1920s Actresses (February 2004 - November 2010)
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northernsky said:ha, i even rememberred your mentioning a renoir film, but the name didn't show up in the thread search (is that because there was a comma behind the name?) but now i found it.
three more "nana" pictures. somehow she reminds me of a geisha with her white-painted face.
have you seen "la fille de l'eau" already, is it good? i'm having a soft spot for surrealistic films at the moment.
that's renoir's wife Catherine Hessling
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barbara lamarr one of the most tragic silent ladies, she was a heroin addict and died young...
pics from ebay (click to enlarge)
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^cheiby. that's sweet. 
but sometimes i'd prefer the image of the 1920s as a glamorous but 'innocent' time, too.
alla nazimova in "madonna of the streets" (1924)
the picture is from ebay.
i know it's not a style feature, but it's so strange how people react if you carry a plant in a pot around with you. i took my plant with me when i visited my parents several times because i didn't want it to die, and i got so many comments from people on the train or in the streets.
but sometimes i'd prefer the image of the 1920s as a glamorous but 'innocent' time, too.alla nazimova in "madonna of the streets" (1924)
the picture is from ebay.
i know it's not a style feature, but it's so strange how people react if you carry a plant in a pot around with you. i took my plant with me when i visited my parents several times because i didn't want it to die, and i got so many comments from people on the train or in the streets.
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i fixed it.
for me personally, I see the 20's as being more wild, hedonistic than now...Tallulah Bankhead once famously chided a young co-star in the 50's or so for not doing cocaine...she said, "Back in the 20's, I carried a shoebox of cocaine around with me!"
I have visited Barbara LaMarr's tomb a few times- she is interred just steps away from Valentino...she od'ed...I have a picture somewhere of her in her casket at the funeral...so surreal and sad.
Also, Alma Rubens was a junkie who died young- drug-related:
(silentladies.com)
here is a bio on her from silentsaregolden.com:
Alma Rubens was born Genevieve Driscoll in San Francisco Feb. 19, 1897. She attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart, but decided in the early 1910's that she preferred acting and changed her name to Alma Rubens. Through her stage work, she met Franklyn Farnum who introduced her to director Rollin Sturgeon. This was the beginning of her film career, and her earliest roles included "The Lorelei Madonna" (1915) and "Reggie Mixes In" (1915) with Douglas Fairbanks. However, her real break came when she was co-starred with Fairbanks, in "The Half Breed" (1916). She continued to work regularly including a small part in D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" (1916), another Fairbanks film "The Americano" (1917), and a William S. Hart film "The Cold Deck" (1917). She and Farnum married in 1918 but separated within weeks. During these years, Rubens was busy making a number of films for Triangle, however, the company folded in 1919. She worked for a while with Cole-Robertson and then Pathé before signing with Paramount. She was also arrested in 1919 for drug possession and sentenced to dry out at a state hospital. She continued to work regularly in films through the early 1920 without any major productions to her credit. She married screenwriter Daniel Carson Goodman in 1923, but separated after a few months. They were officially divorced in 1925. She continued a very successful career in the mid-twenties, and, while working for Fox in 1926, married Ricardo Cortez. From this point on, her film career began to come to a swift end, no doubt as a result of her drug usage. She made only one film in 1927 and one in 1928. She was arrested twice around this time for disorderly conduct, and finally collapsed in January, 1929, from a drug overdose. She spent six months at the California State Insane Asylum. Once released, she was able to go back to films making the part-talkie "Show Boat" in 1929, and then her last film, "She Goes To War," a part-talkie with Eleanor Boardman. Cortez filed for divorce at this time, and she went east for a stage show that unfortunately folded after one week. She came back west hoping to renew her film career and patch up her marriage, but she ran into trouble when police searched her home and found morphine. She was released on $5,000 bail. She never made it to trial, later going into a coma and dying on Jan. 21, 1931.
its funny how I think her real name was perfect already...Genevieve Driscoll
well, I can think of plenty more re. that era and drug use but tFS isn't really for focusing on that so I will stick to saying that I enjoy the purity of silent films and that era just as I understand that it was pretty darned wild back then as well
read Louise Brooks' bio by Barry Paris
I have visited Barbara LaMarr's tomb a few times- she is interred just steps away from Valentino...she od'ed...I have a picture somewhere of her in her casket at the funeral...so surreal and sad.
Also, Alma Rubens was a junkie who died young- drug-related:
(silentladies.com)
here is a bio on her from silentsaregolden.com:
Alma Rubens was born Genevieve Driscoll in San Francisco Feb. 19, 1897. She attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart, but decided in the early 1910's that she preferred acting and changed her name to Alma Rubens. Through her stage work, she met Franklyn Farnum who introduced her to director Rollin Sturgeon. This was the beginning of her film career, and her earliest roles included "The Lorelei Madonna" (1915) and "Reggie Mixes In" (1915) with Douglas Fairbanks. However, her real break came when she was co-starred with Fairbanks, in "The Half Breed" (1916). She continued to work regularly including a small part in D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" (1916), another Fairbanks film "The Americano" (1917), and a William S. Hart film "The Cold Deck" (1917). She and Farnum married in 1918 but separated within weeks. During these years, Rubens was busy making a number of films for Triangle, however, the company folded in 1919. She worked for a while with Cole-Robertson and then Pathé before signing with Paramount. She was also arrested in 1919 for drug possession and sentenced to dry out at a state hospital. She continued to work regularly in films through the early 1920 without any major productions to her credit. She married screenwriter Daniel Carson Goodman in 1923, but separated after a few months. They were officially divorced in 1925. She continued a very successful career in the mid-twenties, and, while working for Fox in 1926, married Ricardo Cortez. From this point on, her film career began to come to a swift end, no doubt as a result of her drug usage. She made only one film in 1927 and one in 1928. She was arrested twice around this time for disorderly conduct, and finally collapsed in January, 1929, from a drug overdose. She spent six months at the California State Insane Asylum. Once released, she was able to go back to films making the part-talkie "Show Boat" in 1929, and then her last film, "She Goes To War," a part-talkie with Eleanor Boardman. Cortez filed for divorce at this time, and she went east for a stage show that unfortunately folded after one week. She came back west hoping to renew her film career and patch up her marriage, but she ran into trouble when police searched her home and found morphine. She was released on $5,000 bail. She never made it to trial, later going into a coma and dying on Jan. 21, 1931.
its funny how I think her real name was perfect already...Genevieve Driscoll
well, I can think of plenty more re. that era and drug use but tFS isn't really for focusing on that so I will stick to saying that I enjoy the purity of silent films and that era just as I understand that it was pretty darned wild back then as well
read Louise Brooks' bio by Barry Paris- Status
