Tao-Hoa role · The Red Poppy

Efraim Zalmanovich Lesov :: Tatyana Mikhailovna Vecheslova as the Chinese girl Tao-Hoa in the ballet “The Red Poppy”. Vintage postcard (nº 80), published by GATOB / S. M. Kirova in 1951. | src Presidential Library
Efraim Zalmanovich Lesov :: Lyubov Voyshnis as Tao Hoa in the Soviet ballet «Красный мак» (The Red Poppy), 1951. Vintage S.M. Kirova postcard, (Nr. 90) printed in 1951. | src Presidential Library

Russian ballerina, 1951

Efraim Zalmanovich Lesov :: Alla Yakovlevna Shelest, winner of the Stalin Prize. B.V. Asafiev. ‘The Fountain of Bakhchisarai’ – Zarema, 1951. Vintage postcard. | src BY Presidential Library

Syrischer Tanz, 1920s

Anna Pavlova (Anna Pawlowa or Анна Павлова; 1881–1931) in ‘Syrischer Tanz’ (Syrian Dance). German postcard. Didier Hanson Collection. | src Flickr | related post

Lucy Kieselhausen, 1920s

Alexander Binder :: Austrian dancer and silent era actress Lucy Kieselhausen. German Postcard by Photochemie, Berlin, nº. K. 109. Collection Didier Hanson. | src Flickr

Erna Morena Postkarten

Karl Schenker :: Bildnis-Photographie. Erna Morena (1885-1962), born Ernestine Maria Fuchs. Signed 1914. | src Deutsche Kunst un Dekoration 1915-1916
Karl Schenker :: German silent era actress Erna Morena (1885-1962), born Ernestine Maria Fuchs. German postcard. Messter-Film, nº 10. Photo: Karl Schenker, signed 1914. | src Flickr
Atelier Binder :: Erna Morena. Photochemie (Berlin) Postkarte nº K 151. Bildnis von A. Binder, Berlin. | src Performing Arts
Hanns Holdt (München) :: German silent era actress Erna Morena. German postcard by Photochemie, Berlin, nº K. 1697. Collection Didier Hanson. Probably 1910s. | src Flickr

Vera Kholodnaya, 1914-1919

Russian first silent movie star Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a headdress. Fot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Russian first silent movie star Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a headdress. Fot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, Portrait, profile to the left, looking down. Fot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, Portrait, profile to the left, looking down. Fot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, head turn 3/4 to the left, headscarf tied behind, 1914-1919. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, head turn 3/4 to the left, headscarf tied behind, 1914-1919. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a white blouse with ruffles, in a white hat. Phot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a white blouse with ruffles, in a white hat. Phot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Russian first silent movie star Vera Kholodnaya. Another postcard of the image on top. | src Flickr
Russian first silent movie star Vera Kholodnaya. Another postcard of the image on top. | src Flickr

Vera Kholodnaya postcards

Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, profile to the left, in a light kerchief tied around the head like a turban, with long earrings consisting of three large circles. Between 1914 and 1919. Postcard from the collection of Natalia Balachenkova. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, profile to the left, in a light kerchief tied around the head like a turban, with long earrings consisting of three large circles. Between 1914 and 1919. Postcard from the collection of Natalia Balachenkova. | src Presidential Library
Russian silent cinema actress Vera Kholodnaya (aka ‘Queen of Screen’). Russian postcard, nº 47. Collection Didier Hanson. | src Flickr
Russian silent cinema actress Vera Kholodnaya (aka ‘Queen of Screen’). Russian postcard, nº 47. Collection Didier Hanson. | src Flickr
Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya (1893-1919), 1917 (card nº131). Portrait, profile to the right. Postcard from the collection of Natalia Balachenkova. | src Presidential Library
Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya (1893-1919), 1917 (card nº131). Portrait, profile to the right. Postcard from the collection of Natalia Balachenkova. | src Presidential Library

Keaton as Princess Raja

Buster Keaton. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4704/1, 1929-1930. Photo: MGM. Publicity still for The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (Charles Reisner, 1929) with Keaton as Princess Raja. This performance must have been inspired by the Egyptian dance in The Cook (Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, 1918). | src Flickr