Collected Letters of the Widow Flannigan

An elegant tapestry woven of the shreds of human dignity.

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nitratediva: Ann Dvorak in Scarface (1932).

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Flapper perma-shrug on point 

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Myrna Loy in Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)

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Vivien Leigh in Sidewalks of London directed by Tim Whelan, 1938

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Merle Oberon

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Boris Anisfeld - Sadko, Costume design for Mermaids, 1911

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Margot Fonteyn, 1950

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The Haunted House (1921)

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"THE GREATEST" FAMILY

Muhammad Ali and wife, Khalilah. Undated.

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"I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was."

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Mistinguett The Moulin Rouge

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Polaire 

French singer and actress Émilie Marie Bouchaud (May 14, 1874 – October 14, 1939). Polaire wore her hair short, unusual in women before the 1920s: she apparently adopted the style in the 1890s.

In 1911, she was cast her in her first silent-film role. In the next year.  She appeared in six silent films in 1912 and 1913. She then returned to the musical stage and began a tour of the United States (garnering some publicity by wearing a nose-piercing), after which she appeared at the London Coliseum. Polaire returned to films in 1922; she performed in ten between then and 1935, some of them talkies.

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Betty Boop in Snow White

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Rome Open City (1948) - Roberto Rossellini 

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"Safety Last" (1923)

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ca. 1860-90, “Discarded Vices,” [tintype, still life containing playing cards, a pipe, and a bottle; presumably of some kind of alcohol]

via Artfact, Swann Auction Galleries

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(via Lady Randolph Churchill; Photographer: Nadar; Paris - Kentucky Digital Library)

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"The Milky Way" (1936)