L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i

L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e  ~  D o s t o ï e v s k i



Showing posts with label Marchesa Casati. Show all posts
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Sunday, July 5, 2015

Ridiculous Allure - costumes for stage or soirée


Silent film actress Betty Blythe, as Zahrat in "Chu Chin Chow", 1923.
"Ziegfeld model".
Margaret Morris, British dancer, choreographer and teacher.
The marchesa Casati, dressed as "Light" for a Paris ball, costume by Worth, 1922.
Piroska "Zita" Gellért, of the dancing duo, the Gellért Sisters, 1924.
One of the showgirls from MGM's "The Great Ziegfeld", costume by Adrian, 1936.
Dancer Nina Payne.
Martha Pierre as "Candlelight", photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1921.
Dancer Maria Ley, Vienna, 1926.
Mlle. Fouguet of the Folies Bergère, circa 1925.
Yvonne Gregory (herself a photographer), photographed by her husband Bertram Park, 1919.
Backstage at the Viennese revue "Alles aus Liebe", 1928.

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Other than those identified, I don't have any information on the ladies - and gentleman - pictured here. Let me know if you can give anyone a name or context.