Facial studies for Mae West and Greta Garbo
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Lilyan Tashman costume by Erté
Lilyan Tashman in the perfume bottle costume designed by Erté in the now lost silent film Bright Lights (Robert Z. Leonard, 1925) | src Grapefruitmoon gallery on eBay
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Publicity still for the American romantic comedy film Bright Lights (Robert Z. Leonard, 1925)
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Groucho Marx and Thelma Todd in Monkey Business (1931)
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One Dress a Day Challenge
February: Coeli's Monochrome Picks
I'm No Angel / Mae West as Tira
Coeli's comment: "Wowza!"
The pre-code era strikes again, with Travis Banton as the designer. The slinky, low-cut gown with spiderweb wrap in the bottom photo looks positively demure next to the costume she's almost wearing in the other photos. In Tira's defense, she is a circus sideshow performer. However, it's not too hard to see why this movie was cited as one of the factors leading to the implementation of the Hays Code.
Classic lines:
"Oh, Beulah, peel me a grape!"
"Well, it's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men."
"When I'm good I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better."
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Dishonored (1931) - Josef von Sternberg
- What makes you think of death?
- Was I thinking of death?
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Delores del Rio in Bird of Paradise, 1932
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Jean Harlow practicing dance steps on the set of Dinner at Eight, 1933
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