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



Sunday, March 2, 2025

Gertie, tonight - Gertrude Lawrence in Hartnell for Coward by Horst, Vogue, 15 November 1936

 

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When the image is enlarged, the rather crude retouching of Miss Lawrence's slightly less than aristocratic nose is quite obvious.
The two relevant pages from Vogue. (In the above, it's clear that, for publication, the nose in question has been re-retouched.)

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Two images of the We Were Dancing gown "in action." This photograph credited to Vandamm.
Photograph - presumably for Shadow Play - by Sasha (Alexander Stewart).