The Guy Sisters, Christiane & Mary Guy, vintage French Postcard, circa 1920s via
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Jessie Matthews in the Musical Evergreen (1934)
Irene Rich in My Official Wife (1926)
My Official Wife is a glittering drama of Imperial Russia in the days before the Revolution and the reckless life of the aristocracy in the days of the Czar, featuring gorgeous gowns, beautiful women and spectacular settings. American actress Irene Rich (1891 – 1988) starres as Hélène, Countess Orloff
The film is based on a 1891 novel by Richard Henry Savage, that was highly popular in its day.
Irene Rich in My Official Wife, 1926 via
Julie Andrews by Cecil Beaton (1960s)
Theda Bara in the Broadway Show “The Blue Flame” (1920)
Portrait of Theda Bara in the Broadway Show The Blue Flame, 1920 via
Bebe Daniels as ‘Zaida’ “In She’s a Sheik” (1927)
She’s a Sheik is a 1927 silent film comedy adventure produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is possibly lost.
Bebe Daniels stars as Zaida the daughter of a desert chief who kidnaps a member of the French Foreign Legion in the hopes of wooing him.
The comedy pokes fun at the Valentino ‘sheik’ films with the exception that a woman, played by Bebe Daniels, is the protagonist.
Bebe Daniels as ‘Zaida’, 1927
Bebe Daniels as ‘Zaida’, 1927
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