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This quarterly has photos of the stars, brief bios and autographs. There are 62 actors and actresses pictured.
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Showing posts with label La Jana. Show all posts
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Asides: Covers, Cards, and Cocoa
Here is another grouping of recent and not so recent postcard and magazine acquisitions from our favorite era, guaranteed to brighten your day. There are no new faces, but what alluring faces they are.
New Movie 1931 quarterly - Artist: Jules Erbit
This quarterly has photos of the stars, brief bios and autographs. There are 62 actors and actresses pictured.
Screenland magazine, August 1934 - Artist: Charles Sheldon
Love that clutch, and the shoes match.
The house she had built in Los Angeles was modeled after the White House, quite a step up from a childhood spent in poverty.
Elegant and alluring as usual.
La Jana's card is one of the "jumbo" cards that the Ross company produced. It's about 25% larger than a standard postcard. La Jana of course, still kept her outfits small.
Yes, yes, yet another postcard of my girl Edwina Booth.
This is an example of a handtinted (painted) card. Tinted cards were not infrequent, but sold for a bit more. This particular card is also oversize, though not from Ross.
Nothing better on a cool evening that a nice mug of cocoa shared with Billie or Bebe.
This quarterly has photos of the stars, brief bios and autographs. There are 62 actors and actresses pictured.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Asides - Playing Catch Up
This blog began with the posting of images scanned from our collection of postcards. Well, finances be damned, the collecting didn't stop and here are some newer cards of actresses already featured in previous posts. They are in no particular order, but I hope you enjoy them. If you are a first time visitor, be sure to click the labels on the right to see and learn more about these actresses.
Another image explaining Errol Flynn's inability to resist this French native.
Ok, so I'm in love with Edwina Booth. Here is another image from Trader Horn.
Another image of the "American Venus".
Here is Lupe in a scene from "The Storm", where she is trapped in a cabin with two men who fight over her. Using the skirt to keep from burning her hands probably didn't help the rivalry.
Born in August of 1910 and still going strong.
There is a wonderful article about Sally Phipps in the latest New York Times T Magazine. It is entitled "The Flapper Doesn't Change Her Spots".
A wonderful image of Ms. Sidney.
Never one to overdress.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
La Jana
La Jana
The actress La Jana was born in 1905 Vienna. She began her career in childhood with ballet troupe of the Frankfurter Opera. Later she worked in cabarets and revues, appearing primarily as a dancer. La Jana made her film debut in 1925 and made about 25 films, mostly in dancing roles, and as the pictures indicate, wearing exotic costumes. She died prematurely in 1940 due to pneumonia and pleurisy which she caught during a Christmas tour in 1939.
The actress La Jana was born in 1905 Vienna. She began her career in childhood with ballet troupe of the Frankfurter Opera. Later she worked in cabarets and revues, appearing primarily as a dancer. La Jana made her film debut in 1925 and made about 25 films, mostly in dancing roles, and as the pictures indicate, wearing exotic costumes. She died prematurely in 1940 due to pneumonia and pleurisy which she caught during a Christmas tour in 1939.
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