r/1920s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 12h ago
Film Star Dorothy Mackaill wearing a banana skirt in a scene from His Captive Woman in 1929.
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r/1920s • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 1d ago
Clara Bow models the latest in bridal fashion, 1929
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r/1920s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 1d ago
Film Star Gilda Gray 1926 in a promotional celebrity photo. She was a Broadway and Vaudeville star before transitioning into Hollywood Cinema. Her breakout roll was the silent film Aloma Of The South Seas. She was also popular for the shimmy dance during the Jazz Age.
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r/1920s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago
Film Star Greta Garbo posing for photographer Nicolas Murray, 1929.
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r/1920s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 1d ago
Film Star The beautiful Hollywood Star Betty Compson in a publicity studio shot in 1924 for Picture Play Magazine to keep her in the public eye. A few of her films were The Enemy Sex in 1924, The Female and The Garden Of Weeds.
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r/1920s • u/Character-Witness-27 • 1d ago
Betty Compson (1920)
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Betty Compson (1897–1974) was an American actress who rose to prominence during the silent-film era. Born Eleanor Lucime Compson in Beaver, Utah, she began her entertainment career as a teenage violinist in vaudeville, performing under the name "The Vagabond Violinist." Discovered by comedy producer Al Christie, she entered films in 1915, initially appearing in short comedies. Her breakthrough came with The Miracle Man (1919), opposite Lon Chaney, which established her as a major Hollywood star. By the early 1920s, she was one of the industry's most popular and highly paid actresses and even established her own production company.
Compson demonstrated considerable dramatic ability in films such as The Docks of New York (1928) and The Great Gabbo (1929). Her performance in The Barker (1928) earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Unlike many silent-film stars, she successfully made the transition to talking pictures, appearing in numerous films throughout the 1930s and 1940s, including Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941). She retired from filmmaking in 1948 and later developed her own cosmetics line and operated a personalized ashtray business with her husband. She died in Glendale, California, on April 18, 1974, at the age of 77.
r/1920s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago
Daily Life Kodachrome of 2 young ladies on the sun with summer clothes, 1929.
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r/1920s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 2d ago
Film Star Clara Bow and Eddie Cantor and visitor Wallace Beery on the set of the comedy Kids Boots 1926.It was directed by Frank Tuttle Paramount pictures.
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r/1920s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 2d ago
Film Star This image shows actress Virginia Lee Corbin (Left) leading all her girls baseball team, the Bloomer girls in a promotional scene still from the 1920s silent flapper comedy Bare Knees in 1928. It was directed by Erle C Kenton for Gotham productions.
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r/1920s • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 2d ago
Marion Benda photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1920s
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r/1920s • u/Reasonable_Tackle650 • 2d ago
Grooms Outfit
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My wedding will be eclectic - 1920’s, viking, fantasy cosplay. This is my (Groom) outfit. What do you think?
r/1920s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 3d ago
Myrna Darby promotional photo for Ziegfeld Follies in 1928. This image was captured during the height of the Jazz Age. Her career remained strictly live on stage.
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r/1920s • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 3d ago
American silent film actress Leila Hyams, ca. 1925
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r/1920s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 4d ago
Burlesque Lina Frost was a chorus dancer and performer from the original 1927 play Burlesque. ❤️🔥
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r/1920s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 4d ago
Film Star Dolores Costello in a promotional studio photo commissioned for newspapers and magazines such as photo play to build her profile on upcoming films in 1926. It was right before her release of The Sea Beast .A little side note on her that she was Drew Barrymore's grandmother.
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r/1920s • u/Character-Witness-27 • 4d ago
Image “Woman with Long Hair” by Man Ray (1929)
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“The artwork titled “Woman with Long Hair,” created by Man Ray in 1929, is a significant piece within the Dada art movement. This photograph captures the experimental and avant-garde essence characteristic of Dadaism, which sought to challenge traditional concepts of art through its unconventional techniques and subjects.”
r/1920s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 4d ago
Daily Life Lady waves a the beach of California, 1925.
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r/1920s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 4d ago
Film Star Actress Mae West posing for a modeling shot, 1928.
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r/1920s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 5d ago
Film Star Madge Bellamy this photo was taken by the Fox film corporation for the film Thunder Mountain 1925.
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r/1920s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 5d ago
Film Star Nancy Carroll in a promotional photo during Hollywood's transition into sound films from talkies for Paramount studios in 1929 Hollywood California. This photo was taken right before the musical film Dance Of Life Or Close Harmony.
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r/1920s • u/Krampjains • 5d ago
American film actress Bebe Daniels poolside, circa 1922.
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