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Ziegfeld girl Grace Moore, photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1923
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Ziegfeld girl Grace Moore, photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1923

u/waffen123 — 3 days ago
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Serge Lifar, Josephine Baker, Felia Doubrovska, on the beach, 1928-30

These were the pop stars of a century ago - Serge Lifar, Ukrainian-French ballett star with the famous 'Ballets Russes' (the most influential ballet company of the 20th century, from 1909-1929, Paris), Josephine Baker, American-French dancer, singer, actor, civil rights icon, Resistance fighter, and all around superstar of 1920s-1950s, and Felia Doubrovska, Russian and later American ballerina. When they travelled to the Côte d’Azur or Venice, they were often having fun dancing and showing off on the beach - these are not in any way photos of performances, but a group of friends, dancers, singers, artists, going to the beach and taking photos of each other...

u/Major_MKusanagi — 4 days ago
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This portrait of Dorothy Mackaill captured in 1923 taken by Richard Burke. The photo originally appeared in a rotogravure spread for the November 1923 issue of photoplay magazine. It was meant to highlight her rise to stardom.

She was transitioning from Ziegfeld follies to leading film roles.

u/Initial_Reason1532 — 3 days ago
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Dorothy Sebastian in 1927. Dorothy is , wearing one of her original, signature performance costumes from George White's Scandals of 1924.The popular Broadway revue that served as her as first major break in Show Business.

This portrait was shot by Ruth Harriet Louise for MGM studios in Los Angeles California.

u/Initial_Reason1532 — 11 days ago
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Ita Rena in 1929 posing with a Adler standard 6 automobile at Slovenia Yugoslavia. Her breakout film was Erotikon directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Gustav Machaty.

u/Initial_Reason1532 — 11 days ago