1920s Actresses (February 2004 - November 2010)

[northernsky]

and a last one just for fun: sally o'neill.



picture from getty.

 

[DosViolines]

A Fortuny pleated gown worn by Lilian Gish

fashion-era.com

 

[cheiby11]

thank you! it is always pleasure to visit this thread. I'd love to post some pics, but I cannot find any

 

[northernsky]

thanks.

i just watched "intolerance" from 1916 and i wanted to find some pictures of miriam cooper who struck me as enormously good-looking but i couldn't find any..

maybe somebody here has pictures of her?

 

[DosViolines]

^ Here's what I could find of Miriam Cooper:

asahi-net.or.jp

silent-movies.org

silentladies.com

silentsaregolden.com

filmpreservation.org

source: silentgents.com

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From Blue Book of the Screen (1923)

BALTIMORE is the birthplace of Miriam Cooper, and after her school days were over she went to New York to study art at the New York Art School. Miss Cooper remained with the Fine Arts Studio and worked in many notable productions. The first notice of her screen work came to light in D. W. Griffith's masterpiece, "The Birth of a Nation."
Then Griffith decided to make "Intolerance," and Miss Cooper was chosen as a lead in the episode of the French reign of terror.
Then she signed with Fox Film Company as a star. It was there that she made "The Honor System," "The Silent Lie," "The Innocent Sinner," "Should a Husband Forgive," "Betrayed," and then she played the notable role of "Evangeline."
Her next production was made at the Realart Studio under the title of "The Deep Purple," which was followed by the First National production, "Serenade."
The greater part of these films were made under the direction of Raoul Walsh, Miss Cooper's husband.
Miss Cooper has dark brown hair and brown eyes, is five feet five inches tall, and weighs 120 pounds. She and her husband live in a beautiful Hollywood home. There she works in her beautiful garden when not working before the camera.

 

[cheiby11]

what a beauty!

 

[northernsky]

^ Here's what I could find of Miriam Cooper

thank you , there are a few that i haven't seen before! i especially love the picture where she smiles looking sidewards. (the one with the man behind the clothesline.)

i was surprised how she looked so beautiful and strong in a very modern (or timeless) way as griffith seemed to prefer another type of woman, very fragile and kind of "unreal" like lillian gish or mae marsh. \/

(www.silentera.com)

 

[northernsky]

ivy harris.


(http://users.zoominternet.net/~nubblelight/ivy.jpg)

dorothy gish


(http://www.filmposters.com/images/ebay/marstill12.jpg)


seena owen.


(http://members.fortunecity.com/johnrobinson10/scanso/owen/Seena%20Owen2.jpg)

 

[cheiby11]

lovely findings!

thanks, northernsky

 

[DosViolines]

Gloria Swanson


source: doctormacro.com

 

[northernsky]

i really like this look.

although hedda hopper seems to me not so nice. she had not much sucess as an actress anyway and became a gossip columnist after after the 20s.

pictures from the george eastman house-website. www.geh.org

 

[lady stardust]

some gloria swanson pics
i just love her profile, her nose was so cute
source:ebay

 

[cheiby11]

Bebe Daniels

i think those are from doctordemarco

northernsky and lady stardust thank you for such lovely pics

 

[cheiby11]

I found this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jver4EUkxVU&search=Louise Brooks

 

[northernsky]

great finds, both of you!

ukrainian beauty anna sten.

(www.oekraine.org)

now i know whom she resembles in this picture: kate bosworth, no?

(dvdtoile.com)




(all from film.virtual-history.com)

(http://work.colum.edu/~ivan/portraits/image/annasten.jpg)

 

[gnikeimaj]

Coolest Thread EVER!

 

[northernsky]

^welcome gnikeimaj.

some random pictures for you. and everyone else who cares.

doris kenyon.

evelyn brent.

lil dagover.

all from film.virtual-history.com

 

[Sweets]

i'm just so enthralled with the photography... whew so beautiful!

 

[gnikeimaj]

wow. god they were gorgeous.

 

[cheiby11]

northernsky, thanks for amzing finds!!!


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