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1920's Mineralava Beauty Products, the company that hired Rudolph Valentino and his wife Natacha Rambova to travel the United States giving dance exhibitions and promoting it's products. At each stop they chose a queen of beauty and needless to say, it was a sell-out at every venue! From His Fame Still Lives, FB.
Fritz Lang's 1927 sci-fi film, Metropolis
Speakeasy guard, 1927, Chicago.
no longer explaining myself no i will not elaborate
Propaganda
Ann Dvorak (Scarface, Three on a Match, The Strange Love of Molly Louvain)—her freaky little dance in scarface i rest my case
Diana Wynyard (Gaslight, Kipps, An Ideal Husband)—maybe more of a theater lady then film. english actress, i like her in "kipps" a lot,very elegant
This is round 1 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.
[additional propaganda submitted under the cut]
Diana Wynyard:
Ann Dvorark:
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ann singing a little tune
Norma Shearer in He Who Gets Slapped (1924) dir. Victor Sjöström
Now that all the polls are out, I finished adding all the films and here's the complete list of the movies submitted as propaganda for @hotvintagepoll :
There are 946 movies on the list, but there were some I could not find on letterboxd that are missing (sorry).
On browser mode/the computer you can Control F to find a specific actress. On mobile or browser you can sort by language, genre, date, etc.
Letterboxd tells you when applicable where you can stream/rent/buy the film as well! (This is not an ad for letterboxd I swear)
Anyone can dm me if there are any mistakes and I'll fix them asap!
I'll share the disclaimer again just in case: these movies are chosen by whoever submitted them and do not mean they are suggested by @hotvintagepoll. I tried to put warnings for really offensive elements on the movies I've seen/could think of but I'm definitely forgetting some and will gladly add warnings on movies that need them (dm me for anything I should add)!
Happy watching!
Man at snack stand, circa 1950s.
Hans Finsler. Food distribution, 1929.
Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll in Paris Blues (1961), dir. Martin Ritt