On 3/13/09 1:29 PM, Elena House wrote:
To get the imagery down, you might have fun at:
http://www.silentladies.com/Ladies.html
It's not terribly easy to find people there by date, but there were
plenty of stars (such as Mary Pickford, Lillian& Dorothy Gish,
Blanche Sweet, Florence Lawrence, Mabel Normand, Alice Joyce, Clara
Kimball Young, Pearl White, and more) who are on here that were
already famous 1914-18. By the way, Lucile (Lady Duff Gordon) was a
very popular film costume designer at the time.
Delurking...
You might also enjoy the photo collection I've posted at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/litlnemo/sets/72157615210203836/ .
It's all from a scrapbook I found at Goodwill a couple of months ago.
The scrapbook appears to have been compiled around 1916, and it's full
of photos of movie stars of the time (and also a few dancers and stage
actors). There are some amazing clothes in there. I put some of the
images online, but there are *hundreds* of them in the scrapbook. The
scrapbook-keeper collected an outrageous amount of clippings, glued some
into the book, and then just stuffed the rest in. It's quite amazing. (I
think it's probably the best thing I've ever found at Goodwill -- and it
was only $12.99! Now I just have to figure out the best way to preserve it.)
There are some great WWI-era details in the photos. I seriously want to
make clothing from that period now.
W
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