1920s Actresses (February 2004 - November 2010)

[Luxury's Lap]

Misc. photos I found... Their names and websites are in the filename.

 

[Orchide]

Luxury, thanks for posting- these are great!
Please write your source- it should be visible in the post itself

 

[Luxury's Lap]

Sorry Orchide - all of mine were from eBay.

 

[Luxury's Lap]

Found on eBay. Description with it: 1923, 8" x 10" Publicity Portrait of Barbara La Marr from the long lost silent film THE ETERNAL CITY (1923).

 

[lady stardust]

Some info of the elegant movistar Dolores del Rio:Born in Mexico 1905 in a aristocratic family.She made her first film "Joanna" 1925 wich turn her into the female "Valentino", her carrer rose until the arrival of sound 1928.Dolores made some hollywood movies in the 30´s but she get bored with her image as a exotic femme fatale and get back to her native Mexico and made a lot of successful movies.Her last film was "the children of Sanches" 1978.She died 1983.
some pics from Ebay:

 

[Orchide]

I love Delores Del Rio- *sigh* she is sooo beautiful- I have a book that has a section on her.

 

[lady stardust]

I LOVE Dolores face and great style!!! more pics:
source:ebay

 

[DosViolines]

Silent Movie Star paperdoll by Donald Hendricks

source: paperdolls.com

 

[northernsky]

went to one of my favourite theatres today.

http://www.netzwerk-mediatheken.de/images/profile/dif/dp2fc1001.jpg
http://www.sylviaballhause.de/Foto/Kino/Caligari_Saal.jpg
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and attended a screening of joe may's "asphalt" from 1929.

[from www.dvdsource.co.uk]

it had live piano music that sounded great because the ceiling has the shape of waves. you are so to say surrounded by the music of one piano.

the film itself was good, too. i liked the scenes that showed the lively streets of the city, but the clothes of betty amann were dreamy (although i sometimes found her looking too artificial.. but, well, that didn't bother me too much.) it's a pity i can't find more pictures were you can see what she is wearing. those of you who know the film remember anyway.

some film stills with betty amann from www.filmportal.de

one from www.filmfestdc.org

one from www.goethe.de

another picture of betty amann from www.notcoming.com

some more pictures of her from www.deutsches-filminstitut.de

and one from www.thepcfixer.co.uk

 

[Orchide]

So happy for you, you got to see this great film at a great theatre with live music I wish everyone could experience this too
Thanks for all the pics~
She reminds me a bit of Clara Bow in some of those- I have never seen this film or anything with her in it- where do you live Northernsky?

 

[northernsky]

thank you. if you should ever come to germany you should visit this theatre. it's said to be one of the finest in europe. (it's in wiesbaden, an hour away from frankfurt i guess.)

the next silent film to be screened is "die keusche susanne [= the innocent susanne]" a film from 1926 by richard eichberg. never ever heard of it.. so i did a little research on the female cast. and i found some great pictures of lilian harvey and ruth weyher so i thought i'd post them here as they both haven't been mentioned yet.

ruth weyher (from www.thepcfixer.co.uk)

 

[northernsky]

lilian harvey. (from cinemaplayerspostalantiquities.com)

 

[northernsky]

and here the only film still i could find online. (www.cinegraph.de)

 

[northernsky]

i'm in the mood for posting. *sigh*

[cinemaplayerspostalantiquities.com]

1. anny ondra. 2. arlette marchal.
3. eleonor boardman and josephine dunn.

 

[northernsky]

[cinemaplayerspostalantiquities.com]

1. maly delschaft and betty compson.
2. lily damita and mary parker.
3. elisabeth bergner and camilla horn.

 

[northernsky]

[cinemaplayerspostalantiquities.com]

1. xenia dezni and billie dove.
2. betty bronson.
3. dorothy gish and lilian gish.

 

[northernsky]

^i'm sorry that it looks so messy, but the pictures are lovely if you look at them one after the other.

 

[lady stardust]

^i'm sorry that it looks so messy, but the pictures are lovely if you look at them one after the other.

The pictures are not messy just BEAUTIFUL!!! Thanx for sharing!!!

 

[cheiby11]

fantastic pics, northersky, as usual Thank you

 

[northernsky]

it's a pleasure, as always.

i just fell in love with this picture of elisabeth bergner. so punk-ish.


(from www.ami-photographs.com)