Grumpy Diva

Everything I like, such as opium, Hollywood divas, silent movies, pin-ups, German culture, Russian literature, antique art, erotic art, handsome guys and dogs.

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Soyouthinkyoucansee… ( a HooDooDoThatVoodooSaloonShoot )

Vintage Saloon Girl in Satin

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"I felt a certain envy for what i assumed was Marilyn’s more than obvious popularity. Here was a girl who didn’t know what it was like to be lonely. Then i noticed how shy she was, and i think now that she was as lonely as I was. Lonelier. It was something I felt, a deep well of loneliness she was trying to fill."

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—Bette Davis

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Vivien Leigh in Storm in a Teacup (1937)

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1860s gown, with evening bodice and afternoon / home bodice

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C. 1845 evening gown and undergarments

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Go Deutschland!!!

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Norma Shearer

(from and with permission of david-paris.blogspot.com)

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Topper (1937)

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"La Adelita" came to be an archetype of a woman warrior in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. An Adelita was a soldadera, or woman soldier, who not only cooked and cared for the wounded but also actually fought in battles against Mexican government forces. In time the word adelita was used for all the soldaderas, who became a vital force in the revolutionary war efforts. The term La Adelita has since come to signify a woman of strength and courage.

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