie “By Whose Hand?” (1932), starring Ben Lyon,
Barbara Weeks, and Kenneth Thomson. / src: eBay
Stage and Screen Actress Lenore Ulric, 1910’s-1920’s. Vintage Fashion Vamp Photograph.
“The National Willoughby Institute” stamp in bottom margin. / src: Grapefruit Moon Gallery
Vintage sexy pin-up photograph of silent film vamp Dorothy Revier being served up to viewers on a platter. A tantalizing portrait of the actress for her film Sinner’s Parade (1928)
On dorso: Culver Pictures Inc., NY. The press snipe reads: “A DISH FIT FOR A KING … Dorothy Revier is the star attraction of the night club in Columbia’s SINNERS’ PARADE.” source
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