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friendlessghoul · 15 hours
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Buster Keaton The Navigator - 1924
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The Spider Web Dress worn by Mae West in I'm No Angel (1933) Costume Design by Travis Banton
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secretceremonies · 7 months
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Facial studies for Mae West and Greta Garbo
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diana-andraste · 5 months
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Gold Diggers of 1933
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hauntedbystorytelling · 6 months
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Lilyan Tashman costume by Erté
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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 view more on wordPress
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Publicity still for the American romantic comedy film Bright Lights (Robert Z. Leonard, 1925)
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retropopcult · 3 months
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Groucho Marx and Thelma Todd in Monkey Business (1931)
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littlehorrorshop · 1 year
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Intolerance (1916)
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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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allweknewisdead · 5 months
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Dishonored (1931) - Josef von Sternberg
- What makes you think of death? - Was I thinking of death?
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Thinking about pre-code Hollywood director and lesbian style icon Dorothy Arzner
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friendlessghoul · 3 days
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Buster Keaton and Alice Mann Coney Island - 1917
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aiqingdemeimiao · 6 months
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"i'm just left out! who am i going to marry?"
children of divorce [1927]
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scenephile · 9 months
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Maybe I ain't got no soul
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secretceremonies · 7 months
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Movie mirror. (Vol. 1, Nov. 1931-Apr. 1932)
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diana-andraste · 3 months
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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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